CHAPLAIN CARLOS BELL

Chaplain Carlos R. Bell serves as Ecclesiastical Endorser of the Church of God in Christ, Inc. Chaplaincy. He is sixth in succession. His responsibilities include endorsement, certification, administration, policy development, and the denominational representative to the Office of the Chief of Chaplains of the United States. He earned a Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in Religious Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX. Southwestern honored him with the Distinguished Black Seminary Alumni Award for notable accomplishments in chaplaincy. He is the third person of color, the first Pentecostal to serve as the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) President, and the first COGIC-certified ACPE Educator. His peers selected him as one of the top 10 ACPE Educators in the country.

Bell currently serves as director of Pastoral Education and Pastoral Care at the world-renowned Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX. He oversees a 2.5 million dollar budget and 75 employees. He has served COGIC as a Jurisdictional Adjutant, Pastor, District Superintendent, Jurisdictional Secretary, Personal Secretary to the Board of Bishops Judiciary Committee Chairman, and current Pastor of the J. Neaul Haynes Memorial COGIC, Dallas, TX.