AG U.S. Missions Chaplain Receives Highest Honor
Brandy Reynolds isn’t one to seek recognition. As a civilian chaplain with Assemblies of God U.S. Missions Chaplaincy Ministries serving the Air Force, her focus is on ministering to people, such as military members and their families, and supporting the volunteers who work beside her.
Still, for her selfless spirit and ministry accomplishments Reynolds was awarded the 2024 Spirit of the Four Chaplains Award for the United States Air Force Chaplain Corps, the top award for Air Force Chapel volunteers.
Since her youth, Reynolds’ love for God has compelled her to share His hope with others. She did this by working in children’s and youth ministries while attending Central Bible College. Reynolds also served as Religious Education director for the International Christian Assembly in South Korea.
In 2015, Reynolds married Jason, a career Air Force man. She gave birth to daughter Kyiah (now age 9) in North Carolina and son Jay (now 8) while they were stationed in the United Kingdom.
The family moved to Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany seven years later — during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the base ministries were barely running or not running at all. Chapel attendance had dwindled as well.
Chaplain Capt. William Miller arrived at Spangdahlem in 2022 as the lead faith group chaplain for the Protestant community. He collaborated with Reynolds often to help rebuild and expand the Protestant ministries at Spangdahlem Chapel.
Reynolds stepped up wherever needed — children’s ministries, homeschooling programs, Vacation Bible School. She also reached out to women, both military spouses and those in active service. Having attended Protestant Women of the Chapel (PWOC) since 2016, she became its president in 2022. The organization teaches women how to study the Bible on their own and integrate God into their daily lives.
Reynolds, 43, recalls a ladies Bible study she led during her second year as president.
“I sat around a table with about 10 other ladies as they were discussing how this was the first time they had ever opened a Bible for themselves and read it” she says. “It made me emotional because our faith has to have substance to grow. Our lives will not be practically impacted by our hope in Christ if we are only hungry for a surface-level understanding.”
“Brandy’s ministry perfectly illustrates why chaplains are essential in the military,” says Manny Cordero, national director for AGUSM Chaplaincy Ministries. “Every day, we see the clear and urgent need to reach the lost for Christ in military communities.”
In addition to PWOC, Reynolds became involved in Planting Roots, a ministry that guides active servicewomen and military wives into a deeper relationship with Christ.
“We have spouses across the U.S. and around the world who are dealing with deployments that make them instant single parents and heads of households for what sometimes ends up being an unknown amount of time,” Reynolds explains. “We feel deeply that we can be rooted in our faith, even when life is uncertain and unpredictable.”
Because of her various ministries, another base chaplain at Spangdahlem urged Reynolds to enter the civilian specialized military chaplaincy, an AG volunteer program, and obtain ministerial credentials. She pursued this path and became an official chaplain in 2024.
Miller cheered her on and developed a deep respect for Reynolds.
“She is a godly woman,” he says. “Any chaplain who's responsible to lead a service would count having a volunteer of Brandy's character, faith, and ability as an absolute godsend. To use military terms, she is a true force multiplier.”
A “force multiplier” improves the effectiveness of a military force so it can achieve more. One evidence of this was the expansion, under Reynolds’ leadership, of the PWOC into a Europe-wide retreat in 2023. Children’s ministries at Spangdahlem also grew, as did worship attendance. By Easter 2025, over 350 people were worshipping in chapel services.
Reynolds has a humble perspective of this growth.
“God placed a phenomenal team of chaplains, support people, and base leadership at just the right time to create the perfect environment for success,” she says.
In January 2025, the Spangdahlem Chapel team nominated Reynolds for the Air Force Chaplain Corps’ Spirit of the Four Chaplains Award. This honor recognizes non‑Chaplain Corps members who embody servanthood, teamwork, and religious freedom reflected in the legacy of the Four Chaplains. The award commemorates four World War II Army chaplains who gave up their life jackets to save others as the USAT Dorchester sank on Feb. 3, 1943.
During the Protestant worship service on Sunday, April 13, 2025, Miller announced that Reynolds had been named the Air Force Chaplain Corps’ 2024 Spirit of the Four Chaplains Award recipient. She accepted the award in August 2025 at a banquet in Washington, D.C. The award was presented by Chaplain, Major General, Cecil Richardson, a retired Assemblies of God chaplain and former chief of chaplains for the Air Force.
To Miller, Reynolds fits the profile of those chaplains.
“It was their ability, in that moment, to come together for the common good, if you will — true service and ultimately, sacrifice. And I think that's one thing that Brandy epitomizes,” Miller says.
When asked about the award, Reynolds offers a broader view.
“I do not see this as an individual award because of all of the others who rallied along with me and showed up faithfully to invest in our community,” she says. “Spangdahlem Air Base won this award. It was a team effort every step of the way.”
Reynolds and her family recently left Spangdahlem and transitioned back to the U.S. Once her husband retires, she plans to complete her Master of Divinity and serve as a VA chaplain.
Reynolds has been prepared for this new role. Toward the end of his life, her father suffered with illness related to his military service. Through this and being a military spouse, she understands the heaviness of scars, seen and unseen.
No matter where God leads her, Reynolds will continue sharing His hope with others.
