Open Bible ministers serve as chaplains in a variety of settings.
Some are pastors serving in part-time or volunteer positions
while others are full-time chaplains. Together they offer
people hope and faith in Christ far beyond the walls of the
institutional church. The chaplain's calling is a unique one
that takes God's love to work places, hospitals,
jails and prisons, senior citizen centers and residences,
parks and campgrounds, police and emergency services departments,
the military and other strategic locations. If you are interested
in serving the Lord as a chaplain, please contact us. Inquires may be sent to
the Director of Chaplains Ministries:
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Chaplain John Simmons,
Lt Col, USAF (ret)
2495 S. Bertelsen Road
Eugene, OR 97405 |
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Chaplain RDML Robert F.
Burt
Chaplain Corps, United States Navy
Chief of Chaplains, United States Navy, Marine
Corps, and Coast Guard |
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| Chaplain Burt is the senior ranking
Open Bible military chaplain having served over
25 years as a Navy chaplain. As the Chief of Chaplains
for the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, Chaplain
Burt is responsible for the vision and implementation
of religious ministries within the Sea Services.
He provides oversight and leadership for approximately
2,000 chaplains serving with the Navy, Marine Corps,
and Coast Guard. Prior to being commissioned as
a chaplain, he served for seven years as an enlisted
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Chaplain (Col.) R. Terry
Meek
Command Chaplain, First United States Army, Fort Gillem, Georgia |
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| As the First Army Command Chaplain, Chaplain Meek is responsible for overseeing and implementing chaplain ministries for a wide range of First Army personnel. He has served as an Army chaplain for over twenty years. Previous to being commissioned as an Army chaplain, he had prior enlisted time in both the Marine Corps and the Navy. |
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Chaplain (Major) Michael
E. Goecker
Senior Protestant Chaplain, Misawa Air Base, Japan |
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Currently serving as the Senior Protestant Chaplain at Misawa Air Base, Japan. Chaplain Goecker has been an active duty Air Force chaplain for nearly 15 years and served as a chaplain in the Air Force Reserve prior to going on active duty. In April 2010 he began a 6 month deployment in Afghanistan.
(Video) US and coalition forces come to the aid of several hundred Afghan refugee's in Kabul, Afghanistan. |
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Chaplain (Captain) Benjamin
L. Hines
Deputy Garrison Chaplain, Kaiserslautern, Germany |
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| Chaplain Hines is currently serving as a Deputy Garrison chaplain at the Pulaski Army Barracks in the Kaiserslautern Military Community, Germany. Previous chaplain assignments have included Fort Lewis, WA and prior to going on active duty he was a chaplain with the Oregon National Guard. |
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Chaplain (Captain) Chad
McGinnis
Illinois Army National Guard |
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| Chaplain McGinnis serves with the Illinois National Guard. He has had several deployments including a year in Afghanistan (2008-2009). During that deployment he was awarded the bronze star for exceptionally meritourious service while providing outstanding warrior care while under enemy fire. |
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Chaplain (Col) Timothy Samorajski
Command Chaplain, 416th Theater Engineer Command, USAR |
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| As a career Army Reserve chaplain, Chaplain Samorajski has had many opportunities to serve our citizen soldiers. As Command Chaplain for the 416th Theater Engineer Command he is responsible for all chaplain ministries throughout that Army Reserve Command. In his civilian ministry, Chaplain Samorajski serves as a full-time hospice chaplain. |
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Chaplain James Taylor
Chief of Chaplains, James A. Haley VA Medical Center, Tampa, Florida |
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| Chaplain Taylor is the first Open Bible minister to become a Supervisor of Clinical Pastoral Education. As Chief of Chaplains at the James A. Haley Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital in Tampa, Florida, Chaplain Taylor leads a group of chaplains who give spiritual care to our military veterans who access that facility for their medical care. Included in this group of veterans are many wounded warriors who have returned from our nation's battles including those most recently returned from the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters. |
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Chaplain Jan Kolb
Good Samaritan Care Center, Prescott Valley, Arizona |
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| After her husband retired, Chaplain Kolb followed him as the chaplain at Good Samaritan Care Center in Prescott Valley, AZ. Prior to moving to Arizona, the Kolbs served as pastors for many years in several Open Bible Churches. |
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Chaplain Eric Halvorson
Three Rivers Hospice in Mount Vernon, Missouri |
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| Following a fifteen year career as an Open Bible church pastor, Chaplain Halvorson transitioned into the chaplain ministry. Since doing so, he has served in several chaplain ministry assignments and currently serves as a hospice chaplain. |
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