Sr. Chaplain Mike McElderry - Executive Director
Welcome to Native Nations Chaplaincy Alliance
Bringing Hope, Help, and Christ-Centered Chaplaincy to Native Communities.
An SC3 Chartered Chaplaincy Alliance serving Native communities through relationships, training, prayer, practical support, and compassionate presence.
Our Mission
Our mission is to develop and support effective chaplaincy within Native communities by bringing hope, practical help, spiritual care, training, advocacy, and lasting relationships to those we serve.
Addiction & Recovery
Walking alongside individuals and families affected by addiction and supporting the journey toward recovery, healing, restoration, and renewed hope.
Tribal Police & First Responders
Supporting tribal law enforcement, firefighters, EMS personnel, dispatchers, and other first responders through confidential chaplaincy, crisis support, prayer, and compassionate presence.
Fatherhood Initiatives
Encouraging fathers to strengthen their families, mentor the next generation, and become healthy and dependable leaders within their homes and communities.
Foster Parents & Children
Providing encouragement, prayer, practical support, and chaplaincy resources for foster parents and the children entrusted to their care.
Our Partners
NNCA LEADERSHIP
Senior Chaplain Mike McElderry
Senior Chaplain Mike McElderry
Senior Chaplain Mike McElderry
Executive Director, Native Nations Chaplaincy Alliance
Member, SC3 Board of Directors
Senior Chaplain Mike McElderry serves as Executive Director of the Native Nations Chaplaincy Alliance and as a member of the SC3 Board of Directors.
Mike provides leadership to NNCA’s growing effort to build meaningful relationships with Native communities, develop chaplain training opportunities, identify areas of need, and create partnerships that provide practical and lasting support.
His vision is to help develop chaplains who understand the communities they serve and who are prepared to respond with compassion, prayer, practical assistance, and a commitment to long-term relationships.
Senior Chaplain Michael Delp
Senior Chaplain Mike McElderry
Senior Chaplain Mike McElderry
NNCA Director of Leadership & Development
Member, SC3 Board of Directors
Senior Chaplain Michael Delp serves on the SC3 Board of Directors and works closely with Senior Chaplain Mike McElderry in the development of NNCA.
Together, Mike and Michael are helping build NNCA into a chaplaincy network capable of serving Native communities locally, nationally, and internationally.
Their work focuses on developing resources and partnerships in areas including addiction and recovery, tribal police and first responders, fatherhood, foster families, prayer ministry, spiritual care, and practical help for those who reach out in times of need..
Developing Chaplains From Within Native Communities
Native Focus - God Centered
NNCA believes some of the strongest and most sustainable chaplaincy develops from within the communities being served.
Our goal is to identify men and women who already have relationships, trust, and a heart for their community, then provide them with the training, mentoring, resources, and support needed to serve effectively as chaplains.
Through partnerships with SC3, IAOCC, WMCA, and other ministry partners, NNCA seeks to expand access to chaplain training while encouraging locally led and sustainable chaplaincy programs.
We are not interested in simply bringing outside programs into a community and leaving. We want to help develop trusted local chaplains who can continue serving long after a training event is over.
NNCA has already been involved in chaplain training connected with Native Nations communities in Montana.
Training has included work with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes on the Flathead Reservation, Fort Belknap, and training in Billings involving members of the Blackfeet, Apache, and Crow Nations.
These efforts represent the beginning of a much larger vision to make quality chaplain training, mentoring, resources, and support available to Native communities that desire it.
The goal is not simply to issue a credential. It is to prepare chaplains who are equipped to walk alongside people during crisis, grief, addiction, family struggles, emergencies, spiritual burdens, and the everyday challenges of life.
NNCA’s vision reaches far beyond Montana
The World...
Today, our relationships and chaplaincy work extend into Native Nations throughout the United States and Canada, as well as communities in the Pacific Islands and beyond. As these relationships continue to grow, so does our commitment to developing trained chaplains who understand the people, culture, and communities they serve.
Our long-term vision is to build a worldwide network of trained chaplains, community leaders, ministries, and partner organizations capable of providing Christ-centered spiritual care, practical assistance, training, prayer, and hope.
We believe lasting ministry is built through trust. That means listening before acting, building relationships before programs, and helping communities develop local resources that can continue serving long after a training event has ended.
