A Long Commute

A Long Commute: Ministry in Home for the Elderly, Kifisia, Greece By Chaplain Randy Hurtt, Columbia, SC/Kifisia, Greece In Mark 10:51, Jesus asks Blind Bartimaeus, “What do you want me…

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Ready, Set, Go

Ready, Set, Go: Newly Commissioned Chaplain Flies Downrange to Serve Troops By Greg Davis, Chaplain, USA Army On April 7th, 2022, I become an Active-Duty Army Chaplain. Six weeks later,…

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Gospel Driven

Hi, my name is Steve Engram. I’m the executive director of Venture Church Network Southwest. And I’m excited today to talk about our value that we hold together of being…

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Lament

  Hey Venture Church Network. In our last video, we talked about prayer and the importance of being desperate. Paul Miller in his book, the Praying Life, says prayer is…

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Measuring Results

If there’s anything these last couple of years has forced us to do, it’s to evaluate. What is ministry all about? What results should we be looking at when we’re…

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Thank You

  As the president of Venture Church Network, I would like to say thank you. It feels like pastors have been through more in the past 16 months than decades…

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Growing Through Adversity

”Growing Through Adversity” is a documentary in which several couples share their personal, often challenging, marriage experiences, to provide encouragement to others who want to build strong marriages. U.S. Army…

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He Was There

Chaplain response to NAS Pensacola terrorist attack By Chaplain Nick Dewhurst, US Navy Reserve, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida On Friday December 6, 2019, there was an attack on students…

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It’s Who You Know

Retired Chaplain Rivals the Energizer Bunny By Chaplain Bob Hicks, USAF, Retired & FBI Volunteer Cars, Taxis, & Walking CRU International Report 2019 Unlike years’ past, this 2019 found me…

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Chat with Chaplain

Finding Hope in the Midst of Crisis By Chaplain Evan Spencer, Salem VA Medical Center, Salem, Virginia Here’s how one VA chaplain reaches out to confined patients…through closed circuit TV…

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Jesus our Hero

Pastor-friend’s long-term prayer for chaplain-friend By Chaplain Greg Uvila, LCDR, US Navy,Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Oak Harbor, WA Recently at the CBNW annual enrichment conference we experienced phenomenal preaching…

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Ministry in the Balkans

Guard chaplain supports peacekeepers in Kosovo By Chaplain Jason Dong, Oregon Army National Guard, Deployed Greetings from Kosovo!  I hope this finds you in peace and good health.  We arrived…

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Little Eyes Are Watching

How a Navy Chaplain’s wife supports her husband By Chaplain Jonathan Stephens, US Navy, 7th Fleet, Yokosuka, Japan  When her first child was only six months old, Melissa’s husband received…

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Persing Pioneer

by Phil Persing Whew! 2019 is now history!  Reflecting on the past year,  it’s difficult to imagine that God could have packed any more excitement into it for our family. …

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Unorthodox Thanksgiving

Ten-hour Pass during Ranger School By Chaplain Sean Callahan, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina This year, Thanksgiving was quite unorthodox, both for our family and our ministry. I…

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Where Do I Start?

From Local Church Ministry to Prison Chaplaincy By Chaplain Joel Van Sant, Federal Bureau of Prisons Where Do I Start? This is the question that was in the front of…

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The Highs and the Lows

Chaplain Reflects on Blessings and Challenges By Chaplain Roy Fondren, USN/USMC, Okinawa Greatest blessing of quarter… There are many; but I’ll zone in on one. As a former Marine Infantry…

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