Family and Youth Leadership Conference
Saturday January 8, 2011
Memorial Auditorium, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave., Montclair, NJ 07043
Featured Speaker: Dr. Barry Black, Chaplain of the United States Senate
Biography
On June 27, 2003, Rear Admiral Barry C. Black (Ret.) was elected the 62nd Chaplain of 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.
To read more of this biography go to http://biography.jrank.org or go to the United States Senate website - http://www.senate.gov to view their version.