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In response, Eden Theological Seminary in Webster Groves, Mo., is launching its own program to train chaplains. The school is a seminary of the United Church of Christ, which is among the more liberal mainline Christian denominations. And its decision to train chaplains comes despite reservations about military involvement and objections to war.
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Perhaps the military needs to make a more concerted effort to reach out to these more liberal denominations. Help them to understand despite their reservations, there is a calling to fulfill, and that they too have an obligation to their military parishioners. Otherwise, the more evangelical Baptist are going to continue to fill the void in ever increasing percentages, thereby widening the issue.
There are many great evangelical Chaplins out there who are doing a wonderful job but, there should be better representation and it’s up to the military to point that out, and those more liberal under represented denominations to support and accomodate, to make it happen....jd
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