Christian Chaplains & Coaching (Triple "C") was birthed out of a burden to restore what had been lost—the unapologetically Biblical Christian roots in education, spiritual care, Chaplaincy, life coaching, and Pastoral work. Where this type of ministry was distinctly Christian for many years, something dramatic has changed over the past 50 years. A relatively new culture of "spiritual care" has emerged. A type of care that removes Christ from the equation while calling it "Christian."

This trend is seen especially in high level ministry education such as Clinical Pastoral Education, where the true born-again believer is increasingly told they are not welcome. While CPE originally emerged from a Biblical framework, over time, many programs shifted toward a more clinical and secular emphasis. And now, in many clinical settings and CPE programs, the Biblical Christian is disrespected for his or her views.

It started with an increasing feeling of Jim Kirkland that something needed to be done, that a new Chaplain and Pastoral ministry needed to return our work to Christ. During a long and prayerful period of discussion on Jim's back porch with Colonel Greg Frich USMC Retired and discussions with a CPE Supervisor Educator, Ray Huff, a deep conviction was shared. A decision was made to re-center chaplaincy and pastoral work and training around Christ, Scripture, and the hope of the Gospel. We ordained our first Chaplain in October 2019. Colonel Frich became one of our first Chaplains.

With this vision, Triple "C" was founded in 2019 to provide chaplains, pastors, and life coaches with not only professional certifications, but ongoing support, coaching, and spiritual formation rooted in Biblical truth. Jim’s passion was not simply to train chaplains for the field, but to make disciples who make disciples, equipping them to serve with excellence, Gospel fluency, and missional presence in secular spaces.

We are a 501c3 "Association of Churches" that exists to teach, train, ordain, endorse, and deploy qualified believers for volunteer ministry, chaplaincy, and to empower pastors to plant churches. The ministry was founded with a bold mission: to restore the Church and return pastors, chaplains, and life coaches to Biblical Evangelical Christianity.

Since its inception, Triple "C" has grown significantly—having ordained more than 500 people to chaplain and pastoral ministry, adding multiple training cohorts each year, and developing a thriving Academy that offers Clinical Pastoral Education, certified life coaching, continuing education, and mentorship through a Biblical evangelical lens. We even offer a one-of-a-kind Doctorate in Ministry - Pastoral Supervision.

Our motto has always been, “Make a friend, be a friend, draw your friend to Christ.” This reflects not only our heart for relational ministry but also our theological foundation. We partner with universities, seminaries, churches, jails, prisons, hospitals, and a growing number of Christian ministries across the nation, cultivating servant leaders who embody the Acts 2 Church—devoted to teaching, fellowship, prayer, and the transformative work of the Holy Spirit.

Christian Chaplains & Coaching is a recognized endorser for the Veterans Administration, Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the Department of Defense through our collaboration with the National Association of Evangelicals Chaplain Commission. We collaborate with the Association of Biblical Higher Education to offer Spiritual training and Clinical Pastoral Education to Christian Universities and Seminaries accredited by them.

Today, Christian Chaplains & Coaching stands as both a training ground and a spiritual family, discipling and deploying leaders into hospitals, prisons, congregations, workplaces, the military, disaster areas, with first responders, to abuse victims, and communities with a message of hope and healing through Christ alone. With every chaplain and pastor trained, every cohort launched, and every soul mentored, we continue the mission God entrusted to us;

To equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ (Ephesians 4:12)