22-Are you losing your religion? - Jeremy Wade

22-Are you losing your religion? - Jeremy Wade

How do you reconcile your faith - whether you consider yourself a Christian or otherwise - and being a first responder? You’ve seen the darkest side of humanity, and have experienced loss within your own ranks with those who have given up hope.

That’s the very thing that Jeremy Wade struggled with while he was an officer with the Seattle police department.

Today on the podcast Jeremy talks about this struggle and how he was able to overcome this dichotomy. In his years at Seattle PD Jeremy helped launch a wellness program and in his last few years there he was the executive director of the Seattle Police Chaplains Association.

Today, Jeremy and his Wife Ketryna have launched a national first responder ministry called Mission First Alliance who’s mission is to encouraging ministries and engage the Church to equip our nation’s first responders and their families to live in Christ and on Mission.

ABOUT JEREMY WADE

Jeremy served for the Seattle Police Department for 13 years, but struggled with his identity in Christ vs his identity in the badge early in his career. After a few years on the department he fully surrendered his life to the Lord, which started an amazing journey that the Lord has been blessing along the way. While not free from challenges like the Seattle riots, and many critical incidents, Jeremy could see God’s hand in directing his paths. On the Seattle PD, Jeremy was awarded Officer of the Year, and Medal of Valor. He worked in patrol, in the training unit, as a peer support coordinator, and assisted in developing the department’s first wellness unit. He co-founded the SPD Beds for Kids Program with Ryan Gallagher, that continues on today. Jeremy also served as the executive director of the Seattle Police Chaplains Association, and came alongside many other local and national first responder ministries. In 2021, Jeremy, his wife Ketryna, and four kids, felt God calling them to move to Tennessee and step out in faith to do full time ministry, supporting first responders nationwide. This led to serving as the Training & Development Coordinator for the Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers- USA, until God started directing his path, and opening doors to start Mission First Alliance.

CONNECT WITH JEREMY

Mission First Alliance is building a gospel focused first responder alliance. We are uniting and equipping all who have a heart to reach our nation's first responders and their families for Christ. Together we can have a greater Kingdom impact. www.MissionFirstAlliance.com

-Membership Application for Mission First Alliance attached. Membership is free. Everyone accepted before the end of the year will be our Charter Members. Completed forms can be emailed back to me. Link: https://www.missionfirstalliance.com/join-now

• Some Membership Benefits:
• Two Facebook Groups (one private group for members only of Mission First Alliance (invite only), and one private alliance network group for ministry leaders and first responders to network (must be verified and accepted into this group). Here is the link to the alliance network group. Join. Share. (https://www.facebook.com/groups/mfanetworkgroup)
• Monthly Zoom for Mission First Alliance Members- First Wednesday of every month at 6pm PST/ 9pm EST.
• 3-4 Leaders Summit Retreats in 2024 around the country.
• 2024 Annual Conference for ALL who have a heart to reach our nation's first responders and their families for Christ.

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