Chaplain Major General Dondi E. Costin

Chaplaincy

Church Leadership & Ministry

“The publication of this timely volume nods to the old saying, ‘When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.’ While chaplaincy has always been essential, the increasingly secular culture in which we find ourselves makes chaplaincy more important than ever. The day has long passed when most people can identify a church home and name its pastor. The documented decrease in religiosity from coast to coast these days has produced an era in which the need for pastoral care has skyrocketed while personal connections to pastors have fallen off the cliff. Which means that the need for chaplains who are called and equipped to minister in every imaginable context has never been greater. I highly recommend this book by three powerhouse authors with close to a century of chaplaincy experience in the trenches. The data tells us that the student (our secularized society) is ready. Thank God that the teachers in this book have finally appeared.”