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The Coalition of Spirit-filled Churches (CSC) is an incorporated, non-profit "religious endorsing body" ministry. We are a coalition of independent churches and groups of churches from Pentecostal, Renewal, and Charismatic traditions who have united for the exclusive purposes of the credentialing and promotion of Spirit-filled clergy and lay caregivers for pastoral care in specialized settings. These settings include, but are not limited to: the US Armed Forces; Veterans Affairs and civilian healthcare facilities; federal, state, and local correctional facilities; federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; public and private schools; the workplace; and professional pastoral counseling practices. In December 2000, the CSC was elected to the membership of
the COMISS Network. The COMISS Network is the very prominent pastoral care
advocacy organization whose constituency is composed of most of the major
religious endorsing bodies; the primary pastoral care educational, membership
and certifying bodies (Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, College of
Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy, Association of Professional Chaplains,
American Association of Pastoral Counselors, American Correctional Chaplains
Association, National Association of Veterans Affairs Chaplains, and National
Institute of Business and Industrial Chaplains); as well as such endorsers'
membership organizations as the National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces, the Endorsers Conference for Veterans Affairs Chaplains; in addition to
the specialty Veterans Affairs chaplaincy membership groups and major
institutional employers of chaplains. The COMISS Network is the sponsoring
organization of the COMISS Commission on the Accreditation of Pastoral Services
(CCAPS, formerly called "JCAPS") and Pastoral Care Week. Currently,
the Endorsing Executive serves as a voting member of the Professional and
Technical Advisory Committee of The Joint Commission on behalf of the COMISS
Network. Please take a few minutes and
explore this site. And, it changes occasionally. We pray that the information
it contains will be helpful to you.
We are ten years old and are growing rapidly. In December 2002, we
reached a milestone of representing over one million Spirit-filled Americans
from numerous independent congregations, and now over twenty fellowships or
small denominations. If you are surfing the web today and are looking for a
possible fellowship/denomination with which to affiliate, we invite you to
click on the "Links
to The CSC Member Groups" button to the left to view those CSC groups
which have an internet site. Similarly, if you are a prospective student
looking for potential sources of funding for your theological education
(Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctorate) and/or professional development as a
pastoral caregiver (residencies, fellowships, and continuing education), you
will want to click on the "Pastoral
Care & Education Links" button for a fairly comprehensive list of
helpful links to quality resources. If you are a congregational leader looking
for a resource to help your congregation better understand the family issues
around military deployment, and how to minister to these families, please visit
our resource page at http://www.spirit-filled.org/links5.htm#military.
To affiliate, we invite you to click on the "Links to The CSC
Member Groups" button to the left to view those CSC groups which have
an internet site.. If we may be of service to
you or your congregation, please feel free and warmly invited to contact us. Blessings,
The Reverend David B. Plummer PS: While you are browsing
the site, if you would like to enjoy some great Spirit-filled radio, you are
invited to click on the link at the bottom center of this page. |
