Mentor Program

Mentoring Program for Board Certified Chaplain, Provisional Certified Chaplain and Associate Certified Applicants

The mentoring program provides support and guidance to individuals whose goal is to achieve certification through the Board of Chaplaincy Certification Inc. Participation in the program is encouraged but remains voluntary. All mentors are APC/BCCI board certified chaplains and are considered qualified as such. Mentors serve on a voluntary basis.

Please click HERE to find a mentor. If the mentor is available you will email them directly yourself. They are all trained to guide you throug this process and help you refelct on your competencies before you submit your matierials. They will be able to help guide you once you receive your Presenter’s Report.

• A mentor and an applicant are encouraged to set mutually agreed upon guidelines for their relationship, including frequency, length and place of meetings.
• All communications between a mentor and an applicant are confidential.
• It is entirely up to an applicant if he/she wishes to share any of the mentoring process with the certification committee.
• A mentor may not serve on an applicant’s committee.
• If an applicant is turned down for board certified chaplain, provisional certified chaplain or associate certified chaplain status and recommended for a second appearance, and if an applicant has not worked with a mentor, he/she is strongly encouraged to do so before meeting with another committee.

We recommend a mentor if:

1. You do not work with a BCC chaplain who is looking at your BCCI application
2. You are a solo chaplain
3. You are a hospice chaplain
4. You are in your first year of professional chaplaincy
5. You did not receive the full certification type you applied for.