Our friend and mentor, Colonel Fain

How our dear Colonel Jack Fain must be beaming and praising God in the highest (see Home Page story). I, too, rejoice at the legacy that Col. Fain and his wife Barbara have left in my life. Let me reminisce a bit: it’s 1972, and I’m about to graduate from West Point. I’m asked to write my testimony for the Bugle Call, which is the predecessor to the newsletter you’re reading now. As I labor over each word, I’m inspired by Col. Fain’s words about Christ at work in the military. I’m challenged to become an ambassador for Christ in uniform. Now, decades after beginning my army career, it is a great honor and privilege to write of Col. Fain’s legacy to many thousands of people since 1964, the year he founded Military Ministry.

His legacy includes nearly 300 staff today and more than 500 field volunteers that labor on behalf of the gospel to the U.S. military and the militaries of 17 other nations! This legacy includes more than 200 basic trainees who asked Jesus into their lives this week — more
than a thousand a month at all of our boot camp ministries around the country. And the legacy includes more than 1.3 million Rapid Deployment Kits (RDKs) distributed to troops
since Sept. 11, and Scriptures and studies sent to internet users via Military Ministry Internet Outreach’s branch-specific Web sites.

With his wife Barbara at his side, Col. Fain gave us a heritage that is reflected around the world and recapped on the pages of this website. Read and be blessed!