Chaplain, (Lt. Col.) Josh Stoley

Biography

Chaplain, Lt. Col. Joshua M. Stoley is the Deputy Chief, Personnel, Budget and Readiness at U.S. Air Force Headquarters, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. In this role he assists in the oversight of recruiting, education, assignments, and deliberate development of 2.2K Total Force Chaplain Corps personnel. He is the Functional Area Manager for readiness and assists in developing Chaplain Corps manpower, budget and readiness policies which secure religious freedom for 770K Total Force Airmen, Guardians and their dependents. Chaplain Stoley earned his Master of Divinity in Military Chaplaincy from the Grand Rapids Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Mi. While completing seminary, he received a direct commission in 2003 and served as a Chaplain Candidate before reappointing into the Reserves. Chaplain Stoley assessed to Active Duty in 2009. His previous assignments include serving CONUS and deployed as Chaplain, Data Masked Chaplain, Deputy Wing Chaplain, Staff Chaplain, Wing Chaplain, and Deputy Command Chaplain.

Chaplain Stoley was ordained on January 4, 2008. Before entering the Air Force, he served as an Institutional Chaplain for the Michigan Department of Corrections. He is currently a PhD candidate in Practical Theology at Liberty University, Virginia, with a research focus developing an ecclesial missiology of chaplaincy. As a pastor in the Reformed Baptist Network, Chaplain Stoley is endorsed by the Associated Gospel Churches.