ABOUT
OUR story
In 2006, Joel McDaniel launched OHT Outfitters, a nonprofit ministry that used the outdoors to help men connect with each other and their children. A few years later, Joel received an email from a friend who was a military chaplain on his first deployment to Iraq asking if OHT would send fishing equipment because he had access to lakes that Saddam had stocked. By using fishing, this chaplain was able to provide a unique outlet for his people to deal with the stresses of war. This showed Joel the power of partnering with chaplains and validated the therapeutic power of outdoor ministry. In 2013 Joel changed the name to Operation Resolute with a sole focus on serving active-duty personnel by working through chaplains.
Our Mission
strengthening warriors
Operation Resolute provides opportunities for active duty military and their chaplains to come together in safe outdoor environments to help them decompress from the stresses of military life.
supporting families
Operation Resolute partners with chaplains to host family retreats that are designed to address the unique needs of military life so that marriages are solid, parent/child relationships are positive and the overall family dynamic is healthy.
Serving Chaplains
Operation Resolute provides care to the “caregivers” who are on call 24/7. OR offers outdoor activities and family retreats that enable chaplains to spend time with their spouses and children in environments that foster deeper relationships.
What We Value
Our Values
Christ is central
The Bible is true
Prayer is necessary
The family is a priority
The church is vital
Operation Resolute is a Christian 501(c)3 organization that serves and resources evangelical military chaplains for the purpose of sustaining active-duty personnel and their families. OR currently serves in North Carolina, Texas and Georgia.
What We Believe
The Bible
The Bible was written by men, is divinely inspired, and is God’s revelation of himself to humanity. It has God for its author, salvation for its end and its contents are without error.
God
There is only one living and true God. The eternal God reveals himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence or being.
Humanity
Humanity was created by the special act of God, in his own image, and is the crowning work of his creation. By free choice, humans rebelled against God and brought sin into the human race. Only the grace of God can bring us into a right relationship with him and enable us to fulfill his creative purposes for us.
Salvation
Salvation includes every divine action on behalf of believers, from deliverance from being separated from God to final presentation conformed to the image of Christ. People are saved when, by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone, they are spiritually born again as children of God.
Marriage/Family/Genders
God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male and female. These two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God.
The term “marriage” has only one meaning: the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union as delineated in Scripture.
Every person must be afforded compassion, love, kindness, respect, and dignity.
Our Team
Joel McDaniel,
Founder & CEO
A native Arkansan, Joel McDaniel is a graduate of the University of Arkansas and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has served as a pastor in Texas and North Carolina for over 25 years. Joel and his wife Kimberly currently reside in Belhaven, North Carolina. Joel is also the author of Ducks, Deer & Dynamite. In this 52-week men’s devotional, Joel connects God’s truth to God’s creation in the African bush of Botswana, the flooded fields of Arkansas and the deer stands of Eastern North Carolina. This book was published for the purpose of providing copies to all active duty servicemen attending outdoor events hosted by Operation Resolute®
Dave Brubaker,
Program Director
Dave Brubaker serves as Program Director for Operation Resolute®. Dave is a semi-retired professional land surveyor and is an avid fisherman and outdoorsman. He actively serves several outdoor ministries and his church, Providence Baptist Church, through family and men’s ministry events. Dave and his wife Willie of 47 years have three married children and nine grandchildren. They currently reside in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Board of Directors
Michael Absher
Co-Board Chair, Chief Investment Officer/Founder Absher Wealth Management
Smith Andrews
Senior Vice President, The Nautical Group
Marti Sparrow
Retired Educator
Troy Meachum
Co-Board Chair, CEO ACR Supply Co
Robert Parvin
President, Raleigh East Concrete