Adam Cochran
Centre,AL
Summary
Religion Instructor
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Operations Chaplain
135th Expeditionary Sustainment Command
03.2022 - Current
- Serve as the Operations Chaplain for the 135th ESC/ 1TSC-OCP to provide operational oversight and planning to subordinate UMTs, religious support operations and planning, and primary Strong Bonds manager
- Responsible for providing religious support to assigned Soldiers and authorized individuals, and work under the command chaplain while conducting religious services, providing pastoral care and providing for the ethical and moral well-being of the command
Full time support chaplain
FT McLellan Training Center
08.2020 - 02.2022
- Provided religious support to Soldiers and families of training center
- Provided worship, small groups, prayer meetings and counseling
- Provided mentorship and training to unit ministry teams that come through Ft
- McClellan
- Partnered with a trained and certified ministry dog (Hank) who provided connections through ministry of presence, connections in counseling, and emotional support to Soldiers in one on one settings
Pastor
Friendship Baptist Church
01.2012 - 01.2019
- Pulpit ministry to church on Sunday morning and Sunday night
- Part of my job is to administrate leadership team of church to hold to mission statement of church
- Provide visitation of sick and shut-ins on a weekly/monthly basis
- Preaching each Sunday morning as well as leading Wednesday night bible study and prayer time
- Provide pastoral counseling to those in the church family and community
- Be a positive change agent in the church as well as in the community and to encourage leaders of all areas of ministry in the church
- Provide vision and goals both in the short and long term to the church
- To be the primary vision caster for the church
Chaplain
Cherokee Home Health and Rehab
10.2010 - 11.2015
- Provide chaplain support to Hospice patients and their families with visitation, prayer, religious support
- Coordinate/administrate the bereavement program in hospice care as well as provide follow up care to families after the loss of a loved one
- Provide religious support to staff and families
- Research care plans for hospice patients and provide for follow up to families who lost loved ones
Student Education/Families Minister
Ridgecrest Baptist Church
09.2008 - 01.2010
- To provide solid spiritual leadership to youth/children’s ministry
- Primary job was to encourage and involve volunteers to work as a team to provide outreach to community, solid biblical teaching in Sunday school and Discipleship training as well as preaching to teens on our weekly Wednesday night youth service
- Build relationship with youth and encourage from a solid biblical perspective
- Work alongside pastor to meet goals of the church in all areas
- Fill in for pastor in his absence
- I was involved in leadership of children’s church and drama ministry
- Provide pastoral care (visitation, sick, shut-ins, prospects) to congregation and community
Pastor
New Prospect Baptist Church
01.2006 - 03.2008
- Pulpit ministry to church on Sunday morning and Sunday night
- Part of my job was to encourage leadership team of church to hold to mission statement of church
- Provide visitation of sick and shut-ins on a weekly/monthly basis
- Provide pastoral counseling to those in the church family and community
- Be a positive in church as well as in the community
- My job was to encourage leaders of all areas of ministry in the church
- Provide vision and goals to the church and keep the focus on Jesus
Assembler/ RCI technician
Hon Company
01.2000 - 01.2006
- Began at Hon on production line as assembler
- In 2003 became member of Rapid Continuous Improvement team which led Safety/quality/ lean improvements throughout plant
- Led teams to identify and target opportunities to cut cost and provide safe/prosperous work environment to all employees
Youth and children’s pastor
Black Creek Baptist Church
01.2003 - 01.2005
- To provide solid spiritual leadership to youth ministry
- My job was to encourage and train volunteers to work as a team to provide outreach to community, solid biblical teaching in Sunday school and Discipleship training
- Build relationship with youth and encourage from a solid biblical perspective
- Work alongside pastor to meet goals of the church in all areas
- Fill in for pastor in his absence
- I was involved in leadership of children’s church and drama ministry
- I led Wednesday night small group that took place in student’s homes
Education
Intermediate Level Education course -
Doctor of Educational Ministry -
New Orleans Baptist Seminary
01.2022
Doctor of Educational Ministry - church revitalization and organizational growth
United States Army Chaplain Center and School
01.2022
Chaplain Captain’s Career course -
01.2016
Clinical Pastoral Education - 1 unit
09.2014
Chaplain Basic Officer Leadership course -
04.2010
Master of Religious Education -
Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary
01.2010
Bachelor of Arts - Religion
Liberty University
01.2008
High School graduate -
Cherokee County High School
01.1991
Skills
- Grief support
- Spiritual care
- Records management
- Ministry development
- Materials preparation
- Chaplaincy administration
- Pre-marital counseling
- Pastoral care
- Mental health awareness
- Spiritual guidance
- Stress management assistance
- Religious education
- Spiritual counseling
- Crisis intervention
- Pastoral counseling
- Spiritual leadership
- Preaching
- Organizational skills
- Team collaboration
- Biblical Knowledge
- Teaching
- Leadership development
Certification
- National Guard Trained Crisis responder, 08/01/08
- PREP for Strong Bonds, 03/01/10
- Marriage LINKS, 04/01/10
- PICK, 04/01/10
- CRBNE-Ministry during Chaos, 08/01/09
- Combat Medical Ministry/Emergency Medical Ministry course, 09/01/10
- Chaplain Captain’s Career Course, 01/01/16
- Ministry dog (Therapy dog) certification, 07/01/21
Statementoffaith
I became a Christian on January 25th 1998. I was called to preach the gospel in July that same year. I have been in the ministry for over 20 years as either a volunteer or pastor. I was ordained in September of 2003 by Black Creek Baptist Church as their youth pastor. I am conservative in theology and very mission minded. I dreamed of one day becoming a chaplain for the Alabama National Guard. I have saw God work through the smallest of answered prayers in the deserts of Iraq and Kuwait and my small community in Cherokee County. My desire is to be all that I can be for God. My passion is pastoral ministry and leading the church to accomplish its mission of making disciples.
Family
Penny, 23, Amber, 26, Levi, 23
References
References and letters of recommendation available upon request.
Military Service
Enlisted Soldier, 01/01/90 - 01/01/99, 13 Bravo, Field Artillery, 19 Kilo, tank crewmember, Full commission into National Guard as chaplain, Iraq, 04/01/11 - 12/01/11, 135th ESC, Birmingham Alabama, Kuwait, 12/01/22
Timeline
Operations Chaplain
135th Expeditionary Sustainment Command
03.2022 - Current
Full time support chaplain
FT McLellan Training Center
08.2020 - 02.2022
Pastor
Friendship Baptist Church
01.2012 - 01.2019
Chaplain
Cherokee Home Health and Rehab
10.2010 - 11.2015
Student Education/Families Minister
Ridgecrest Baptist Church
09.2008 - 01.2010
Pastor
New Prospect Baptist Church
01.2006 - 03.2008
Youth and children’s pastor
Black Creek Baptist Church
01.2003 - 01.2005
Assembler/ RCI technician
Hon Company
01.2000 - 01.2006
Intermediate Level Education course -
Doctor of Educational Ministry -
New Orleans Baptist Seminary
Doctor of Educational Ministry - church revitalization and organizational growth
United States Army Chaplain Center and School
Chaplain Captain’s Career course -
Clinical Pastoral Education - 1 unit
Chaplain Basic Officer Leadership course -
Master of Religious Education -
Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary
Bachelor of Arts - Religion
Liberty University
High School graduate -
Cherokee County High School
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