Rev. Stefanie A. Joyce
Reverend Stefanie Joyce graduated from the United States Military Academy in 2008. While deployed to the Middle East she was Called to the Army Chaplaincy. She completed a Masters in Theology from Liberty University and was officially appointed as an Army Chaplain Candidate in 2017. Following her appointment she completed Chaplaincy Officer Basic and subsequently received her Masters in Divinity, with an emphasis in Military Chaplaincy, from Regent University.
Stefanie was selected as a Chaplain Candidate to serve as the Brigade Chaplain for over 1,000 Soldiers in the only National Guard Cyber unit. She developed ministry programs, church services, provided counseling, crisis management classes, suicide prevention and awareness training for 7 states and three deployed units. After 17 years of service to the Army she resigned in 2023.
Stefanie has also served as a Corporate Chaplain for one of the top 500 companies in Hampton Roads. She developed a resilience program and suicide awareness training, marriage and family counseling, employer and employee bereavement support, and funeral services.
In 2024 Stefanie was invited to the Harris Institute Oxford Colloquy and Ordained by the International Fellowship of Gospel Churches (IFGC), led by Bishop Van Gayton. In the distinguished Medieval Hall of Oxford University and in the presence of religious leaders from around the world she was ordained and appointed as a Reverend of IFGC.
Rev. Stefanie is currently the Chief Program Officer of Oxford Colloquy and serves as a mentor for Harris Teen Forge (HTF). She is also co- founder of Coalition Compassion Alliance (CCA), a non-profit that runs an orphanage and medical camp in Ruhija Uganda.
She and her husband of 14 years, Darren Joyce, own a small farm in Chesapeake where they raise their two sons: John (7) and Kai (3), 7 chickens, 3 rabbits, a bearded dragon and a prickly hedgehog.
Stefanie was selected as a Chaplain Candidate to serve as the Brigade Chaplain for over 1,000 Soldiers in the only National Guard Cyber unit. She developed ministry programs, church services, provided counseling, crisis management classes, suicide prevention and awareness training for 7 states and three deployed units. After 17 years of service to the Army she resigned in 2023.
Stefanie has also served as a Corporate Chaplain for one of the top 500 companies in Hampton Roads. She developed a resilience program and suicide awareness training, marriage and family counseling, employer and employee bereavement support, and funeral services.
In 2024 Stefanie was invited to the Harris Institute Oxford Colloquy and Ordained by the International Fellowship of Gospel Churches (IFGC), led by Bishop Van Gayton. In the distinguished Medieval Hall of Oxford University and in the presence of religious leaders from around the world she was ordained and appointed as a Reverend of IFGC.
Rev. Stefanie is currently the Chief Program Officer of Oxford Colloquy and serves as a mentor for Harris Teen Forge (HTF). She is also co- founder of Coalition Compassion Alliance (CCA), a non-profit that runs an orphanage and medical camp in Ruhija Uganda.
She and her husband of 14 years, Darren Joyce, own a small farm in Chesapeake where they raise their two sons: John (7) and Kai (3), 7 chickens, 3 rabbits, a bearded dragon and a prickly hedgehog.