Chaplains in the armed forces were previously all Christian or Jewish . In recent times, the Ministry Of Defence (MoD) has employed only Christian chaplains, with the Jewish community providing an honorary chaplain under longstanding arrangements, although Jewish chaplains have served in the Territorial Army . However, at the end of 2004 , Ivor Caplin , the then Parliamentary Under Secretary Of State at the Ministry of Defence announced that the armed forces would recruit four non-Christian chaplains, from Buddhist , Hindu , Muslim and Sikh communities, with a Jewish chaplain expected to be employed by the MoD in due course.
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