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85 CHAPLAINCY The chaplaincy program exists to prepare students to represent the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and the religious judicatory to which they belong, in the pluralistic workplace. Chaplains can be found in the military, healthcare, prisons, residential treatment centers, churches, business settings, campuses, rescue missions, airports, malls, parachurches, and with first providers and sports teams, among others. Similar to missionaries, chaplains take ministry to others rather than wait for people to come to them, so the placements are ever-expanding. The chaplaincy concentration in the MDiv program prepares future chaplains for ordination, endorsement, certification, and credentialing for any and all forms of chaplaincy; the MA in Chaplaincy prepares future chaplains for more informal forms of chaplaincy that do not normally require ordination and credentialing, but that may require more counseling skills. Courses emphasize the importance of being grounded in one's own Christian faith and traditions without compromise, while being respectful of a pluralistic clientele and cooperative in a secular setting. CHP 550 The Many Faces of Chaplaincy Examines the theological and cultural issues of a formal and informal ministry setting and explores the similarities and differences among the various types of chaplaincy ministry. Attention is given to ministry in religiously pluralistic, multicultural, and multi-staff environments and emphasizes skills, strategies, and character traits necessary for effective ministry. Offered spring semesters. Two hours. CHP 650 Community-based Clinical Pastoral Education This one unit of CPE offers students an opportunity to experience hands-on ministry in a supervised setting with peer-group feedback. Students will be placed in institutional chaplaincy settings in the community for their clinical ministry experience such as youth corrections; homeless shelters; police departments; general, hospice or mental health hospitals; safe houses; inner-city missions; or military bases. The Denver Seminary CPE Center is accredited by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education to offer Level I, Level II, and supervisory education for matriculated Denver Seminary students. Prerequisites: T/M 501 Mentored Formation I (Pre- CPE learning plan); CO 526 Therapeutic Communication; CO 539 Group Experience; CO 560 Brief Counseling; CO 570 Brief Counseling Practicum; and instructor permission. Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters. Three hours. CHP 590, 690 Studies in Chaplaincy These course numbers are reserved for courses of special or one-time interest that do not otherwise appear in the catalog. Two or three hours. CHP 591, 691 Individualized Study in Chaplaincy These course numbers are reserved for courses that are designed to free the student for independent investigation in chaplaincy under the guidance of a professor. One to three hours. CHRISTIAN FORMATION AND SOUL CARE Denver Seminary's Christian formation courses reflect the Seminary's understanding of the value of the ancient Christian ministry of spiritual friendship, mentoring, and direction. Students are welcome who have an interest and/or call to the ministry of soul care, which centers on deepening the Christian's life of prayer and relationship with Jesus Christ.