SLBC Ministries

What Is Chaplaincy Ministry?

Chaplaincy Ministry is a ministry of presence,which is the extension of the church in mission, for service, spiritual care, moral guidance, counseling, and compassionate support provided to people in different settings such as communities, government offices, police and military units, hospitals, schools, prisons, disaster areas, and workplaces.

A chaplain serves people where they are, especially during times of crisis, difficulty, grief, decision-making, or spiritual need.

👉Five Core Functions of Chaplaincy Ministry

1. Spiritual Care – Providing prayer, encouragement, Scripture, spiritual guidance, and support according to the person’s faith and circumstances.

2. Moral and Values Formation – Promoting integrity, honesty, compassion, responsibility, respect, and ethical conduct.

3. Counseling and Emotional Support – Listening without unnecessary judgment and helping individuals and families face personal, relational, occupational, or spiritual challenges.

4. Community and Institutional Service – Working with churches, government agencies, schools, law-enforcement organizations, hospitals, correctional facilities, and other institutions to support the welfare of people.

5. Crisis and Compassionate Response – Being present during emergencies, bereavement, disasters, accidents, conflicts, and other difficult situations.

👉Biblical Foundation

“Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.”
Galatians 6:2

The chaplain's ministry can therefore be summarized as:

“Being a compassionate presence, bringing spiritual care, moral guidance, and practical service to people wherever they are.”

✍️For more information about the Chaplaincy Ministry, we conduct a Chaplaincy Orientation and Chaplaincy 101 Seminar in your area pls contact our Admin Staff for schedule Chaplain Noime Binwag Bayong

God bless your Chaplaincy Ministry for God and Country 🙏Matt.28:19-20

“Some people talk to you in their free time and some people free their time to talk to you. Make sure you know the difference.”

Not everyone gives the same kind of attention. Some people speak to you when nothing else is happening. Others move things, delay things, and clear space just to make room for you. The words may sound the same, but the priority behind them is not.

This is the Priority Principle: attention reveals value. Anyone can reply when it is convenient. The deeper sign is who keeps showing up when life is full and time is expensive. That is where you learn whether you are passing time for someone — or whether you actually matter.

The Protocol:
Watch effort, not just words.
Notice who makes room instead of excuses.
Do not confuse availability with value.
And learn to recognize when someone treats your presence like a priority.

Being answered is not the same as being valued.

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🎙️ TODAY’S SPEAKER
PASTOR CHARLES LAWSON
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA 🇺🇸
A FEARLESS • FIERY • BIBLE-PREACHING VOICE
Today, we are privileged to hear a preacher whose ministry has been marked by bold Bible preaching, conviction, biblical exposition, and an uncompromising call to live for Christ — Pastor Charles Lawson.
📖 HIS LIFE & MINISTRY
Pastor Charles Lawson is a longtime Baptist pastor and preacher associated with Temple Baptist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he has ministered for many years. His preaching ministry has reached not only his local congregation but also listeners around the world through recorded and livestreamed sermons. His daughter’s ministry page identifies him as the pastor of Temple Baptist Church and notes his many decades of pastoral service.
His preaching is characterized by a serious approach to Scripture, strong biblical exhortation, and an emphasis on the transforming power of the Gospel. His messages frequently challenge believers to examine their walk with God, remain faithful to biblical truth, and take seriously the eternal realities of salvation, judgment, holiness, and Christian living.
🔥 HIS PREACHING
Pastor Lawson is known for preaching with boldness and conviction.
He does not seek merely to entertain the congregation.
He seeks to confront the heart with the Word of God.
His preaching repeatedly points listeners toward:
THE AUTHORITY OF THE WORD OF GOD
THE REALITY OF SALVATION
THE NECESSITY OF REPENTANCE AND FAITH
HOLINESS AND GODLY LIVING
THE REALITY OF HEAVEN AND HELL
FAITHFULNESS TO CHRIST
THE POWER OF A TRANSFORMED LIFE
A recent 2026 message, for example, emphasized that genuine salvation produces a life that is changed by an encounter with Jesus Christ.
🌎 HIS PRESENT MINISTRY
Pastor Lawson continues to preach and teach through the ministry of Temple Baptist Church. Current 2026 broadcasts document Sunday and Wednesday services, demonstrating that his preaching ministry remains active.
His messages are also distributed online, allowing his Bible preaching to reach people far beyond Knoxville.
🎤 AND NOW…
Church, prepare your hearts.
Open your Bible.
Put away distractions.
Listen carefully.
This is not merely a time to hear another sermon.
This is an opportunity to hear the Word of God preached.
If you are looking for soft words that merely make you comfortable, you may not find them here.
But if you desire Bible truth that searches the heart, challenges the believer, magnifies Christ, and calls us to faithfulness—
🔥 LET US HEAR THE WORD OF GOD!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN…
LET US WELCOME TODAY’S SPEAKER—
PASTOR CHARLES LAWSON
A FEARLESS, FIERY, BIBLE-PREACHING SERVANT OF GOD!
“Preaching nothing but the Word pleases no one but the Lord.”
📖 “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.”
— 2 Timothy 4:2, KJV

Pentecostal Peculiarities & the Holy Spirit - Pastor Charles Lawson Wednesday Night Service: 14 Sep 2016 * CORRESPONDING BIBLE VERSE:...

“I’m just being real” is no excuse for sinful speech or actions.

When we sneer at people, delight in their failures, and discuss their faults while ignoring our own, Scripture calls us to seriously examine our hearts. That is pride expressing itself through our mouths.

Jesus said, “You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye” (Matthew 7:5).

Before you criticize someone else, examine yourself. Are you equally troubled by your own sin? Do you confess it, or do you always have an explanation for yourself? If everyone else is always wrong in every story you tell, you need to honestly consider what you are leaving out.

This applies to men and women alike. Cruelty does not become acceptable because men call it joking. Gossip does not become godly because women call it concern.

And something being true does not mean everyone else needs to hear about it.

There is a difference between seeking help and betraying someone’s trust. Seeking help brings relevant facts to someone who can provide biblical counsel, protection, or accountability.

Gossip spreads those facts to people who have no need to know. One seeks to address the problem. The other makes someone’s faults a subject of conversation.

We should ask ourselves honestly: Do I want biblical wisdom, or do I just want someone to take my side? Am I willing to be honest with what I have done, and be corrected too?

Someone who repeatedly betrays others’ confidence gives you little reason to trust that yours will be protected. And willingly listening helps keep the sin of gossiping alive.

We are called to love our neighbors, not use their failures to feel superior about ourselves.

Remember the mercy Christ has shown you. Repent of the words and actions that dishonor Him.

Where you have damaged someone’s reputation to others, seek to make it right.

The tongue needs more than restraint.

The heart needs true repentance.

“For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” Matthew 12:34

True repentance means asking God to change not only what comes out of our mouths, but the pride, jealousy, and bitterness that put it there.