MARCOS A. MIRANDA
The Reverend Dr. Marcos A. Miranda is the Founder and President of New York State Chaplain Task Force--an interfaith organization comprised of over four thousand crisis spiritual care providers. He is also the Senior Pastor at Action In Christ International Church, in Brooklyn, New York, and the Overseer of more than two hundred ministers at Christian Clergy International-- an organization that provides an enrichment forum for interdenominational Christian clergy, so that attention can be brought to issues such as the persecution in foreign nations of Christians and other minority faith groups, and the state of the disenfranchised poor Christian churches worldwide.
Rev. Miranda’s dedication to the betterment of humankind has led him to create and participate in organizations that exemplify love, peace, and compassion. A Board Certified Chaplain, Board Certified Clinical Supervisor and member of both the Association of Professional Chaplains and the Spiritual Care Association, he served as a hospice chaplain at the renown Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, NY, and currently serves as State Chaplain for the New York State Fraternal Order of Police, as well as for the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations. He is an Assistant Dean at the New York Divinity School, and Chief of Operations for the NYPD 90th Precinct Clergy Council.
Rev. Miranda was one of the first clergy to be hand-picked to participate in New York City Ceasefire—a program focused on reducing violence by communicating clearly and directly with gangs, crews, and drug sets through call-ins and custom notifications.
Rev. Miranda received his doctoral degree from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion and has had the honor of guest lecturing at St. John’s University, Fordham University, The New School, The Harlem Museum, El Museo del Barrio, Union Theological Seminary, and other prominent institutions. His latest book Get Out of God's Way is now available, and his articles regularly appear in the Caring for the Human Spirit Magazine.
For his humanitarian efforts, Rev. Miranda has received numerous proclamations, awards, and citations, including the J. P. Morgan Chase Unsung Heroes Award, the Humanitarian Award from Concerned Women of Brooklyn, New York and Community Services Awards the Queens Federation of Churches and Kollel Ayshel Avraham Rabbinical Seminary, as well as citations from the Brooklyn Borough President's office, the New York City Comptroller’s office and the New York City Council Speaker’s office.
Rev. Miranda’s dedication to the betterment of humankind has led him to create and participate in organizations that exemplify love, peace, and compassion. A Board Certified Chaplain, Board Certified Clinical Supervisor and member of both the Association of Professional Chaplains and the Spiritual Care Association, he served as a hospice chaplain at the renown Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, NY, and currently serves as State Chaplain for the New York State Fraternal Order of Police, as well as for the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations. He is an Assistant Dean at the New York Divinity School, and Chief of Operations for the NYPD 90th Precinct Clergy Council.
Rev. Miranda was one of the first clergy to be hand-picked to participate in New York City Ceasefire—a program focused on reducing violence by communicating clearly and directly with gangs, crews, and drug sets through call-ins and custom notifications.
Rev. Miranda received his doctoral degree from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion and has had the honor of guest lecturing at St. John’s University, Fordham University, The New School, The Harlem Museum, El Museo del Barrio, Union Theological Seminary, and other prominent institutions. His latest book Get Out of God's Way is now available, and his articles regularly appear in the Caring for the Human Spirit Magazine.
For his humanitarian efforts, Rev. Miranda has received numerous proclamations, awards, and citations, including the J. P. Morgan Chase Unsung Heroes Award, the Humanitarian Award from Concerned Women of Brooklyn, New York and Community Services Awards the Queens Federation of Churches and Kollel Ayshel Avraham Rabbinical Seminary, as well as citations from the Brooklyn Borough President's office, the New York City Comptroller’s office and the New York City Council Speaker’s office.
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