Spring Canyon’s OCF Chaplains’ Family Conference is focused on providing a place of restoration, recreation, and refreshment for our military chaplains and their families. With inspirational speakers, delicious family-styled meals, and plenty of activities for your children, Spring Canyon’s Chaplains’ Family Conference is an opportunity for you to reconnect with your family and be refreshed in your own ministry. Let our world-class staff serve you and your family during this relaxing spring vacation…make this year’s Chaplains’ Family Conference your “vacation with a purpose!”
The 12th Annual Chaplain’s Family Conference will feature Chaplain Doug Carver (Major General), U.S. Army Retired, Former Chief of Chaplains US Army. Topic: “A Walk through Ephesians”
Featuring music by Danny Byram, author of “Wallpaper Worship: Why Church Music Sounds Better, Fewer Are Singing, and What To Do About it”.
Chaplain (Major General) Douglas Lanier Carver, USA (born September 10, 1951) is a retired American Army officer who served as the 22nd Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army. He was appointed to this assignment on July 12, 2007 and was the first Southern Baptist chaplain to be promoted to the position of Chief of Chaplains in more than 50 years. Carver holds theology degrees from the University of Tennessee and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was originally commissioned in the field artillery and served with the 4th Infantry Division as a company grade officer in various artillery positions. He left active duty, but served with the Army Reserve for five additional years. Upon returning to active duty in 1984, he attended the Chaplain Corps officer basic course and began his career in the chaplaincy. Before serving as Deputy Chief of Chaplains in September 2005, he was director of training at the Chaplain Center and School at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He was also a senior chaplain for V Corps and Combined Joint Task Force 7 in Germany and Iraq from 2002 through 2004. In his current position as Director of Chaplaincy with the North American Mission Board (the endorsing agent for the Southern Baptist Convention), he is responsible for overseeing 2,700 chaplains around the world.