The Center for Integrative Pastoral Practice at MTSO

Providing pastors the opportunity to develop their skills from anywhere

There is a sacred trust that allows pastors into the vulnerable moments of life. Precious few people are invited into struggles with addiction, medical diagnoses, tragedy or spiritual crises. Clinical Pastoral Education offers the most trusted means to develop pastoral care practices that are skilled, self-aware and refined.

Within this program, you’ll engage in group and individual supervision with an ACPE-certified educator for your ministry context so you can be the best pastor or chaplain possible to the people in your care.

CIPP at MTSO

The Center for Integrative Pastoral Practice at MTSO extends opportunities for ecumenical and interreligious chaplaincy education by offering hybrid, community-based Clinical Pastoral Education.

CIPP is fully accredited by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, the highest standard for spiritual care and education. It offers Level I and Level II CPE programs by ACPE-certified educators.

Program highlights

  • You may complete CPE certification requirements in your ministry context, without the need to serve in CPE centers’ clinical units or to cover overnight on-calls.
  • Your current ministry settings can be used for your “clinical assignments” so that you don’t have to add extra 300 hours of ministry.
  • Group and individual instruction is conducted online, making it accessible for those residing far from traditional CPE centers.
  • CIPP is accredited by:
    The Association for Clinical Pastoral Education
    1 Concourse Parkway, Suite 800
    Atlanta, Georgia 30329
    404-320-1472
  • All faculty members are ACPE certified.
  • This program fulfills the CPE unit required for certification as a chaplain or as required by your ordination or credentialing process.

How to apply

Interested individuals are invited to email CIPP Director Jeff Holman at jholman@mtso.edu or CIPP Manager Ben Iten at biten@mtso.edu.