Posts Tagged ‘military chaplains’


The Church’s Role in Military Ministry

June 8th, 2007  |  by Will Alley  |  Published in Military

When I was deployed to Iraq in 2003-2004, I was very thankful for the support my church showed my wife and I. Our Sunday school class really rallied around the wives who had husbands deployed, and I believe their prayers and support really made a difference in my wife’s attitude towards my deployment … [...]

Modern Chaplains Ministering to Postmodern Soldiers

June 1st, 2007  |  by Will Alley  |  Published in Military

This morning I had the opportunity to have breakfast with one of our soldiers who is finishing up his mid-tour leave and about to head back to Iraq. It was good to catch up over some eggs, pancakes and coffee, and we soon found ourselves talking about the spiritual morale among the troops he [...]

Faith in the foxhole

May 29th, 2007  |  by Will Alley  |  Published in Military

By Barbara Bedrick (5/24/07)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. –The closer one gets to the foxhole, the more spiritual human beings, in general, become according to a spiritual warrior who has served on the Iraqi battlefield.As Americans pay tribute this Memorial Day to those troops who have died fighting for their country, military chaplains like Capt. Bill Perdue, [...]

Military Chaplain Bible Fund (MCBF)

May 17th, 2007  |  by Will Alley  |  Published in Military

Please help us meet the need.
THERE ARE TENS-OF-THOUSANDS OF SERVICE PERSONNEL IN IRAQ ALONE WHO ARE IN NEED OF BIBLES.
Through our Military Chaplain Outreach, International Bible Society (IBS) provides special desert camouflage Bibles to troops in Iraq, troops preparing for deployment, and troops remaining at home station. IBS sends the Scriptures to military chaplains, who [...]

So. Baptist set to be soldiers’ top chaplain

May 17th, 2007  |  by Will Alley  |  Published in Military

WASHINGTON (BP)–For the first time since 1954, a Southern Baptist has been nominated to lead the U.S. Army’s chaplains. The Army’s public affairs office announced May 10 that Chaplain Brigadier General Douglas Carver has been appointed to the grade of Major General for assignment as Chief of Chaplains.
The last chief of chaplains from the Southern [...]

Military Missions Network (MMN)

May 11th, 2007  |  by Will Alley  |  Published in Military

These guys are on to something. Their vision is to get local churches, military chaplains and para-church organizations to work together to provide a more effective ministry to our service men and women and their families. Why hasn’t this been done already!?!
The MMN describes this as three streams of ministry merging together to [...]