Chaplain Ken is the Founder and Executive Director of RKM Crisis Team, dba CAREForce, a nonprofit 501(c)3 providing Crisis Training, Response, Organizational Development and coaching for community & first-responder organizations. CAREForce's focus is within first responder, veteran, education, healthcare, faith-based, community at large and business communities. Chaplain Schlenker serves as an Assistant Professor, Director and creator of the Chaplain Degree Programs at Grace School of Theology, a fully accredited (ATS and TRACS) seminary located in The Woodlands, TX. The degree programs at Grace range from undergraduate through doctorate and serve 41 countries in 8 different languages. Ken graduated from Talbot School of Theology, BIOLA University with a M.Div. degree and from Southern Illinois University with a BA in Health Care Management. Ken served as a Corpsman (HM2) in the US Navy and has spent over 30 years in ministry--as a Care and Missions Pastor and Public Safety Chaplain providing crisis intervention services and training nationally. Chaplain Schlenker is the author of the California Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Law Enforcement Chaplain Curriculum in 2011 which was created as part of the POST Master Instructor Instructional Development Institute (MICC3) Training Program. He is a recognized national public speaker. He is also a contributing author with The Marsh Center for Chaplain Studies, BH Carroll Advisory Board on The Heart of The Chaplain:Essentials for Ministry. Chaplain Schlenker is an instructor with the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, International Conference of Police Chaplains, California Specialized Training Institute, Center for Domestic Preparedness, Homeland Security Indirect Trainer, California Peace Officer Standards and Training, Resiliency Science Institute, Inc., LivingWorks, QPR, National Council of Behavioral Health, radKIDS, FBI National Academy Comprehensive Officer Resiliency Training, Salvation Army National Disaster Training, and has presented at various other national and international standards such as the International Law Enforcement Education and Training Association (ILEETA) and National Center for Traumatic Stress Ken has been a guest speaker featured on radio and podcast such as KKLA on the Frank Pastore Show, KSDW and KWVE in Southern California and Grace Cafe Podcast in Texas. He has also been featured on HeroTalkPodcast with his friend and mentor RodgerRuge and on Saving Grace with Carmen Pate on Salem Broadcast Network Chaplain Schlenker has also been a recipient of the Presidential Volunteer Service Award by President George Bush. Ken currently serves as a trainer and Law Enforcement Chaplain with the Montgomery County Texas Sheriff’s Criminal Investigation Department, District Attorney Offices and Precinct 3 Constable’s Mental Health Unit He is a Diplomate for the National Center for Crisis Management and the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress and is Board Certified in Crisis Chaplaincy, Emergency Response and Stress Management and is listed in the International Speakers and Trainers Bureau and the Directory of Expert Witness. He is also aClinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Supervisory Candidate I