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1. Texas Lawmakers Vote to Allow Chaplains in Public Schools to Combat Mental Health Crisis

The Texas Legislature has passed a measure that would allow public schools to hire chaplains in addition to school counselors. To be eligible for the program, all chaplains will need to be endorsed by ...

Created on 12 May 2023

2. Walter Reed Hospital Cancels Spiritual Care for Sick and Wounded Veterans

Removing God and faith from the military and veteran communities that the government is supposed to provide care and support to will have dire consequences at home and on the battlefield. The Biden administration ...

Created on 11 April 2023

3. Muzzled, Fired and Reported as a Terrorist: Chaplain Loses Case in LGBTQ Dispute

An ordained Church of England (CofE) chaplain, who was fired from his job and secretly reported to the UK government's terrorist watchdog for a moderate sermon in a school chapel on identity politics, ...

Created on 14 March 2023

4. Salvations Abound as Sheriff's Office and Inmates Celebrate Baptism

An Indiana sheriff's department recently celebrated the new year by commemorating the baptisms of around 40 incarcerated men and women. The Decatur County Sheriff's Office sparked thousands of likes ...

Created on 18 January 2023

5. Faith Over Football: D1 Athlete Leaves the Field for God's Calling on His Lif

Read time: 2 minutes 34 seconds Cam Lamanuzzi may have started his time at Fresno State as a linebacker, but he later realized that God had placed a different calling on his life. Being a native ...

Created on 12 January 2023

6. When Harvard Hired an Atheist to Be the Chief University Chaplain

... a higher power. "Harvard University's organization of chaplains is getting a new president to coordinate the campus' Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist and assorted other religious communities. Only the ...

Created on 30 August 2021

7. Billy Graham Rapid Response Team Deploys to Hurting Community

Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (BG-RRT) chaplains are responding to last night's deadly shooting in Indianapolis, Indiana, where a gunman killed eight people and wounded several others. Police officers ...

Created on 16 April 2021

8. Army Makes History Promoting Black Female Chaplain to Colonel

... not faint." Earlier in the ceremony, before the eagle insignia were attached to the shoulders of her uniform to symbolize Lawson's promotion to colonel, Army Chief of Chaplains (Maj. Gen.) Thomas Solhjem ...

Created on 03 September 2020

9. A Muslim Is About to Minister to the Spiritual Needs of 14,000 Soldiers

... although there are about 8,000 Muslims in the military—constituting about one-quarter of one percent of the nation's armed forces—there are just five Muslim chaplains in the Army and 10 total in all of ...

Created on 06 March 2017

10. Why a Tongue-Talking, Hand-Laying Chaplain Is Going Against Major Pentecostal Leaders

"Suddenly we have this wedge within us; the community in Christ is torn asunder by the politics of a socially conservative agenda."  The chaplain's voice cracks as he pours out his heart: Namely how the ...

Created on 01 July 2016

11. US House Hearing Scrutinizes Military's 'War on Faith' ...

Some say the U.S. military is now so hostile to religion, many believers in the ranks are afraid of mentioning their faith. Because of past cases, Congress has specifically ordered the military to stop ...

Created on 20 November 2014

12. 1 More Sign Schools Are Systematically Removing God

As students returned to one school in Florida, there was a glaring omission. Books, desks and classrooms remain unchanged, and the cafeteria menu is virtually the same. But chaplains for the Olympia High ...

Created on 03 September 2014

13. Common Sense or Coincidence? Navy Turns Down Atheist as Chaplain

... to make up that person's sense of self, their inner resources, resilience and capacity to cope." In contrast, the North American Mission Board, an arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, notes that "Chaplains ...

Created on 04 June 2014

14. Chaplains Help Others Grieve but Learn to Grieve Themselves

Seated at a table with other chaplains who have comforted grieving military families, retired Army Chaplain John Schumacher held the red rose in his hands before he passed it along, pausing to remember ...

Created on 06 February 2014

15. Pentagon Denies Bias Against Military Chaplains

Lawmakers peppered Pentagon officials on Wednesday about claims that military chaplains have faced discrimination for their beliefs, and time and again, chaplains and personnel officials said they were ...

Created on 30 January 2014

16. Military Chaplains Demand God-Given Right to Speak Bible Truth

The government is punishing U.S. military chaplains and Christian service members for their beliefs on traditional marriage, says the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty. The group provided written ...

Created on 29 January 2014

17. Christian Military Chaplains Sue Veterans Affairs for Alleged Mocking

... of the chaplains eventually left the program voluntarily because of the treatment; the program leader eventually ejected the other participant. Military-Veterans Advocacy filed the suit against Secretary ...

Created on 11 November 2013

18. Catholic Chaplains Given Marching Orders Barring Service to Gay Couples

Catholic military chaplains cannot be forced to witness or bless a same-sex marriage, nor are they allowed to take part in any marriage counseling retreats that are open to gay couples under new rules ...

Created on 25 September 2013

19. Flooding, Stranded, Emotions Rise in Colorado

... cope with the raging waters, which in some cases have overtaken their homes or businesses. RRT chaplains will be in Colorado for the foreseeable future, helping give hope to the suddenly homeless and providing ...

Created on 17 September 2013

20. Military Guide Lumps Christians, Jews with ‘Extremists’

The Department of Defense classified Catholics, evangelicals, Jews and Mormons as religious “extremists” in military training materials, according to the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty. More than ...

Created on 29 August 2013