Current United Methodist chaplaincy facts and figures

Current number of UM chaplains

• 586 endorsed military chaplains
• 600 endorsed civilian chaplains
• 227 approvals for a total of 1,278.

United Methodist chaplains deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan

This number fluctuates daily. To date there are 78 deployed; some have returned and some have gone. The agency is sending phone cards to 33 chaplains to help military personnel keep contact with their families back home.

Number of United Methodists in the process of becoming chaplains

The agency has endorsed 23 people in 2005, endorsed 99 in 2004 and has 57 pending, which means they are endorsed, but not yet employed.

Current Indiana military chaplains

South Indiana Conference

• William J. Caple, Randolf-Macon Military Academy, Va.
• Michael Gore, student at the Naval War College, Middletown, R.I.
• Michael R. Warner, Sr. Protestant Chaplain, Kadena AFB, Okinawa, Japan

North Indiana Conference

• Robert A. Church, Command Captain, United States Navy, El Centro, Calif.

Sources: UMC Endorsing Agency and
Indiana conference journals