RESUME

Chaplain, Major (ret), David Cannon

Prattville, Alabama
E-mail: chaplain@m300ministries.org

Objective:  

Serving the Lord by equipping saints for ministry and being of ready assistance and comfort to front line ministry leaders.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Full-time ministry (28 years): Christian college instructor/pastor (5 years); civilian pastor (3 years) and Air Force chaplain (20 years)
• Extensive history in counseling 16-25 year-olds in educational and military settings (over 23/month)
• Certified in suicide prevention/intervention, alcohol treatment, marriage preparation, marriage communication and stress management
• Master of Theology degree; instructed courses in Bible, philosophy, Greek, and Christian ethics
• Experienced in world cultures:  lived in Canada (7 years), England (3 years); Pacific Rim (4 years); deployed to Korea, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Balkans, Guam, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Cyprus and Germany
• Managed $200K to $700K chapel funds/budget (12 years)
• Supervisor: oversaw staff of 9 professional chaplains
• Proven leader as husband, father, soccer coach, tennis instructor, head pastor and chaplain

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Bible Teacher, Western Christian College (Saskatchewan, Canada) - January 1980 to July 1985

• Taught daily high school and college Bible classes
• Served as primary pulpit minister
• Coached high school soccer team (2 years)
• Led local and regional teacher-training workshops as religious education coordinator
• Speaker for college chapel talks, dormitory devotional talks, multiple retreats,
• Guest lecturer for annual college workshop, regional church workshops (3 states), regional men's retreats and youth rallies
• Directed annual Christian children's summer-camp (3 years), assisted at Montana teen summer camp

Pulpit Minister, Calgary Church, Alberta, Canada - July 1985 to April 1987

• Pulpit minister for local church, grew from 125 to 175 in less than two years
• Appointed leadership and spearheaded move to larger facility; solidifying future growth
• Consultant/participant in local college ministers' panel discussions
• Developed phone line dial-a-devotional ministry, led devotional talks for local TV station
• Fostered lay-leaders' training/participation in ecumenical crisis phone-line; led ongoing training for active phone-line workers

Chaplain, USAF Chaplain Service - May 1987 to present

K. I. Sawyer AFB, MI (B-52 base), May 1987 to May 1991

•  - Led pastoral response effort to three plane crashes totaling 19 deaths, 20 injuries; averted suicide crisis for young mother with two preschool-aged children, restored hope

Williams AFB, AZ (undergraduate pilot training base), June 1991 to May 1993

•  - nurtured a demoralized base population facing installation closure, provided strong pastoral support

Hickam AFB, HI (Pacific Air Command Headquarters), June 1993 to May 1997

•  - administered $7.2K annual fiscal activity; first-ever chaplain training to women's abuse shelter staff
•  - grew ailing Contemporary Worship Service from 25 to 125; seized growth opportunity with relocation
•  - requested by name at Family Support Center to provide "change management" retiree training
•  - restored trauma victims to productive lives using critical incident stress training; conducted debriefings  after two suicides, a flightline death, and 12 traumatized first-responders to USS Cole explosions

Walter Reed Army Medical Center (Clinical Pastoral Education), June 1997 to May 1998

•   - provided quality pastoral care to 50 acute care and outpatient care patients daily
•   - "His creative ministry to same-day surgery patients sets the standard for those who follow him."

Bolling AFB, Washington DC (support to Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery), June 1998

   to July 2001

•   - Wrote chapel prototype for helping professionals web page; received Surgeon General recognition
•   - Supervised four chaplains giving pastoral care to Pentagon/Arlington area; providing four worship
      services and standing up new Contemporary Protestant worship service, first-time singles outreach

Brooks AFB, TX (international school of medicine/research facility), August 2001 to June 2003

•   - Produced singular chapel status of "outstanding support team" in base inspection
•   - Supervised/mentored two young chaplains, preparing them for promotion to higher rank and leadership

Maxwell AFB, AL (Air University--resident training for USAF, USAF Reserve, and Air National

  Guard military education), July 2003 to present

•  - Served as executive officer to wing chaplain, coordinating/managing administration of overall chapel
•  - As lead Protestant Chaplain, responsible for annual ministry to over 25,000 Air University students
•  - Strengthened world-wide Air Force chaplain effectiveness as adjunct "helping professionals" instructor for Chaplain Service Institute
•  - Achieved "master trainer" status in two-day suicide intervention seminar; delivered 14 workshops

Involvement and Adult Education Minister, Prattville, AL - May 2007 to November 2008

• Launched new adult education program to maximize member involvement/participation
• Revamped processes for outreach to guests, closed the loop for guest follow-up and stronger accessions

SPECIALIZED CERTIFICATION

Taylor-Johnson Temperament Analysis (TJTA), Psychological Publications, Memphis, TN 
 - used extensively in counseling for 19 years
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), Living Works Incorporated, Dayton, OH
 - master trainer for two-day workshop, led 14 events, coordinated entire program for three years

EDUCATION

1971 Sumter High School, Sumter, SC
1976 B.A. (Bible), Harding University, Searcy, AR
1979 M.Th. (90 grad hrs), Harding University Graduate School of Religion
1989 Academic Instructor's School (six-week resident military instructor's training)
1998 Clinical  Pastoral Education (CPE) at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (1-year course)
1992 Squadron Officers' School (seven-week resident training for officers)
2000 Air Command and Staff college (year-long advanced leadership training for officers)

PERSONAL STRENGTHS

Comprehensive experience in broad application of teaching and counseling applications

Reliable, detail-oriented team player

Professional integrity, strong moral courage and honesty, community builder highly motivated