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The North American Mission Board (NAMB) is the domestic missions agency of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). It is involved in Southern Baptist church planting and revitalization, coordinating one of the United States's largest disaster relief agencies through the cooperation of state Baptist relief agencies, creating evangelism resources and other programs such as chaplaincy support and ...
Within the United States Department of Defense, the Armed Forces Chaplains Board (AFCB) advises the Secretary of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness on religious, ethical, and moral matters, as well as policy issues affecting religious ministry and the free exercise of religion within the military services. [2]
It functions as the point of contact between religious groups and the government of the United States military to satisfy the U.S. military requirement that chaplains serving with the various branches of the U.S. armed forces hold "ecclesiastical endorsement" from their religious communities and also serves as a forum for discussions among ...
As of 2022, there is no provision for official recognition of Wiccan or pagan chaplains. [2] A broadly neutral depiction of Wicca for a military audience is found in the 1990 version of the Department of the Army's Religious Requirements and Practices of Certain Selected Groups: A Handbook for Chaplains. [3]
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) is a Baptist theological institute in Louisville, Kentucky.It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.The seminary was founded in 1859 in Greenville, South Carolina, where it was at first housed on the campus of Furman University.
Douglas Lanier Carver (born September 10, 1951) is a retired American Army officer who served as the 22nd Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army. [1] He was appointed to this assignment on July 12, 2007, and was the first Southern Baptist chaplain to be promoted to the position of Chief of Chaplains in more than 50 years.
Rear Admiral Gregory N. Todd as 20th Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps Captain Gregory N. Todd as 10th Chaplain of the United States Coast Guard. Todd was commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy Reserve in 1986, providing ministry to Marine Corps Reserve units while concurrently serving as pastor for civilian churches in Illinois.
CANA—and thus the Church of Nigeria—was also the canonical residence for ACNA's chaplains, as CANA Bishop Derek Jones became the first ordinary of the Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy (JAFC). The vision of CON leadership in the early 2010s was to transfer CANA parishes to ACNA jurisdiction.