Your educational process is one of action and reflection of theological education grounded in a person-centered approach to spiritual ministry. In consultation with a Certified CPE Supervisor, you evaluate the effectiveness of your style of ministry in relation to the needs of the person served, theological perspectives and religious traditions. Clergy and qualified lay persons devote themselves on a full-time basis to the intense experience of ministry as a chaplain at Palmetto Baptist Medical Center in Columbia, South Carolina, in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings with optional involvement as a hospice chaplain. Summer CPE is offered primarily for seminary students wanting to complement their classroom education with a learning ministry in an intense clinical setting working as a hospital chaplain at Palmetto Baptist Medical Center Columbia. Classes are held one day per week for 20 weeks with 12 additional hours each week in a ministry setting.
Dates vary with location.
A qualified clergy person focuses his or her attention on in-depth learning of the art of pastoral supervision while also working as a chaplain in Hospice Services or at Palmetto Baptist Medical Center or Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital. The goal of the training is the certification of the resident as an Associate Supervisor.