Chaplain (Col) Ray Fairman

Spiritual Weapons And Training Team

This site is dedicated to developing and encouraging the kind of leadership God ordained and intended for use in both the Military and Law Enforcement professions. Those are the fields of missionary service upon which I simultaneously spent my last 40 + years. I spent those years actually working in those jobs and being impacted by them directly, and not, as some of you may be thinking as a by-standing Chaplain. Not until I had finished overlapping careers as a US Marine and a Deputy Sheriff and Police Officer and retired from both, did I see that God was calling me into service as a Police Chaplain with a secondary role of working with all first responders and especially those who respond to natural and man caused disasters. This includes our military responders as well.

I realized when I tried to retire that we Christians have been instructed by Our Lord and Savior to make use of all the life experiences and accumulated knowledge with which He provided us, to make the path to "Salvation" more visible and readily accessible to others. We have also been directed to help others grow as Christians through "Discipleship". Sadly, while many congregations (there is but one church and Jesus Christ is its head) are doing an acceptable job of recruiting for God's army, all too few instill or even provide their members with true spiritual leadership and discipleship training. These "recruits" are often left trying to mature on their own. If this was such a great way to learn then we would let our children raise themselves and our cops, soldiers and the rest of the world train themselves as well. I would hate to think of the results of that course of action.

Therefore, I have now directed my efforts toward developing and helping others who have dedicated themselves to the brotherhood of arms strengthen their own understanding and witness by allowing God to direct my sought after knowledge and God given experiences gained as a Christian working under His guidance in both foreign and domestic combat and garrison duties in both the law enforcement and military operational environments toward fulfilling His plans for me as a Police Chaplain.

I also provide when available computer systems that I recondition to law enforcement officers who have suffered crisis induced tragedies at no cost. What I have is usually internet ready and includes what kids need for doing their school work. Simply notify me to see if I have any systems available and provide me with the circumstances and a local agency to which I may ship what I have available. You may also ship your old working or non working systems to me at the below listed church address or if you live with in 4 hours of Athens GA let me know where to pick up them up.

To read comments and/or Prayer requests from other law enforcement and military personnel, use the Feedback and Prayer Request Link.

To ask a question or send a prayer request or if you would like to request Chaplain Fairman speak to your group or church, or if you need him to respond in times of extreme crisis he can be contacted through the Winterville GA Police Department or Living Word Baptist Church or you may use the "Contact" tab above.

Chaplain Ray Fairman of (Winterville Police Department) and Chaplain Larry T Davison (Oconee County GA Sheriff's Office) have been involved in responding to and directly supporting the military, law enforcement officers,EMT's and firefighters who were serving in such chaotic incidents as Ground Zero (9/11) NY, New Orleans, Gulfport and Biloxi following Hurricane Katrina and the campus shooting at NIU in DeKalb, Illinois.

Chaplain Fairman is also a member of the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team and a staff chaplain for the Christian Law Enforcement Family Mission Team (See: clesummit.org)

This ministry does not solicit donations nor accept speaking fees. However, for those who feel a calling to support the work of this law enforcement chaplaincy ministry and its additional outreach to our armed forces, donations may be sent to:

 Living Word Baptist Church
2761 Monroe Highway
Bogart, GA 30622

Directed to the First Responder Chaplain's Fund

Please use the "Sounding Off" link to read some informational, encouraging and I hope inspirational articles.

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