Ep. 576: Military Chaplains, Christian Radio, Charity Ratings, and a Family-Friendly Movie

About this episode

In this episode, Warren Smith discusses various news items including changes to military chaplains' uniforms and a new study on Christian radio.

Christina Hello, everyone, I’m Christina Darnell, the managing editor of MinistryWatch. Welcome to the MinistryWatch podcast. In today’s extra episode, I talk with Warren Smith about some news items that are slightly (even significantly) outside of our normal charity and philanthropy “beat.” So, Warren, what’s up first? Warren Military chaplains will no longer indicate their rank on their uniforms, according to a new order from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegspeth. People I’ve talked with tell me they generally think that’s a good thing. Enlisted personnel might be intimidated to talk with chaplains about deeply personal issues if they know that chaplain is a senior officer. Progressive groups opposing the move include Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. Christina Up next, a new study by Pew found that nearly 98 percent of U.S. adults live within range of at least one religious radio station. Warren And that about 25 percent of all AM/FM stations are dedicated to religious programming. The U.S. has about 4,000 religious stations and about half of American adults spend at least some time each week listening to religious…

People in this episode

Host: Warren Smith

Topics covered

• Military Chaplains
• Christian Radio
• Charity Ratings
• Family-Friendly Movies

Keywords

• military
• charity
• philanthropy
• radio
• movies

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Project Hail Mary

Books & works: Safe for the Entire Family, Project Hail Mary

Places: U.S., Hollywood, America

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