NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM) has appointed Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Kent Lundy as director of the United Methodist Endorsing Agency (UMEA), effective Oct. 1.

Retired Lt. Col. Rev. Mitchell Lewis of the U.S. Army, a United Methodist Endorsing Agency (UMEA) consultant, attended the May 23 graduation of three chaplains from the U.S. Air Force Basic Chaplain Course at Maxwell Air Force Base.

The Rev. Major Kimberly Hall has served as a chaplain for 13 years — six and half years in the Army and six years in the Air Force after transferring in 2019.

The first woman and first United Methodist chaplain assigned to the Coast Guard, Navy Capt. Chaplain Jennifer Bowden offers assurance and God’s grace to those facing some of their most difficult moments.

The Rev. Col. Karen Meeker’s passion for ministry began early, with a call that led to her becoming the second woman chaplain in the 82nd Airborne Division.

The Rev. Capt. Luigi Perez Perez, an Air Force chaplain stationed at Keesler Air Force Base, sees the world as his parish.

Memorial Day honors the cost of military service in the lives lost and those changed. United Methodist-endorsed military chaplains across the armed forces walk beside the living, those who carry visible and invisible wounds of war.

November 15, 2024 | by Kimberly Lord Muldersdrift, South Africa — The General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM)’s, Leadership, Education, and Development (LEAD) Hub, South Africa, held an “Introduction to Chaplaincy” training from Oct. 28 to Nov....

Rev. MiRhang Baek, Virginia Annual Conference, The United Methodist Church, with spouse Rev. TaeWon Kang. Participating in the Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program at the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry’s Center for Integrative Pastoral Practice (CIPP) has profoundly transformed my self-awareness, personal growth and ministry as...

Very few understand this more than Rev. Dr. Kent A. Lundy. A United Methodist Elder in the Indiana Conference, Rev. Dr. Lundy currently serves as wing chaplain to the 181st Intelligence Wing Air National Guard in Terre Haute, Indiana.