PLEASE NOTE: Taking this course does not automatically make you a CRI Chaplain.

For those interested in applying to join our Chaplaincy team as an Assistant Chaplain or move to a higher rank such as Field Chaplain or Senior Chaplain, more detailed information and steps on the process will be made available during this event. Basic steps are listed here (In limited instances, the Chaplaincy Department may waive some requirements based on experience/outside credentials):

1. Complete Crisis Response Training Course 1(online or a live event)
2. Complete Basic Crisis Chaplaincy and at least one deployment (for Assistant Chaplains)
3. Complete Advanced Crisis Chaplaincy and at least two deployments (for Field and Advanced Chaplains)
4. Complete application, interview, and background check
5. Submit digital photo and references

For questions regarding becoming a chaplain with CRI, please email us at [email protected]. For questions regarding registration for this event, please email [email protected].

Mike Hutchings

Mike Hutchings has 35 years of pastoral, church planting and pastoring pastors experience in a variety of church cultures including Baptist, Vineyard, Willow Creek, and Mennonite. In Peoria, Illinois, Mike partnered with the leadership team of a Transforming Revival Pastors’ Group where the city experienced significant transformation through the power of prayer and unity.

Mike conducts “Healing PTSD” training seminars throughout the country, training prayer ministers, clergy, chaplains, and counselors to utilize a healing prayer model to bring restoration to those suffering with PTSD.

He is currently the Director of Education for Global Awakening, an evangelistic ministry in Mechanicsburg, PA. He directs Dr. Randy Clark’s Global School of Supernatural Ministry and the Global Certification Programs. He is passionate about connecting pastors and leaders throughout the body of Christ to come together for transformation in their cities, and he strives to equip others to minister healing and wholeness to the world. He travels to churches and conferences near military bases in the United States, equipping churches to minister healing to those who suffer from PTSD. Mike also conducts weekend conferences on Kingdom Transformation and Transforming Revival. He has been married to his wife, Roxanne for 35 years, and has three children and five grandchildren.

Bob Ossler

Bob Ossler, retired Chicago firefighter and ordained pastor, served as a volunteer chaplain at Ground Zero after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center in New York City.

Ossler is author of Triumph Over Terror, written with Janice Hall Heck, a book about his experiences at Ground Zero. He spent a total of forty-five days over a period of four months at Ground Zero after the terrorist attacks. Fifteen years later, after harboring painful memories of the disheartening and disturbing sights he witnessed there, Ossler decided to clear his mind and write Triumph Over Tragedy to show how he conquered his own terrors.

Ossler resides just outside Kissimmee, Florida with his wife Sue and his wonder dog Maya. He also rides with the local police department as a volunteer chaplain on a regular basis.

Sean Malone

Co-Founder, Director, Chairman

After months of prophetic intercession on top of buildings in lower Manhattan, Sean was thrust into rescue efforts at Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks. There he provided lighting for the search and rescue operations due to his background in major motion pictures. In 2005, he and his family moved to New Orleans at the word of the Lord, which landed them there just days before Hurricane Katrina made landfall. They saw a mighty outbreak of God’s power in the wake of the storm, with many signs and wonders following. This is where the seeds for being involved in crisis response work were planted. In 2007 he and his wife Laura officially launched Crisis Response International. Since then, CRI has trained over ten thousand volunteers to reach the harvest in the midst of crisis in the power of the Holy Spirit. He serves as the Director of Crisis Response International with the mission to train and mobilize relief workers and full-time crisis response missionaries to bring God’s power and love to transform communities around the world.

Mary Leonard

Mary Leonard has been a CRI Senior Chaplain and Trainer since the early days of CRI in Kansas City. Her knowledge and enthusiasm make her teachings not only valuable but enjoyable, and her zeal to reach the harvest in crisis is contagious. She and her wonderful husband Bob have been at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City for 15 years. They have 2 kids and 3 grandkids.