About The Ministry
CMC Bert McQueen
Chaplain Bert McQueen is a Certified Master Chaplain with over 40 years’ experience. In that time Chaplain McQueen founded and oversaw two successful nonprofit Ministries in the state of Alaska. He was the Executive Director of The Alaska Trauma Center as well as the Alaska Police and Fire Chaplains Ministries until his retirement in 2015. In his time with the Alaska Police and Fire Chaplains Ministries he was the Director of Pastoral Care for two hospitals and built a team of over one hundred Chaplains statewide in a non-profit that is still going strong today.
Chaplain McQueen has experience in multi-level pastoral care and has completed Master Level training in Traumatic stress, Grief and Crisis Management.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Counseling from World Harvest Bible Training Center as well as Master in Chaplaincy from the International Conference of Police Chaplains and holds an MA with a major in Social Work.
He has been recognized for “Outstanding Civic Achievement” by the Municipality of Anchorage and was awarded the Presidents Volunteer Service Award in 2020.
Not only is Chaplain McQueen highly qualified he also has a warm and endearing nature which puts people at ease and allows them to open up in their most vulnerable moments, helping them to begin the healing process.
