Christian Jail Chaplain Fired for Saying He Has a “Mandate” to Convert Muslims
By Hemant Mehta, April 2, 2019

Until this week, Rick Taylor served as the chaplain at High Point Jail in North Carolina, a job he began last October.

In theory, a chaplain in that role is supposed to help prisoners deal with their thoughts and fears through a spiritual lens. Maybe those chaplains moderate religious conversations, offer counseling, lead worship services, etc.

What they can’t do is try to convert everyone. You can imagine how that would go over if we were talking about a Muslim or Hindu chaplain. It’s also the reason Humanist chaplains in the military shouldn’t be a big deal — it wouldn’t be their job to try to get people to stop believing in God.

Yet in an interview with the High Point Times over the weekend, Taylor made it clear to reporter Lee O. Sanderlin that he did everything he could to preach his religion and convert Muslims to Christianity.