Corporate Chaplains of America

Our Work

Organized corporate chaplaincy in the United States dates back to the 1940s. It was not, however, until the mid 1980s to early 1990s that the industry truly began to take shape. Prior to this time most workplace chaplains served mainly as sole proprietors or employees at specific businesses. Liability concerns on the part of business owners brought an end to the widespread use of company employee chaplains and ushered in the era of more highly trained professional chaplains serving as independent contractors.

Corporate Chaplains of America (CCA) was founded in early 1996 by a successful entrepreneur who answered a calling to offer genuine “Caring in the Workplace” and at the same time, follow a structured business plan built upon process management principles.

Corporate Chaplains of America employs only full time, long term, career chaplains who combine a workplace background with technical chaplaincy training. Although most Corporate Chaplains of America chaplains hold graduate degrees from accredited seminaries, all are required to continue their education through the Corporate Chaplains Institute (CCI) curriculum. Corporate Chaplains of America has innovated and implemented standard setting practices in this industry.

Corporate Chaplains of America is the first organization in the industry to:

• Design, develop, produce and implement a broad intensive assimilation and training program which includes a 154 hour video based learning DVDs, a 512 page textbook covering practical caregiving principles, a set of 10 audio CDs giving topic-based instruction, concluding with a final examination and peer review leading to certification for all full time staff chaplains.
• Build a process managed system to provide seamless integration of its chaplaincy system into companies large and small, public and private. CCA serves businesses in practically every industry classification. Some have as few as 10 employees, and others have in excess of 10,000.
• Build an exclusively full time workforce of highly trained professional chaplains.
• Integrate continuing education training systems designed to keep chaplain skills current.
• Offer long term career pathways for chaplain and support staff.
• Invest nearly one half million dollars in the creation and development of The Corporate Chaplains Institute which is now capable of training and certifying qualified chaplain candidates with or without seminary backgrounds (and available only to CCA staff).

The American free enterprise workplace today is both multi-cultural and extremely diverse spiritually. Although it employs only Christian chaplains, CCA is a non-denominational organization and pledges to care for all employees regardless of ethnic or faith background in a completely non-threatening manner. With literally tens of thousands of employees under chaplaincy care, Corporate Chaplains of America has never encountered a complaint regarding a spiritual matter.

For CCA "Caring in the Workplace" is much more than a slogan; it is a way of life.