2026 EPC Chaplain's Workshop Registration

  • The Workshop is Friday, June 19, 2026, 8am-4pm
  • Workshop Location: Greenwood Community Church - 5600 E. Belleview Ave., Greenwood Village, CO
  • Lunch is provided: Firehouse Subs (includes sandwich of choice from catered menu, chips, dessert, and drinks; menu will be sent to you prior to the workshop to make your sandwich choice)
  • Thanks to the generous donations of chaplains and others to the Care of Chaplains Fund, there is no charge for the Workshop or the Lunch.
  • Be sure to make departure arrangements from Denver Airport (DIA) so as to avoid having to leave the Workshop early (the Workshop goes until 4pm). The Airport is approximately 40 minutes away from the church, not including unexpected traffic or if you have to turn a car rental in.
Workshop Information: 

Part 1 (Morning)   

"Religious Liberty and Freedom: Fighting for What Matters Most!" - Kelley McLean, First Liberty Institute

For this segment of our Chaplains Workshop, our keynote speaker Ms. Kelley McLean will discuss the vital role Chaplains have in upholding religious liberty and supporting the religious practices of those they serve. She will discuss existing legal protections, and key priorities First Liberty is working on. Additionally, she will walk through complex scenarios, so you know your role according to the law. We will also have plenty of time for Q&A. 

Bio: Ms. Kelley McClean serves as Director of Government Affairs for First Liberty Institute in the Washington D.C. office.  In this role, she develops and implements First Liberty's strategic initiatives at the federal level with external entities and allies on Capitol Hill.  As a principal strategist, McLean provides important feedback on religious freedom to members and staff of the U.S. Congress, the White House, and federal agencies.

Prior to joining First Liberty, McLean served as Legislative Assistant to Senator James Lankford where she oversaw the Senate Values Action Team and advised several members of the U.S. Senate.  She served as Government Affairs Fellow at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, McClean also ran the House Values Action Team under its founding chair Congressman Joseph Pits, where she advised multiple members of the U.S. Congress. 

Prior to that, she worked as the Government Relations Coordinator for a non-profit committed to promoting human rights and religious liberty abroad.  During college, McLean helped another international non-profit committed to promoting religious freedom and rule of law in China, open their Washington D.C. Government Affairs office. 

As mentioned, the Organization that Kelley represents is First Liberty Institute.  First Liberty is the largest legal organization in the nation and for over 30 years has been dedicated exclusively to defending religious liberty for all Americans.  Defending that every American of any faith—or no faith at all—has a fundamental right to follow their conscience and live according to their beliefs.  They have championed many legal cases, and their dedication and determination has helped First Liberty achieve an unparalleled win rate of over 90% across all legal matters.  They are truly some of the nation's best attorneys, defending your first freedom.  More information on First Liberty can be found at: https://firstliberty.org/. 


Part 2 (Rest of Day) 

"Recovering the Basics, Building the Kingdom!" - Mark Andrew Jumper, Ph.D.  

For our second portion of the workshop, our keynote speaker, Dr. Mark Jumper, will share from his co-authored book, Chaplaincy: A Comprehensive Introduction, to help chaplains approach chaplaincy from an explicit evangelical viewpoint of biblical, theological, philosophical, historical, legal, and applicational bases.  We will then examine the extraordinary new opportunities of the world's current "chaplaincy moment" for evangelicals to minister fruitful Kingdom ministry in answer to our daily prayer that Jesus taught us to pray and act.  

Bio:  Mark Jumper, is a retired though active EPC Teaching Elder, Commander, U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps (Retired), and Associate Professor and Director of Chaplaincy and Military Affairs with the Regent University School of Divinity.  

Dr. Jumper is a third-generation Presbyterian minister and the son of Andrew Jumper, an EPC "Father of the Church" for whom the Andrew Jumper Presbyterian Center for Postgraduate Studies (CPAJ) in São Paulo, Brazil is named.  Texas born and raised, one of his forebearers was a member of the first Presbyterian congregation in the Republic of Texas, joining it in the 1840's at San Augustine—now named Memorial Presbyterian Church, which has joined the EPC.  Dr. Jumper joined the EPC from the PCUSA in 1993.  

He holds the BA in History from Oral Roberts University with the senior paper, "Presbyterians North and South: How Close?"  His M.Div. is from Columbia Theological Seminary, and his Ph.D. in Humanities from Salve Regina University with the dissertation, “Jus Post Bellum (Justice After War): Contours of Construction."  He is a graduate of the Naval Chaplains School Advanced Course and studied at the University of Missouri, Southeast Missouri, Oklahoma, and Connecticut, with further studies at the Naval War College and the Center of Bioethics and Human Dignity at Trinity International University.  He was also a Fellow in the Jean Bethke Elshtain Fellowship in Christian Realism, held in DC by the Institute on Religion and Democracy and its Providence magazine.  

Ordained in 1982, he was the first pastor of Diamondhead Community Church (now EPC) in coastal Mississippi for four years, also serving as a Navy Reserve chaplain. He entered active duty in 1985, serving worldwide with the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.  He is a veteran of the Persian Gulf War on a cruiser performing combat operations.  He served at the National Naval Medical Center ministering to the first wave of AIDS patients—all of whom died.  He received the first Coast Guard Distinguished Service Award from the Military Chaplains Association.  He designed and led the Warrior Transition Program for the Marine Corps, working with thousands of post-combat Marines in Iraqi Freedom, later testifying to Congress regarding the program.  He closed his career at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and the Naval Chaplains School, retiring in 2006.  

Following his Navy retirement, he pastored Hope EPC in the Chicago area for seven years.  He has served the EPC as moderator of two presbyteries and on ministerial committees of two others.  At the General Assembly level, he was moderator of the PCUS Youth Caucus of delegates from over sixty presbyteries, then served on the Ad Interim Committee on the Church and Higher Education.  In the EPC, he was a member of the national Ministerial Vocation Committee for eight years while leading the chaplain endorsing operation and establishing the Endorser for Chaplains position; served on ad interim committees on the Essentials of the Faith and Presbytery Boundaries; and represented the EPC at the General Synod of the Christian Reformed Church, and twice at the CPAJ in Brazil.  

Dr. Jumper was an affiliate professor teaching health care ethics to nursing students at the Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions at Regis University, and a certified Public-School Educator in Texas.  He was called in 2014 as a professor for the Regent University School of Divinity in Virginia Beach, VA, where he led the Reformation 500 academic conference and currently leads about 250 students in the M.Div. and D.Min. Chaplaincy Concentration.  

His Scholarship includes co-editing The Holy Spirit and the Reformation Legacy; co-authoring Chaplaincy: A Comprehensive Introduction (translated into Ukrainian and distributed to Ukrainian military chaplains); writing Presbyterian Prophet: The Life and Ministry of J. Rodman Williams and “Law and Grace as Partners: An Examination of Reformed Theology” in The Truth About Grace: Spirit-Empowered Perspectives; and numerous other articles and chapters.  

He and his wife, Ginger, are in their thirty-fifth year of marriage and have seven adult children.  They live in Chesapeake, VA where he is a compatriot in the Sons of the American Revolution.  His interests include history, chorale, symphonic music, automobiles and performance driving, racquetball, and personal training.  


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