chaplain track

Step Into a Calling of Care and Service

Chaplain Track

RockFish Church’s Chaplain Training Track is an 8-hour intensive designed to equip believers with the skills and confidence to offer spiritual care and godly counsel in a wide range of situations. The class is delivered over two 4-hour sessions and serves as the official entry point into our growing Chaplain Program.
 
All participants who complete the classroom portion will receive a Certificate of Completion.
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Beyond the Classroom

Graduates who feel called to go deeper may apply to join the RockFish Chaplain Program. This next step invites participants to take spiritual responsibility for one or more ministries, teams, or community entities.

As part of the program, chaplains report their engagements through our dedicated app—enabling church leadership to monitor local needs and measure the ministry's impact. This is more than a class—it’s a commitment to serving others through Christ.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who should become a Chaplain or attend the Chaplain training?
Christians with the gift of pastoral care for others (the desire and empathy to connect with and spiritually guide/serve), are welcome to take Chaplain training. This training should equip students for applying that gift in multiple settings and scenarios. Attending the training does not make you a licensed or commissioned Chaplain at RockFish Church, but it opens the door to serving in the capacity of a Chaplain through our Chaplain program.
How long and intensive is the training class?
The class is 8 hours of classroom instruction that includes open Q&A throughout. The 8 hours is broken up over 2 days, 4 hours each.
Is the Chaplain role a staff or volunteer position?
All Chaplains are volunteers.
Is the Chaplain role a church leadership position?
No.  At RockFish Church, only Elders serve as church leaders. The Chaplain team functions as an extension of our pastoral care ministry, focused specifically on care and support, rather than as part of our pastoral, leadership, or teaching team.
Are women allowed to be Chaplains?
Absolutely. In fact, it is one of the most rewarding points of this ministry. Many of our Chaplains are actually married couples, and they get to serve in this capacity together. For years there’s been a struggle to properly release women into ministry that we knew had the gift of pastoral care. We believe this is the ideal form of women ministering in that gifting.
What are the expectations or requirements to continue into the Chaplain program?
Requirements to enter the Chaplain program (pursuing being commissioned as a RockFish Chaplain):

-Be a RockFish Church member

-Be an approved volunteer with a current background check

-Complete the 8 hours of Chaplain training

-Use our Chaplain reporting tool through the RockFish Church Ministry Hub to log all Chaplain interactions

-Fulfill responsibilities as assigned by RockFish Church to specific ministry or outreach teams

-Achieve a minimum of 40 hours of Chaplain service (logged in the reporting system) to be acknowledged as a commissioned RockFish Church Chaplain (this validates that not only are you trained and called, but that you’ve committed yourself to the fulfillment and stewardship of that gifting and training)