On-Demand Webinars
One way the Marsh Institute supports chaplains in diverse and global settings is through webinars. These two hour events address topics and issues faced by chaplains, counselors, and often clergy. By hosting a panel of professionals, these webinars bring understanding and application to a myriad of challenges. Send suggested topics or presenters to [email protected]
Watch or listen to on-demand webinars at any time anywhere.
EXPLORE WEBINARS
Ministering to Those with Reproductive Loss
May 14, 2026 • 2:00 PM CT • 115 min
Ministering to Those with Reproductive Loss is a pastoral training webinar designed to equip ministry leaders with the knowledge, sensitivity, and practical tools needed to support individuals and families navigating reproductive loss. Rooted in a Christian-centered framework, the webinar honors the life and dignity of every conception while approaching grief with truth, tenderness, and grace — never minimizing trauma or weaponizing shame.
Walking with the Hurting Following a Death by Suicide
November 06, 2025 • 2:00 PM CT • 120 min
In the wake of a tragic death by suicide within any institution, the role of caregivers (chaplains, ministers, and counselors) becomes urgent and indispensable. This two-hour webinar will equip caregivers to help the hurting institution deal with the ripple effect caused by a suicide. With training, chaplains, ministers, and counselors should walk alongside leadership, family, and members during times of crisis, offering compassionate presence, spiritual grounding, and emotional support.
Chaplains: Caring for Self
May 02, 2025 • 40 min
Caring for others invariably can be costly for the caregiver. Chaplains are vulnerable to exhaustion in their role of providing for the needs of others. Using three objects, this presentation offers three essential points that can help chaplains survive and sustain ministry long term. Jim Browning, a retired USAF active duty chaplain, is the Director of the Marsh Institute for Chaplains. He is also the co-editor of “The Heart of a Chaplain, Exploring Essentials for Ministry, Second Edition.”
Chaplains: Caring for Others
May 02, 2025 • 37 min
Chaplaincy involves a never-ending engagement with hurting people. Prioritizing and stamina are required to sustain a long ministry as a chaplain. He developed 22 recommendations to help chaplains create a personal strategy for Caring for Others. Jim Browning, a retired USAF active duty chaplain, is the Director of the Marsh Institute for Chaplains. The Marsh Institute collaborates, equips, supports, and advocates for chaplains in diverse settings.
Essential Lessons from Chaplains in Unique Cultures
October 03, 2024 • 2:00 PM CT • 116 min
Chaplains must understand a culture’s distinctiveness as a prerequisite to building an impactful and effective chaplain ministry. Misunderstanding or ignoring a culture’s uniqueness conveys a sign of disrespect and can negatively impact one’s ministry.
Ministering to Those with Dementia
May 02, 2024 • 8:00 AM CT • 140 min
What can chaplains, ministers, and counselors learn from those providing ministry, support, and care to those with dementia? According to the World Health Organization, the number and proportion of people 60 years and older is increasing from one billion in 2019 to 1.4 billion by 2030. This upward trend is accelerating, especially in developing countries. Equally challenging is the impact of dementia on the estimated 55 million people worldwide. In this free webinar, the Marsh Center for Chaplain Studies has enlisted an international panel of experts and practitioners.
Understanding and Ministering to those with Moral Injuries
October 19, 2023 • 2:30 PM CT • 115 min
According to the National Center for PTSD, moral injury describes the results when people may perpetrate, fail to prevent, or witness events that contradict deeply held moral beliefs and expectations in traumatic or unusually stressful circumstances. Moral injury may result when someone does something contrary to or fails to do something in line with their beliefs. Additionally, moral injury can develop due to witnessing behaviors that go against an individual’s values and moral beliefs. Guilt, shame, disgust, anger, and a negative impact on an individual’s spirituality are some hallmark moral injury reactions.
Speaking Your Relevance in Your Institution’s Language. (A Discussion of Chaplaincy & Return On Investment)
March 10, 2022 • 111 min
The Marsh Center for Chaplain Studies presents “Speaking Your Relevance in Your Institution’s Language.” With budget reductions, institutions too often view their institutional chaplains as expendable. As such, chaplains must speak of their relevance in the institution’s language. This webinar’s discussion will explore how chaplains can convey their relevancy or return on investment (ROI) to their institution.
Caring for Others, But Not at the Expense of Oneself
October 13, 2022 • 116 min
Chaplains often work with individuals during the worst of times. These single events or cumulative exposures can certainly affect care providers who offer support and ministry to others. This webinar will identify some strategies for how chaplains and ministers can stay mentally and spiritually healthy while being compassionate to the needs of others.
The Heart of a Chaplain: A Marsh Center Webinar with Four Chaplains
October 14, 2021 • 112 min
While one may easily spot another with a ‘chaplain’s heart,’ it is challenging to define and measure. This webinar explored the tangible and intangible qualities of what makes an excellent chaplain. What are the imperatives one must have? Does it start with God’s voice embedded deep within one’s soul? Is that enough, or what more is needed? Is it something learned or innate? Is it spiritual gifts? Personality? Skills learned? Competencies? Experience? Is it simply a job where one knows how to operate within a particular culture? Our “Heart of a Chaplain” webinar panelists will seek to define, refine, and explain these elusive qualities.
Lessons Learned in Using Innovation / Technology to Deliver Spiritual Care During COVID- 19
January 28, 2021 • 113 min
This webinar captured the lessons learned from those who used innovation and technology to deliver spiritual care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our presenters represent the ministry delivered in Marketplace, Hospital, Veteran Affairs, Correctional, Military, and Parachurch ministries.
