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 Care and Counseling Center of Georgia

is

 a nonprofit, ecumenical organization.

"We meet  you where you are on life's journey, supporting and challenging you with compassion and gentleness."

Ecumenism is an interdenominational initiative aimed at greater Christian unity or cooperation. The term is used predominantly by and with reference to Christian denominations and Christian Churches separated by doctrine, history, and practice. Within this particular context, ecumenism is the idea of a Christian unity in the literal meaning: that there should be a single Church. Ecumenism is separate and distinct from Nondenominational Christianity.

The word contrasts with interfaith dialogue or interfaith pluralism aimed at unity or cooperation among diverse religions and referring to a worldwide "religious unity" by the advocacy of a greater sense of shared spirituality.

The word is derived from Greek οἰκουμένη (oikoumene), which means "the whole inhabited world", and was historically used with specific reference to the Roman Empire. The ecumenical vision comprises both the search for the visible unity of the Church (Ephesians 4:3) and the "whole inhabited earth" (Matthew 24:14) as the concern of all Christians.

In Christianity the qualification ecumenical is originally (and still) used in terms such as "Ecumenical council" and "Ecumenical patriarch" in the meaning of pertaining to the totality of the larger Church (such as the Catholic Church or the Orthodox Church) rather than being restricted to one of its constituent churches or dioceses. Used in this original sense, the term carries no connotation of re-uniting the historically separated Christian denominations.

Chaplain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Traditionally, a chaplain is a minister, such as a priest, pastor,
rabbi, imam or lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution such as a hospital, prison, military unit, school, police department, university, or private chapel. Though originally the word "chaplain" referred to representatives of the Christian faith,[1] it is now also applied to people of other religions or philosophical traditions–such as in the case of the humanist chaplains serving with military forces and an increasing number of chaplaincies at American universities.[2] In recent times, many lay people have received professional training in chaplaincy and are now appointed as chaplains in schools, hospitals, universities, prisons and elsewhere to work alongside, or instead of, official members of the clergy.[3] The concept of "generic" and/or "multifaith" chaplaincy is also gaining increasing support, particularly within healthcare and educational settings.[4]

In the United States, health care chaplains who are board certified have completed a minimum of four units of Clinical Pastoral Education training through The American Association of Pastoral Counselors,^[31] Association for Clinical Pastoral Education,^[32] Healthcare Chaplains Ministry Association,^[33] or The College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy^[34] and may be certified by one of the following organizations: The American Association of Pastoral Counselors,^[31] The Association of Professional Chaplains,^[35] The National Association of Catholic Chaplains,^[36] Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains (formerly The National Association of Jewish Chaplains),^[37] or The College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy.^[38] Certification typically requires a Masters of Divinity degree (or its equivalent), faith group ordination or commissioning, faith group endorsement, and four units (1600 hours) of Clinical Pastoral Education.