The Army provides many areas to serve, but for one soldier, his path was always predetermined. It just took a specific point in time to acknowledge it to himself.
U.S. Army Maj. Kenneth Bolin '96, the chaplain for the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, always knew he would end up serving in the ministry. He just didn’t know how long it would take him to get there.
Bolin, a West Point graduate, served four years as an infantry officer, then three years as a signal officer before finally accepting his intended mission.
"That was God's calling. I had always known that I was going to end up in ministry, but I didn't know when. It was while I was in company command that God effectively said that it was time to go. Enough running from God," said Bolin.
Bolin entered the ministry service through a non-denominational Bible church and then became an Anglican minister.
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