User talk:Dgardner710

Deacon Gardner,

Fr. Tanner asked me to write that paragraph. You are probably correct on including that information on a timeline or something like that. However, I am reluctant to do so for security reasons for our chaplains' families. The only way to write a good timeline story would be to mentionk specifics, such as who, where, and when. That would unnecessarily open up some of our chaplains to security concerns that I really can't discuss in an unclassified medium such as this. In a way it fits in this section because it does illustrate growth and current status. In another way it would probably fit better somewhere else in the article.

By the way, Archbishop Woodall is a civilian, not Navy. The Faith Groups that endorse clergy to serve as chaplains must have a civilian denominational representative, known as an Ecclesiastical Endorser, to serve as a liaison between the various churches and the military departments.

I read your concerns about the rest of the Communion outside of the United States. I agree with including information about the church in nations other than the US. However, most of the editors on the English wikipedia know little to nothing about the church in those nations. Recent events show that a number of people barely knew anything about the CEC in America as well. The neglect of the international information is a serious lack, but I am certain it is not by design.

USMC Padre 19:19, 25 October 2006 (UTC)