The Chaplain's Role: How Clergy Can Work With Law Enforcement
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
There is a very real need today to understand the demands upon the law enforcement family, and how to minister to their specific needs. These needs will be addressed from a practical, Chaplain perspective. A Chaplain generally is a clergy person with specialized training dealing with people in areas of grief and trauma, and within their specific field or industry i.e. hospitals, military, law enforcement, etc. Pastors and other ministers that work in this field are traditionally given the title “Chaplain”. This book discusses many general topics surrounding chaplaincy, but it is specifically designed for those working with first responders—more specifically, law enforcement. Within these pages you will find tools you can use to work with law enforcement in a ministry role. This book can be used as a “how to” guide for chaplains. It details out how to really make a difference in your community in times of crisis; and how to come alongside law enforcement in such a way as to be an asset to them.
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Top Highlights
“The work of Chaplains, peer support, and psychological counseling is becoming more widely accepted in law enforcement circles. There is a trend towards having more healthy officers and law enforcement families.” (Page 97)
“The Chaplain is often called upon to bring comfort, hope, and peace in the midst of chaos.” (Page 98)
“The first area is prevention. Prevention is stopping something (in this context, something bad) from happening. The second area is called intervention. Intervention is stepping into the midst of a person’s crisis, coming alongside of them, and helping them get through the critical first few hours and days. The last area is postvention. Postvention is covered thoroughly in section four of this book. Postvention is picking up the pieces after a critical incident event has happened, and a person’s world has seemingly come apart. This goes far beyond just a crisis situation. An example of postvention is helping an officer after you have had to tell them that their daughter will not be coming home because she was killed in a car crash.” (Page 121)
“The work of the Chaplain could be described as a gift of ministry of presence—not pressure” (Page 133)
- Title: The Chaplain's Role: How Clergy Can Work With Law Enforcement
- Author: N/a
- Publisher: Wordsearch
- Print Publication Date: 2018
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Textbooks; Chaplains, Police
- ISBNs: 9781469913674, 1469913674
- Resource ID: LLS:WS_CA606641284B41C78347CDB4786F4864
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T04:23:23Z