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The closer people get to a foxhold, the more spiritual they generally become, a frontline military chaplain observed. Tough circumstances—and the accompanying escalated interest in spiritual matters—provide countless opportunities for military chaplains like U.S. Navy Capt. Bill Perdue of the…

As the war goes on, so does the work of military

CHICAGO (RNS)–Once you've seen the brutal face of evil, you start looking for the tender face of God, Chaplain Robert Barry said. Barry is an Air National Guard chaplain who spends his summers working with injured soldiers at Landstuhl military…

Southern Baptist tapped as Army chief of chaplains

Chaplain Douglas Carver has been nominated to serve as the next U.S. Army chief of chaplains—the first Southern Baptist to lead the Army's chaplain corps in more than 50 years. Carver, 55, also has been recommended for promotion in rank…

Deployed

CHARLOTTESVILLE–Joel Jenkins, pastor of First Baptist Church of Charlottesville, temporarily changed congregations last year—and the relocation was extreme. Jenkins, a longtime Army Reserve chaplain, was called to active duty in Iraq last June with barely a week's notice. For the…

Chaplain strives to be the presence of Christ in war zone

ALANBAR, Iraq (ABP)–Chaplain Alan Rogers has baptized a Marine in an Iraqi river under armed protection. Needless to say, it was a quick job. A Marine Corps corporal asked Rogers to baptize in the Euphrates River in Iraq, near the…

Chaplain ministers at world’s busiest U.S. military trauma center

U. S. AIR FORCE THEATER HOSPITAL, Iraq (ABP)–At the U.S. Air Force Theater Hospital in Iraq, the sounds of Army Blackhawk and Marine Sea Knight helicopters are a call to duty for Air Force Chaplain Shane Gaster. Gaster, one of…

What can churches do?

The war on terrorism is very much like other wars; and it is very different from other wars. Like all wars before it, people die and are wounded in body and mind. Like no war before it in our nation's…

Chaplains prep West Point cadets for spiritual warfare

WEST POINT, N.Y. (BP)—Southern Baptist chaplains Col. John Cook and Lt. Col. Darrell Thomsen, along with other chaplains at West Point, mourn the loss of 51 academy graduates since the war began. Still, new cadets keep coming with a desire…

Cadets learn Islam as part of “winning the peace”

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (RNS)—The lights in a Jersey City mosque flickered at dawn, and more than a dozen West Point cadets stirred in sleeping bags scattered across the prayer room. As Imam Hussein Wahdan began the melodious call to prayer…

Trump’s new ICE policy attacks the church

White House plan to combat Islamophobia draws mixed reviews

Rep. Barry Loudermilk pushes democracy to the brink

Mary the thorny rose