Serving the international travelers, military troops, airport employees and passengers we are a united and inerfaith congregation offering inclusive daily services located in the St. Louis Lambert International Airport in St. Louis, Missouri.
Pastor Rodrick Burton is President and Chief Chaplain of the Airport Chaplaincy.
Pastor Burton can be reached at rkburton@msn.com
The St. Louis Interfaith Chaplaincy, Inc is supported by the generosity of our donors. We are provided Chapel space and security from the management team of the St. Louis Lambert International Airport. We have a donation box in our chapels in both Terminal 1 & 2, and we now offer online donation services if you choose to support our work.
Who are the Interfaith Chaplains at St. Louis Airport?
Airport Chaplains are in many ways like Chaplains at hospitals, in the military, prisons and other government entities. In the airport we are specially trained to assist the airport management and security to maintain a safe and secure environment. Our main purpose is to serve as a source of spiritual and emotional support for airport and contractor staff as well as passengers suffering from anxiety.
We are a 501 (c) non-profit organization, organized in 1984, to bring a ministry of presence to travelers and Staff of the St. Louis Lambert International Airport in St.Louis, Missouri. Our chaplains come from all faith denominations and religious beliefs from around the world, our chaplains are completely present in a volunteer basis and receive no compensation for their ministry or prayer services.
Pastor Shirley Byrd
Pastor Byrd is founder of Love Outreach Ministry which serves four prisons doing Chapel services weekly. With a Bachelors Degree in Theology, Pastor Byrd presides over St.Martin House of Prayer #2 and Resurrection Life Church, as well as associate Pastor at peace Tabernacle Church. She volunteers in many communities doing outreach to homeless and needy families.
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Deacon Jim Martin is a retired Catholic Deacon and retired president of the minsitry representing the Archdiocese of St. Louis
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Rev. Reginald Chandler
Rev Reginald Chandler is originally from St. Louis and has been in Christina Ministry for over 17 years.
Reggie preaches all over the country in Prisons, Colleges, Churches, and the streets. Love God. Love God's Children.
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Robert Phillips
Bob Phillips is a retired Methodist minister who served 33 years in the Navy as a chaplain, retiring as a captain in 2005. He volunteers in churches, at the airport USO and is Chair of the Board of Directors of Centerstone of Illinois, a non-profit mental health agency.
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Reverend Gabrielle NS Kennedy, MBA, MDiv
Rev. Gabrielle NS Kennedy is a native of North St. Louis, pastor of Buren Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, and director of Spiritual Care with Power4STL via Faith HEALS. Dedicated to a ministry of social justice, she has worked with multiple civic organizations that are committed to racial, gender, and economic equity. Through community collaborations, she carries out the work of her ministry, focusing specifically on the areas of health equity, healing practices and access to spiritual care for all.Each aspect of her life presents an opportunity for the embodied work of spreading the joy of God’s liberating, unfailing love.
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Rev. Jim Poinsett
Rev. Jim Poinsett is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), serving as a Parish Associate with the Webster Groves Presbyterian Church in St. Louis. Jim’s previous ecumenical and interfaith work includes serving as the Executive Director of the Interfaith Partnership of Greater St. Louis, Vice President of the New York State Council of Churches, and serving on Religious Leaders Council of Interfaith Philadelphia.
Jim holds a Master of Divinity from Yale University and received bachelor’s degree Ball State University. Jim serves as the Health Equity Lead on the Missouri Area Board of the American Cancer Society and on the St. Louis Collaboration for Health Equity Advisory Council. He has also served on the Medicaid Expansion Planning Group for the Missouri Foundation for Health. Jim is widower, losing his wife Robin to cancer in 2009.
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Rev. Dorothy Rice William
Rev Wiliams is pursuing a master’s in Divinity from Eden Theological Seminary and is a Chaplain at DePaul Hospital.She is an Associate Minister at the New Sunny Mount Missionary Baptist Church and Airport Chaplain. Originally from Georgetown, South Carolina, She has a MBA from Lindenwood University, two Bachelors degrees from Washington University in St. Louis and Voorhees University, as well as retired Boeing Company Executive in Engineering. Rev. Williams is married with one son and a grandchild and is a Builder of Communities and Dreams.
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Peter Gounis is a retired Catholic deacon. Ordained in 1983 he has served in five parishes in full-time ministry and now serves in the airport interfaith chaplaincy.
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Deacon Glennon Schultheis is treasurer of the Chaplaincy.
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William C. Clemons
William C. Clemons Jr. is a member of New Northside Missionary Baptist Church since March 2020. He serve in the following ministries:
Deacon Ministries
Sunday School Ministries
Berean District Laymen
Empowerment Network motivational speaker
He is a former tennis double match player on the senior circuit and also an avid pickleball player. Mr. Clemons is currently serves as an chaplain for the St. Louis Lambert Airport Chaplaincy.
Our Mission
Do good for our traveling neighbors, we are here just briefly. We will never have this moment again nor the opportunity for a do-over; but we are present in this passing moment to smile and greet in friendship, to lighten each’s others burden by listening and assistance, to offer hospitality to those worn out by life and to comfort those who mourn.
As ordained members of the clergy we are held to the standard of protecting the privileged communications of our clients. We serve to empathetically listen to the concerns of others, and interact with compassion and care as appropriate. In this process we can provide comfort and understanding from an objective and concerned viewpoint.