About Maury

If there is a person who understands the pressures upon clergy and the demands of transition, it is Chaplain Maury Stout.

After serving as a seminary instructor and pastoring two churches in Missouri, he began active duty service on 1 June 1996 as a battalion chaplain for the First Squadron, Second Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Polk, Louisiana. This transition from civilian pastor to Army chaplain proved to be one of the most positive steps of his life. While serving as the squadron chaplain, he was awarded the Forces Command Excellence in Ministry Award and provided spiritual leadership to the community as the pastor of Dragoon Chapel. He then served as the battalion chaplain for the 44th Engineers (Combat), Second Infantry Division, at Camp Howze, Republic of Korea. He was also the pastor of the Camp Howze Chapel.

Following his tour in Korea, he was the battalion chaplain for 2-70th Armor Battalion, First Armor Division, at Fort Riley, Kansas. Chaplain Stout then served as the Task Force Chaplain for Task Force Thunder at Camp Kabal, Kuwait. Upon return from Kuwait, he became the Brigade Chaplain for First Brigade, First Infantry Division, and pastor of the Main Post Chapel, Fort Riley, Kansas. He was then selected to be an action officer in the Directorate of Ministry Initiatives for the Army Chief of Chaplains at the Pentagon. While in that assignment he also ministered to soldiers in Egypt, Kuwait and Iraq.

He also coordinated training for Army chaplains from Protestant (Rick Warren, Joel Osteen, Charles Stanley, Fred Craddock, Ravi Zacharaias, Henry Blackaby, Anne Graham Lotz), Jewish (Rabbi Dr. J. J. Schacter, Dean of the Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Institute) and Islamic perspectives (Dr. Vincent Cornell, Asa Candler Distinguished Professor of Islamic Studies at Emory University). He is presently on assignment in advanced civilian schooling in the area of religious studies focusing on Islamic studies and Arabic at the University of Kansas. Firmly grounded in the historic Christian faith, he is pluralistic in orientation and works with a wide variety of denominations.

Chaplain Stout’s military education includes graduation from the Chaplain Officer Basic Course, the Chaplain Career Course and the Center for Army Leadership’s Organizational Leadership for Executives course. His civilian education includes a Bachelors Degree in Biblical Studies (B.A.) from Central Bible College, a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, a Master of Theology (Th.M.) degree from Harvard University and a certificate in Leadership Coaching from Georgetown University.

He is a member of the International Coaching Federation and clinical membership in the Association of Clinical Pastoral Educators. He has received Basic, Advanced and Pastoral Crisis Intervention Critical Incident Stress Management certification; certification in the Strong Deployment Inventory, the Apter Motivational Style Profile and the Leadership Spectrum Profile; and lifetime qualification for training in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. He is the military’s only Myers-Briggs Type Indicator train the trainer. Chaplain Stout uses the MBTI to positively leverage “shadow performance” with clergy, especially in the areas of mood management and relationship breakdown.

His military decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Achievement Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon and the Overseas Service Ribbon.

Chaplain Stout is married to Jeressa (Tate) of Eden, North Carolina. He is the proud father of Natalie, Chelsea, Mattie, Zachary and Cassie. He resides in Leavenworth, Kansas.

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