Articles for tag: Civil Air Patrol

August 23, 2012

By Paul Boatman John Craycraft is executive director of the ChaplaincyÂ Endorsement Commission (CEC) for the Christian churches/churches of Christ. Prior to his 2006 appointment, he servedÂ 16 years in local church ministries, and 26 years as a NavyÂ chaplain, retiring as a captain. How does chaplaincy differ from ministry in the local church? In the congregational ministry you may see children born, grow up, get married . . . you live a life cycle with them. In any chaplaincy you are with people for only a limited time and then you may lose track. Ministry may be really intense, but the

June 14, 2009

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Church Leadership Pastoral Transitions & Succession

A Long Ministry

Â By Shan Wood In the summer of 1965, a young, skinny graduate of Ozark Bible College, Joplin, Missouri, moved to a small city north of Buffalo, New York. He was accustomed to life in the Midwest, so becoming minister of a small church in suburban western New York was quite a change. Moving away from family and friends to serve a new church always presents challenges, but adding such complicating factors as a first ministry in an unfamiliar region of the country usually is a recipe for a short “tour of duty.” But somehow it worked, for some 40