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BIOGRAPHY

 
Dr. Stephen Edwin Kirtley 

EDUCATION:

Certificate, Clinical Pastoral Education, St. Mary’s Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, 1988

Diploma, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, 1988

D.Min., Systematic Theology, Lexington Theological Seminary, 1974, Lexington, Kentucky

M.Div., Systematic theology, Lexington Theological Seminary, 1965, Lexington, Kentucky

B.A., English, Central Oklahoma State College (OCU), 1962, Edmond, Oklahoma

Diploma, Colorado Springs High School, 1957, Colorado Springs, Colorado

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

January 5, 2008:  Promoted to the rank of Chaplain Brigadier General, US Volunteers - Joint Services Command, USAVR, Long Beach, California
 
December, 2008 to present: Assigned as Chief of Chaplains, US Volunteers - Joint Services Command, USAVR, Long Beach, California

March, 2007 to present:   Director of Chaplains Programs, Promise Christian University, Pasadena, California

January, 2007 to 2008: Assigned as Deputy Chief of Chaplains, US Volunteers – Joint Services Command, USAVR, Long Beach California

September, 2003 to present:  Licensed Life Insurance Agent (CA) 0E15669

April 2000 to the present:  working several home businesses, I-Commerce, Financial Planning, Affordable Healthcare, Fine Art, and most recently as Distributor for XanGo functional health beverage

April 2001 to May 2002:  Director of Church Relations, Institute for Bible Translation, Alhambra, CA

July 1998 to April 2001:  Administrator, Oaks of Mendocino Assisted Living, RCFE, Altadena, CA

October 1995 to July 1998:  Administrative Specialist, Care Specialists, Inc., Home Healthcare agency, Pasadena, CA

September 1994 to October 1995:  Senior Pastor, Pleasant Grove Christian Church, Dallas, TX (Retired from parish pastoral ministry after thirty years*)

January 1991 to September 1994:  Pastor, First Christian Church, Alice, TX

June 1963 to May 1993 (Thirty-years*) Chaplain USAR (Retired from Army Reserves May 1993, rank of Colonel, Legion of Merit Award, Last tour as 90th Army Command Chaplain, San Antonio, Texas, supervising twenty-five chaplains.)  *Note:  Reserve chaplaincy and parish pastoring done concurrently; with the exception of six-years service on Active-Duty as chaplain.

 

SPIRITUAL GIFTS AND CURRENT MINISTRIES

My spiritual gifts are:  Mercy, teaching, administration, and pastoral care.  My wife, Kay Lu, and I have been active members of Lake Avenue Church, Pasadena, California,  since 1998 and are active members of Voyagers and Covenant Class.  I serve on call as adjunct teacher for these two classes.  We are active in the Pastor’s Network of So. California, a ministry fellowship of small church pastors, missionaries, evangelists, and Christian workers for five years.

 

PERSONAL:

Married Kay Lu (Pierce) in 1962, and in 1972 we welcomed our daughter Sarena Beth into our family.  Sarena and Bob Braudrick both walk with the Lord and are failthfully rearing their four beautiful children, Katie, Keegan, Beth Ellen, and Rebekah.  They reside in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, My health is robust and disease-free.  My hobbies are fitness training, reading, travel, and music.  I was born November 20, 1939.  I am 6’ tall and weigh 180 lbs.  My father served as Christian pastor for sixty-five years and as an Army chaplain (COL) for thirty.  

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