The Rev. Barry Black has spent 20 years as chaplain, working under two Democratic Senate majority leaders and two Republican leaders. Ministering to future presidents, vice presidents and more.

Senate chaplain on prayer after Nashville shooting: "There comes a time when action is required" 05:57 Senate chaplain Barry C. Black, who urged lawmakers after the Nashville school shooting to ...

Black is a clergyman, not a politician. After ministering in churches in North and South Carolina, the 74-year-old Seventh-day Adventist pastor served as a Navy chaplain for 27 years, rising to ...

The designated House and Senate chaplains typically work anonymously outside the halls of Congress. But during the 2013 government shutdown, Senate Chaplain Barry Black’s artful and unapologetic ...

Rear Adm. Barry C. Black, the Navy’s chief of chaplains, is expected to be approved by the Senate before the end of the month. He replaces Lloyd Ogilvie, who announced his retirement after ...

Chaplain Black “suffered a medical emergency resulting from a subdural hematoma,” stated the Rev. Lisa Shultz, chief of staff for the Senate chaplain, last week.

Black has been the Senate chaplain since 2003. He’s the first African American to hold the position, which has existed since 1789, and the first Seventh Day Adventist.

Chaplain Black indeed gave us one of the most impassioned keynotes of modern history, and the final four minutes, like the end of Dr. King’s speech, will be replayed millions of times in the ...

Senate Chaplain Barry Black reads a prayer during impeachment proceedings as Chief Justice John Roberts looks on in the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol on January 30, 2020 in Washington, DC.

Senate Chaplain Barry Black in a morning prayer on Wednesday called for more lawmakers who will stand up for what is right, “regardless of the consequences.”“Give us more senators … ...