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GOALS AND OBJECTIVES  

GOALS

• Place Adventist clergy as chaplains in the public arena of all divisions
• Prepare chaplains and the denomination for cultural and political-military changes
• Achieve proportional balance for the various chaplaincies
• Establish and implement an accredited graduate degree for chaplaincies in a seminary of each division to facilitate training of chaplains regionally
• Establish and implement a certified Adventist Clinical Pastoral Education program in place of non-denominational programs
• Obtain adequate resourcing to fulfill the ACM vision, mission and functional responsibilities
• Hire adequate staff for ACM Departments to accomplish their mission

OBJECTIVES

• Obtain approval for rewrites and updates of Working Policy books and ACM Department Manuals of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Conduct a joint training conference for all chaplains in conjunction with the opening of the 2010 General Conference session
• Conduct world ACM Advisory following the 2010 General Conference session
• Setup Adventist certified CPE training centers overseas in each division in collaboration with a NAD SDA medical center, overseas seminary and hospital
• Either add essential staff to the expanding ACM Department, or end dual-hatting and separate NAD functions from the GC; set up a NAD ACM Department
• Hire field representatives for Northeastern USA as approved and editor for ACM journals
• Obtain adequate funding from the GC that represents its proportional share