PRAY: US Senate Chaplain Barry Black Says God ‘Miraculously Intervened’ After Brain Bleed

Longtime U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry Black, a retired rear admiral in the Navy, was hospitalized late last week after suffering a brain bleed, and he is crediting the miraculous work of God for his recovery.

Black, the first black individual and first Seventh-Day Adventist to serve as Senate chaplain, received treatment from U.S. Capitol physician Dr. Brian Monahan and is expected to make a “smooth recovery,” according to the Rev. Lisa Shultz, the chaplain’s chief of staff.

The 76-year-old veteran suffered a “medical emergency” resulting in a subdural hematoma, Shultz said.

The chief of staff asked for prayers for Black, the chaplain’s family, and the office.

Pastor Ted Wilson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church, took to X, where he, too, asked for prayers for Black, petitioning God for a “full health recovery.”

But it was the message from Black himself that served as the greatest encouragement. After learning about the popular chaplain’s condition, Wilson said he received a voice message from the rear admiral.

The pastor said he “was so pleasantly surprised to receive a phone call from Chaplain Black himself on Friday evening from the hospital as he shared how God had miraculously intervened in his life to spare him from a potentially much more difficult health situation.”

Please pray for the full health recovery of Admiral Dr Barry Black, a Seventh-day Adventist pastor who is the chaplain of the United States Senate.

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— Ted Wilson (@pastortedwilson) December 14, 2024

Wilson also credited Monahan for so swiftly caring for Black.

Reflecting back, the Capitol doctor said he felt “a distinct impression to call Chaplain Black to tell him to call an emergency number and get to the hospital.”

“He is now on the road to recovery,” said Wilson. “It appears that Chaplain Black may be able to join his family for the Christmas season in a few days. … Obviously, God impressed Dr. Monahan to make that phone call to Chaplain Black to save him from a much worse scenario.”

Please be in prayer for Black and his loved ones as he recovers.

“He is now on the road to recovery,” said Wilson. “It appears that Chaplain Black may be able to join his family for the Christmas season in a few days. … Obviously, God impressed Dr. Monahan to make that phone call to Chaplain Black to save him from a much worse scenario.”

Please be in prayer for Black and his loved ones as he recovers.

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