- In the fall of 1959, the very first PCG Army Reserve chaplain was endorsed. Rev. Wayne Mullins previously held credentials with the Open Bible Church but transferred his credentials to the PCG when the opportunity to serve as a Reserve Army chaplain for the PCG surfaced. At that time, the Open Bible Church may not have been recognized by the military as an endorsing agency. Rev. Mullins, a missionary to the Philippines, had served in the Servicemen’s Center prior to receiving his ecclesiastical endorsement from PCG as an Army Reserve chaplain. The endorsement enabled him and his family to continue their missionary work while at the same time render religious care as a chaplain to the military personnel at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines.
Chaplain Ken Butler, the first civilian law enforcement chaplain. Chaplains Kenneth and Carol Butler’s prison ministry in Wapato, Washington, was the first civilian chaplaincy featured in The Pentecostal Messenger. They were “pioneer” community chaplains.
- The Pentecostal Church of God (PCG) had its first chaplain endorsed to Active Duty in the 1970’s under the umbrella of the NAE (National Association of Evangelicals). The Military Ministries were overseen by the PCG General Secretary Dr. Ronald Minor. Major John Ward served with distinction in the Air Force, and was soon followed by half a dozen other chaplains in the Army, Navy and National Guard.
- By 1995, the PCG created its own Chaplains Commission with retired Air Force Colonel Lemuel M. Boyles appointed as the first Endorser. He led ministries during the U.S. invasion of Grenada – going on to Honolulu to lead all Air Force chaplains in the Pacific – and remained as our Endorser until his death in 2017. He led the largest chaplaincy expansion in PCG history, inspired by an astute spiritual wife Rev. Agnes Boyles – herself a renowned Cardiac Nurse.
- Dr. George W. Linzey, the youngest Navy Chaplain ever selected to the rank of Captain, built the world’s largest military chapel program at Naval Training Center San Diego, with 7,400 sailors in weekly volunteer attendance. While on Active Duty in 1997 he obtained permission from six seminaries to grant a 25% seminary tuition discount to any PCG student enrolled. This included the Assemblies of God Seminary, Church of God in Christ, Church of God Cleveland Tennessee, Fuller Seminary, Regent University, and Southern California Seminary. Additional seminaries that provide training for our chaplains are Oral Roberts, Wesleyan Seminary, Bethel, George Fox, Liberty, Azusa, Howard, and Hampton University. Dr. Linzey served as the PCG Chaplain Endorser from 2017 until 2020.
- Bishop M David Reynolds, USAF Chaplain, Colonel (ret) and his wife Hope began the work of building the PCG Chaplains Commission 2.0. With a mandate from the Presiding PCG Bishop Wayman Ming and the General Board, Chaplain Reynolds brought ALL PCG Chaplains, both civilian and DoD, under one division. David and Hope focused on recruitment, retention, Pastoral care and continuing education. Having been awarded the Legion of Merit for his distinguished service at PACAF and the Joint Chaplain’s office in Washington, DC as well as decades of PCG Pastoral ministry Bishop Reynolds and Hope brought the skill set needed to carry the PCG Chaplains Commission 2.0 into God’s unfolding future!
- From 2001 – 2021 the PCG Chaplaincy grew from 6 chaplains to 70+ Hospital, Hospice, VA, DOC, Law Enforcement, Active Duty, National Guard and Reserve – including dozens of Seminarians and prospective chaplains in the pipeline. Our chaplains represent more than 1 million Pentecostal and Independent Charismatic constituents.
On June 5, 2026, The History of the Pentecostal Church of God Chaplaincy was published by Endorser/ Director David Reynolds. The book covers the history of the PCG Chaplains Commission from the beginning to today. It is required reading for new chaplains entering the commission.
