by KeithE » Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:10 am
I note that both the NAMB rules and the Covenant and Code of Ethics for Chaplains of the Armed Forces (CCECAF) rules as given in the article seem very myopic (i.e. focussed on a single issue) at least as the article reports it. With SBC’s NAMB it is homosexuality and with the CCECAF it is religious tolerance. Shows a lack of comprehensiveness and over-concern with a religious fad of the moment.
I doubt that the concerns of these rule makers are reflective of the range of concerns of the troops they serve. What about keeping relationships on the front up while on “adventures”, or fear of landmines, or political concerns of the rightness of our "adventures” (like Blake points out), or struggles on recovery from illness/injury or grief for fallen friends. Certainly some guidelines are appropriate in these arenas. Perhaps there are manuals on these other matters, but the rules makers are playing mostly to politics back home instead of providing useful guidance to the chaplains.
Informed by Data.
Driven by the SPIRIT and JESUS’s Example.
Promoting the Kingdom of GOD on Earth.