Muslim Ordination Certificate

Summit Theism University Ordination Certificates

We issue certificates for Muslim ordination and chaplaincy after degree completion, ensuring recognition and support for graduates in their spiritual and community roles.

Muslim Chaplain

A Muslim chaplain is a professionally trained Muslim man or woman who serves as a religious leader in public and private institutional settings. Although a religious leader, a Muslim chaplain is not an “Imam” in the technical use of the term. An Imam may also serve as a chaplain, and a chaplain may also serve as an Imam.
Muslim chaplains provide religious leadership by imparting spiritual care and guidance to vulnerable persons, and facilitating the provision of worship and other services, generating impactful programming and advocating for the needs of Muslims where needed, such as, for prayer space, hijab, halal food, holidays etc.
For institutional requirements and communal obligations, MEC assures that the men and women who serve in this capacity are grounded in the Qur’an and sunnah and are professionally qualified through our endorsement process, and we support their continuing personal and professional growth accordingly.
Learn more about the benefits of a MEC Endorsed Muslim Chaplain.

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SETTINGS WHERE MUSLIM CHAPLAINS WORK

Muslim Chaplains work in different institutional settings. These setting can be classified into 5 categories as follows:

• Corrections/Prison

• Military

• Community

• Educational

• Healthcare

UNIQUE CONCERNS OF PRISON/CORRECTIONS CHAPLAINS
Some of the concerns concerning prison chaplains include:
• Securing ample and authentic Islamic Literature for the Muslim population served (i.e. Qurans, Ahadith, various books of seerah and fiqh)
• Recruiting and retaining qualified daees to conduct Jumuah and various halaqat to groups of Muslims with diverse Islamic understanding
• Creating a medium for training daees who are willing to conduct Islamic services to incarcerated Muslim populations
• Forming coalitions amongst community Masaajid, local and national Islamic organizations who are willing and committed to support Islamic chaplaincy, the services provided by Muslim chaplains, and the challenges they face
• The lack of a community resource who can help Muslims in their transition when they discharge from prison

BENEFITS OF MEC ENDORSEMENT TO THE MUSLIM CHAPLAIN

MEC’s endorsement is beneficially to a Muslim man or woman who is serving as a Muslim chaplain because
1. It ensures the credibility and acceptability of the Muslim chaplain within the American Muslim community as having been vetted as suitable representatives and leaders of the community
2. It is consistent with best practices of professional chaplaincy endorsement
3. It brings the requirements and process of Muslim chaplaincy endorsement to parity with other faith traditions
4. It helps to establish a closer, ongoing acquaintance with endorsed chaplains over a period
5. It provides endorsees with an individualized and continuous professional and personal support
6. It is a job requirement in certain instances that assures the employer of the chaplain’s ecclesiastical qualification

BENEFITS OF MEC ENDORSEMENT TO THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY

MEC’s endorsement is beneficially to the Muslim community because Muslim Chaplains:
1. Educate the public, about Islam
2. Act as professional representative for Muslims
3. Generate impactful programming for all peoples in general and Muslims in particular – whether they are in the community, hospital, military, prison etc.
4. Advocate for Muslims. For example, a Muslim chaplain in such an institution would, in addition to pastoral care, advocate for prayer space and times for salat, halal food etc.

BENEFITS OF MEC ENDORSEMENT TO THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY

MEC’s endorsement is beneficially to each person because it ensures that the chaplain is competent to
1. Provide you with professional pastoral care and counseling to address and meet your spiritual needs as and when needed
2. Provide you and others with sound guidance and appropriate referrals as and when needed

Endorsement by S.T.U

An endorsement by MEC is a declaration and affirmation of a Chaplain’s good standing with the American Muslim community and vouches for the disposition, character and competencies of the man or woman serving in the role of a Muslim Chaplain.

ROOTED IN THE TEACHINGS OF THE QUR’AN AND SUNNAH (AND) IN THEIR PRACTICE

Our mission is to provide a structure and process for the official endorsement and support of Muslim chaplains based on Islamic and pastoral principles and to establish a national standard for such endorsement in order to develop consistency and integrity in the field of Islamic chaplaincy

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