COLUMBIA, S.C.—Congratulations to Ch (CPT) Jeremiah Cates, who graduated from the Chaplain Basic Officer Leadership Course at the United States Army Chaplain Center and School at Fort Jackson. Chaplain Cates, his wife, Jennifer, and their sons, Ethan and Evan, live in Wyoming, where he serves with the Wyoming Army National Guard as a Rear Detachment chaplain.
One hundred fifty messengers representing 22 partnering associations from 10 countries recently converged in Bangkok, Thailand, for the first biennial conference of the International Partnership of Fundamental Baptist Ministries. Building on the Biblical concept that “two are better than one” (Ecclesiastes 4:9–12), each speaker and workshop leader endeavored to transform the passive theory of partnering into an [...]
ANTARCTICA—Chaplain Rick Steen has been leading Christmas Eve and Christmas services for military personnel in Antarctica, where the current “summer” temperature hovers around 16 below zero.
Chaplain Steen, deployed with the Tennessee Air National Guard, describes Antarctica as a place where everyone is preoccupied with nature—but often distracted from the truth of God’s Word.
Over the weekend of 29–30 Aug 09 Chaplain John Murdoch ministered at Sovereign Grace Baptist Church, Modesto, CA, and Crossroads Baptist Church, Tracy, CA.
On Monday 31 August 09 Chaplain Murdoch and Pastor Tim Heinrich met with Chief Chris Bosch and discussed the development of a chaplaincy program for the City of Tracy Fire Department. [...]
On behalf of the GARBC, we want to thank all of our Veterans and current Active Duty, Reserve, and National Guard members of every Branch of our military, for your service to our great country. Today in ceremonies all over America, people are taking time to stop and reflect on what you have purchased for [...]
On 17-18 Sept 09 Baptist Bible Seminary held its annual Chaplaincy Awareness days in order to bring in front of the College, Graduate School and Seminary student bodies the relevancy of chaplaincy ministry. Chaplains participated in dorm devotions, chapel, and an open forum lunch. Representatives from all branches of the military participated, as well as [...]
The annual National Boards and Conference of the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol was held in San Antonio, Texas 2-5 Sept 09. Twelve of our Regular Baptist pastors participate as chaplains in CAP and three are a part of the Executive and Advisory Councils of the Chaplain Corps. Ch, Col Whit Woodard [...]
Left to right: CH (CPT) Mike Crawford, TSGT Jacob Getzelman, Senator Daryl Beall, MAJ Todd Essign (Battalion XO), CH (COL) John Murdoch, CAP
On 28 September 08 Faith Baptist Church of Fort Dodge, Iowa, held a Military Appreciation Service and welcomed home the Iowa Army National Guard unit and Chaplain, (CAPT) Michael Crawford, who is their [...]
Commander Tom Webber, CHC, USN is assigned to the 8th District Coast Guard and is stationed in New Orleans, LA. He writes: “Southern LA evacuated during both hurricanes and NOLA (GUSTAV) and Houston and Galveston (IKE) once each. Even though we evacuated our people, they were the first back into the area - [...]
Chaplain (1LT) Mark Worrell graduated from the Army Chaplain School located at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina on Thursday 4 September 2008. Mark is to report to his first duty assignment at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, on September 11, and has been told he should be planning to deploy with [...]
