一个家族三代出了五位随军牧师 退伍军人节获纪念：彩绘玻璃窗与铜匾定稿
华盛顿 — 军事圣经协会（Military Bible Association）11月11日退伍军人节宣布推出「五位传承牧师」（The Five Legacy Chaplains）纪念项目，纪念 Linzey 家族三代五位随军牧师。这个家族的现役军旅累计112年，从二战中途岛海战一路延续到今天的各军种行动。
五位牧师跨越空军、陆军、民用空中巡逻队与海军。家族长辈 Stanford E. Linzey, Jr.（1920—2010）是神召会先驱人物，二战时在航母 Yorktown 号（CV-5）上亲历中途岛海战并幸存，1972年晋升海军上校，曾主持海军历史上规模最大的几次复活节日出礼拜。他的儿子 George W. Linzey（1951—2020）是美国海军牧师团最年轻的上校，曾任海军学院牧师，建立起服务7,400名水兵的海军最大礼拜堂项目。
第三代与在世的两代同样在列：陆军上校牧师 Paul E. Linzey 是伊拉克战场老兵，著有《伊拉克最安全的地方》等书；陆军少校牧师 James F. Linzey 是《现代英文译本》圣经主编，并创作了美国太空军军歌；海军中校牧师 Christopher J. Linzey 是第三代海军牧师，现正为海军陆战队与舰艇部队提供灵性关怀。
此次发布的一大亮点，是一封此前未公开的2005年信件：时任美国海军作战部长 Vernon E. Clark 上将亲自致函 Stanford Linzey，纪念他在中途岛的服役，称把今日水兵与前辈连在一起的，是对服役的炽热忠诚。
为长久保存这份信仰与爱国传承，军事圣经协会已定稿专门委托制作的彩绘玻璃窗与铸铜纪念牌，画面以五位牧师的肖像为主体，衬以中途岛海战中的 Yorktown 号。玻璃窗与铜匾由 James F. Linzey 与 Deborah Lewis 共同设计。
Five Chaplains From One Family Across Three Generations Honored on Veterans Day as Stained-Glass and Bronze Memorials Are Finalized
WASHINGTON — The Military Bible Association announced on Veterans Day, November 11, a special commemoration titled The Five Legacy Chaplains, honoring five members of the Linzey family who served as military chaplains across three generations. The family's active-duty service spans a cumulative 112 years, connecting the Battle of Midway in World War II with contemporary operations across the Armed Forces.
The five chaplains served across the Air Force, Army, Civil Air Patrol and Navy. Family patriarch Capt. Stanford E. Linzey, Jr., CHC, USN (Ret.) (1920–2010), an Assemblies of God pioneer, survived the Battle of Midway aboard USS Yorktown (CV-5), was promoted to Captain in 1972, and conducted some of the largest Easter Sunrise services in Navy history. His son Capt. George W. Linzey, CHC, USN (Ret.) (1951–2020) was the youngest Captain in the Navy Chaplain Corps and served as chaplain for the U.S. Naval Academy, where he built the Navy's largest chapel program, serving 7,400 sailors.
The later generations are Chaplain (Colonel) Paul E. Linzey, U.S. Army (Ret.), a combat veteran of Iraq and author of The Safest Place in Iraq; Chaplain (Major) James F. Linzey, U.S. Army (Ret.), chief editor of the Modern English Version Bible translation and composer of the U.S. Space Force hymn; and Lieutenant Commander Christopher J. Linzey, CHC, USN, a third-generation Navy chaplain currently delivering spiritual care to Fleet Marine Force units and warships.
Highlighting the release is a previously unreleased 2005 letter from Admiral Vernon E. Clark, then Chief of Naval Operations, written directly to Stanford Linzey to commemorate his Midway service. Clark wrote that what binds today's Sailors and Marines with those who went before is a fierce devotion to service.
To permanently preserve this heritage of faith and patriotism, the association has finalized artwork for specially commissioned stained-glass and cast bronze memorials titled The Five Legacy Chaplains, co-designed by James F. Linzey and Deborah Lewis, featuring portraits of all five chaplains anchored by a depiction of USS Yorktown at Midway.
来源：军事圣经协会
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图片来源：图：海军上校随军牧师 Stanford E. Linzey, Jr. 官方肖像（1974年摄于 Moffett Field 海军航空站）。照片：美国海军官方照片（公共领域），经军事圣经协会发布。 / Photo: Official portrait of Capt. Stanford E. Linzey, Jr., CHC, USN (NAS Moffett Field, 1974). U.S. Navy photo (public domain), via the Military Bible Association.
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