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April Young-Bennett is the author of the Ask a Suffragist book series and host of the Religious Feminism Podcast. Learn more about April at aprilyoungb.com.

Congratulations Jenna Carson, first #Mormon woman endorsed by #LDS church to be a military chaplain

Congratulations Jenna Carson, first #Mormon woman endorsed by #LDS church to be a military chaplain
Jenna Carson, first female Latter-day Saint military chaplain

The Church News reports, “Other Latter-day Saint women are currently candidates to become Church-endorsed military chaplains. Carson may be the first Church-endorsed female military chaplain, but she will not be the last.”

Making history: Church endorses its first female military chaplain, Church News, July 29, 2022

We have followed the journeys of Latter-day Saint women chaplains at the Exponent for a long time. Here are some stories of trailblazing hospital and prison chaplains from our Exponent community:

https://exponentii.org/an-interview-with-a-female-mormon-chaplain/
After 25 Years, Female Chaplain Endorsed by LDS Church
https://exponentii.org/guest-post-gods-inconvenient-call/
Guest Post: God’s Inconvenient Call
https://exponentii.org/a-thousand-ways-to-pray/
A Thousand Ways to Pray

Read more posts in this blog series:

April Young-Bennett is the author of the Ask a Suffragist book series and host of the Religious Feminism Podcast. Learn more about April at aprilyoungb.com.

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