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Do VA Chaplains serve local congregations or faith communities?

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Do VA Chaplains serve local congregations or faith communities?

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Full-time chaplains are prohibited from serving local churches and congregations or faith communities. Their primary focus in pastoral support is to the hospitalized veteran and those served in residential and home based care programs supported by VA. Less-than-full-time and contract chaplains are allowed to serve in community religious organizations as clergy. All chaplains within VA are prohibited from recruiting or proselytizing into their individual faith group, denomination or church. Chaplains assist veterans to clarify the veterans’ desire for religious involvement and assist in strengthening veterans’ ties with religious resources in the veterans’ community.