Unique Opportunities
To the wise chaplain, there are virtually no limitations to ministry amongst military members and their families. A chaplain is able to live amongst the people he is ministering to, people who are operating on the front lines of life, facing situations most civilians can’t comprehend. A chaplain, being an officer, receives immediate credibility with those he ministers to and is thus able to quickly be seen as a trustworthy source of truth and counsel. The military chaplain is paid to be the one who gets to tell the 18 year old high school drop-out, injured marine serving in Iraq, whose pregnant girlfriend just left him that there is a just and loving God who can forgive his sins and transform his life through the cross of Jesus Christ. I became a Navy chaplain because of the unique opportunities.
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