Approved faith groups for chaplains
Dear Department of Defence,
When it was in force, regulation 110(2)(a) of the Defence (Personnel) Regulations 2002 outlined a procedure for the approval of chaplains. In particular, it stated that to be approved as chaplains, applicants must be "a member of a church or faith group approved by the Religious Advisory Committee to the Services".
The explanatory statement to the new Defence Regulations 2016 states that "the provisions in the Defence (Personnel) Regulations 2002 that dealt with arrangements for chaplains have been removed. These arrangements will now be addressed in internal Defence policy documents, without changing the nature of their service."
This being the case, does the Religious Advisory Committee to the Services still maintain a list of approved faiths, and if so, would you please be able to send it to me?
Yours faithfully,
Anonymous User
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Subject: Freedom of Information request - Approved faith groups for chaplains
Dear Department of Defence,
When it was in force, regulation 110(2)(a) of the Defence (Personnel) Regulations 2002 outlined a procedure for the approval of chaplains. In particular, it stated that to be approved as chaplains, applicants must be "a member of a church or faith group approved by the Religious Advisory Committee to the Services".
The explanatory statement to the new Defence Regulations 2016 states that "the provisions in the Defence (Personnel) Regulations 2002 that dealt with arrangements for chaplains have been removed. These arrangements will now be addressed in internal Defence policy documents, without changing the nature of their service."
This being the case, does the Religious Advisory Committee to the Services still maintain a list of approved faiths, and if so, would you please be able to send it to me?
Yours faithfully,
Anonymous User
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Please find attached a list of the 64 religions/faith group/belief groups available for ADF personnel to choose from. For those who cannot find a specific religion, there is a group called Other Christian. If they have a different faith/belief group from Other Christian they may choose from the list, including Agnostic, atheist, free thinker etc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Anonymous User [mailto:[FOI #3358 email]]
Sent: Saturday, 8 April 2017 17:25
To: FOI requests at Defence
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Approved faith groups for chaplains
Dear Department of Defence,
When it was in force, regulation 110(2)(a) of the Defence (Personnel) Regulations 2002 outlined a procedure for the approval of chaplains. In particular, it stated that to be approved as chaplains, applicants must be "a member of a church or faith group approved by the Religious Advisory Committee to the Services".
The explanatory statement to the new Defence Regulations 2016 states that "the provisions in the Defence (Personnel) Regulations 2002 that dealt with arrangements for chaplains have been removed. These arrangements will now be addressed in internal Defence policy documents, without changing the nature of their service."
This being the case, does the Religious Advisory Committee to the Services still maintain a list of approved faiths, and if so, would you please be able to send it to me?
Yours faithfully,
Anonymous User
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Dear Matthews, Venessa MS,
Thank you so much for providing me the information.
Yours sincerely,
Anonymous User