Midwest Chaplain Network
Building Up & Encouraging First Response Chaplains.
First Responders stand on three essential pillars of resilience: Soma, Psyche, and Pneuma—Body, Soul, and Spirit.
Each pillar matters. Each one needs intentional care.
Soma — supported through quality health care
Psyche — strengthened through mental health care
Pneuma — nourished through spiritual care
Resilience flourishes only when all three are tended together. No single discipline can carry the whole load, and no First Responder should have to choose which part of themselves gets cared for.
This is why we must refuse territorial thinking.
Complete care requires collaboration. Health professionals, mental health providers, Chaplains, and Peer Support Teams all bring something vital to the table.
Let’s link arms, honor each other’s strengths, and serve First Responders as one unified team.
Now Available on Amazon
First Response Chaplains pour themselves out day after day, giving strength, compassion, and spiritual presence to everyone else - often until they are running on empty themselves. This book invites them into a different kind of encounter. By stepping into the fictional stories of fellow Chaplains, they can recognize their own spiritual condition and locate where they stand in light of the messages to the seven churches in Revelation 2–3. These narratives become a mirror, helping Chaplains discern whether they are thriving, drifting, weary, or quietly depleted - and offering a pathway back to spiritual vitality.
The Critical Incident and Spiritual Wellness Debriefing Guidebook uses the devotional “A Letter from the Incident Commander” and the seven letters to the churches in Revelation 2–3 as a framework to assess, debrief, and restore First Response Chaplains enduring cumulative stress and trauma.
Our Organization
Find out about our Mission, our Vision, and our Core Values
When you choose to give to the Midwest Chaplain Network, you can be confident that your financial gift is being sown into fertile ground!
Donate
A 501(C)(3) Not for Profit Organization