This week at the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Louisville, the North American Mission Board is revealing a new plan that seeks to minister to Church Staff members who are serving as military chaplains and their congregations. The plan involves some new resources for the Pastors and congregations to prepare for when Reserve or Guard chaplains deploy.

As a reserve chaplain and a member of a church staff, this seems like a really neat idea. Here’sthe story and here is the page with the new resources. I expect these can be some very helpful resources for churches and pastors as they deal with the difficulties that come from long absences, increased stress, and readjustment at the end of a deployment.