The Military Chaplaincy as Ministry

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Excerpt from The Military Chaplaincy as Ministry: A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of Requirements for the Degree of Master of Theology in the Divinity School of Duke University, 1993What does ministry mean? It is not an academic exercise that seeks knowledge for its own sake. Nor is it an enterprise for the profit of money or power. Ministry, born in the crucible of relationship, is the work of the church to establish the presence of the living God in the lives of people. What is the work of the church in respect to the men and women who serve in the nation's military?The nature of ministry in general begins with the Old Testament scriptures. Particular people, groups of families do the bidding of the living God. The priests and Levites have their works of service delineated in the five books of Moses, the Pentateuch. Military commanders, judges, kings, and teachers lead the people of God within their respective eras of history. The prophet's confrontational work is not a popular duty among the community of faith. Yet, God calls them my servants the prophets, the ones who speak God's words of judgment and hope to the people of Israel.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.