Senate chaplain barry black biography

1948—

U.S. Senate Chaplain, Chief Navy Chaplain

In June of 2003 Rear Admiral Barry C. Black was appointed the 62nd Chaplain to the United States Senate.

His nomination by then-President Bill Clinton and the Secretary of the Navy during Black's tenure as Chief of Navy Chaplains was acknowledgement of a long and illustrious military career and indeed a special relationship with God.

The appointment makes Black the first military chaplain, the first Seventh-day Adventist, and the first African American to fill the position, ministering to a flock of 6,000, comprising senators, spouses, Chiefs of Staff, and Capitol Hill employees.

Black is advisor to the most powerful people in the United States government on moral, spiritual, and ethical issues that affect the lives of millions in the United Sates and abroad.

Studied Bible and Oratory

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Black was born on November 1, 1948, in the inner city of Baltimore, Maryland, to Pearline and L