Created in God’s image
Each person is unique, relational, and worthy of care that affirms their value rather than reducing them to a problem or circumstance.
About RCI Americas
Faith in action, expressed through disciplined care.
Redemption Chaplaincy International Americas equips Christians for responsible pastoral and spiritual support wherever people may be separated from traditional church care.
Americas 1 — 6th Division
Serving within RCCG Americas
Serving within RCCG Americas
Our mission
To prepare a Christian community for compassionate, capable service.
RCI Americas supports the formation of chaplains who can offer pastoral care, spiritual encouragement, professional support, fellowship, and a ministry of healing, sustaining, and guiding.
RCI Americas is a Christian chaplaincy organization operating within RCCG Americas. That relationship grounds the ministry in a living church community while chaplains serve responsibly beyond conventional congregational settings.
Our work is grounded in the conviction that every person bears God-given dignity and is best understood as a whole person—with physical, mental, social, emotional, and spiritual dimensions that affect one another.
We seek to meet people where they are, listen before speaking, and respond with compassion, grace, accountability, and respect.
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A clear foundation for Christian chaplaincy.
These principles shape how RCI Americas understands people, ministry, formation, and service.
Meet people where they are
Chaplaincy goes toward people in moments and places where ordinary pastoral access may be limited.
Care for the whole person
Spiritual care recognizes the connection between physical, mental, social, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing.
Listen with humility
Responsible care begins with dialogue, attentive listening, and sensitivity—not a one-sided monologue.
Prepare before serving
Training, ethical awareness, discipline, and clear responsibility help chaplains serve faithfully and safely.
Serve in relationship
People are formed and sustained in community; chaplaincy therefore works through trustworthy relationships and responsible partnership.
“A bridge of care when people are separated from traditional pastoral support.”
Our calling
Present beyond the familiar.
Chaplains may serve in settings such as hospitals, care environments, correctional institutions, community programs, workplaces, or moments of public need. The setting changes; the calling to responsible Christian care does not.
RCI chaplains serve as pastoral caregivers, counsellors, and Christian ministers. They do not replace licensed professionals or public authorities, and the RCI identity does not confer governmental or law-enforcement powers.
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