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Hotel Chaplain

Hurting employees find a resource for spiritual help.

Sep 05, 2017 by John W. Kennedy Specialized

Near-Fatal Wreck Gives Senior Volunteer Chaplain New Purpose

Despite the amputation of his leg, Jim Whisnant still wants to tell others about Jesus.

Aug 28, 2017 by John W. Kennedy Healthcare

Sister Chaplains

Siblings LeyAnne and Alison Ward provide mutual support, while tending to the spiritual needs of hundreds of U.S. Army personnel.

Aug 24, 2017 by John W. Kennedy Military

Firsthand Compassion

The death of his first wife helps hospice chaplain Wes Bynum counsel others to cope with grief.

Aug 21, 2017 by John W. Kennedy Healthcare

Grateful for Religious Freedom

Army Deputy Chief of Chaplains Thomas Solhjem believes America’s pluralism benefits people of faith.

Jul 31, 2017 by John W. Kennedy Military

From Coal Miner’s Son to Major General

Retired Air Force Chief of Chaplains Cecil Richardson continues to influence men and women around the world.

Jul 26, 2017 by John W. Kennedy Military

Russ Cockrum has been a hospital chaplain, police chaplain, motorcycle chaplain, soldier, pastor, and presbyter. Now, at the age when most men are contemplating retirement, he is adding a new job to his portfolio: the first representative to missionary chaplains. Cockrum will be in a pastoral role to Chaplaincy missionary families, and missionary associates from around the nation. These missionaries are in diverse ministries such as motorcycle, trucking, rodeo, orphan care, prison evangelism, human trafficking, and rock climbing. What they have in common is that they must raise their own support, which Cockrum has been doing for 15 years as an AG U.S. missionary chaplain.

Jun 20, 2017 by Chaplaincy Specialized

Chaplain to the Chaplains

Russ Cockrum has been a hospital chaplain, police chaplain, motorcycle chaplain, soldier, pastor, and presbyter. Now, at the age when most men are contemplating retirement, he is adding a new job to his portfolio: the first representative to missionary chaplains. Cockrum will be in a pastoral role to Chaplaincy missionary families, and missionary associates from around the nation. These missionaries are in diverse ministries such as motorcycle, trucking, rodeo, orphan care, prison evangelism, human trafficking, and rock climbing. What they have in common is that they must raise their own support, which Cockrum has been doing for 15 years as an AG U.S. missionary chaplain.

Jun 20, 2017 by Chaplaincy Specialized

A Pioneer in Ministering to Inmate Families: Mannie Craig

Manford "Mannie" Craig grew up in Maine and sensed a calling to become a missionary at age 16. He figured that meant service to a foreign country, because that's the only kind of missionary he heard about in the 1950s at Assemblies of God church services, prayer gatherings and camp meetings. In Springfield, Missouri, in the mid-1960s, Craig graduated with a bachelor's degree in theology from Central Bible College and a master's degree in theology from Central Bible College Seminary. Upon the advice of Assemblies of God institutional chaplain representative Paul Markstrom, Craig served a year in a psychiatric clinical internship at Menninger Clinic in Kansas.

Jun 20, 2017 by Chaplaincy Correctional

He Knows Your Name

Chaplain Sheri Ray never expected to be ministering in Africa. "I had gone on missions trips to Asia," she says. "But I knew Africa would be a far more rigorous ministry experience." The opportunity for the St. John's Hospital chaplain from Springfield, Mo., to connect with hundreds of women at two East African conferences came unexpectedly. Ray had called the Assemblies of God Southern Missouri District to ask about the trip for a friend, and ended up being recruited to the team.

Jun 20, 2017 by Scott Harrup Healthcare

Still Fighting Racism

In her younger days, Assemblies of God chaplain, pastor, and church planter Wanda R. Carter presumed that racists would die off when the older generation passed from the scene. "I've come to see funerals won't do it," says the now-retired Carter, 73. "Others rise up and take their place." Over the years, Carter has done her best to change prejudicial attitudes. Carter isn't overbearing or contentious. She is short in stature, and her words are mellow and measured. Nevertheless, she has a way of getting her points across.

Jun 20, 2017 by Chaplaincy Specialized

AG Chaplain Honored by White House as a “Champion of Change”

On Tuesday, March 19, 2013, Assemblies of God chaplain, Priscilla Mondt, was honored as a Women Veterans Champion of Change by the White House. She was one of only 14 women veterans to receive this honor. They were chosen because they have shown exemplary leadership at the local, state or regional level. Watch a video of the First Lady's address to this group.

Jun 19, 2017 by Chaplaincy Military / Veterans Affairs

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