Brian & Cathy Hutchens

Cathy and Brian are pleased to serve with Shiloh Military Ministries at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Fort Polk is where the Army sends Brigade sized infantry units to train for future “real-world operations.” It is hot, humid, and always busy. The Hutchens are the first to establish a home and hospitality based military ministry at this remote location.

Brian and Cathy desire to meet, love, and disciple military people and their families where they are, in the hopes that they will come to Christ and grow in faith. The Hutchens love service members and their families with great expectations of God working in their lives, but without an agenda on the Hutchens’ part.

The Hutchens are highly involved in the Chapel community of Fort Polk and meet on Friday evenings in their home for teaching of the Word, dinner and fellowship. Their “people” comprise a full sampling of what you find in military communities; singles, young married with no children, young married with children, not as young and married with older children, enlisted to noncommissioned and commissioned officers and even a DoD civilian.

Their Story

Cathy did not grow up in a Christian home. As a young girl, when she heard girl scouts sing the Sunday school classic, Father Abraham Had Many Sons, she thought it was about Abraham Lincoln! Cathy was invited to an AWANA Bible Club at Liberty Church where she learned that she was a sinner who needed a Savior. Because the church cared about her—a middle school kid who came without her family—she met Jesus.

Brian was raised in a Christian home and was led to the Lord by his father after being convicted of sin that ran deep, despite his young age. The Lord was gracious to allow him to be raised in such a way that he was well-grounded in the Word and Christian living. Later when he joined the Army and strayed from this grounding, seeking the approval of his worldly Army buddies, the Lord, in His love and grace, brought Brian back to Himself.

Brian and Cathy are the parents of four married adult children. They are delighted to be blessed with three granddaughters and three grandsons. Join Brian and Cathy in praying for their children, spouses, and grandchildren, that Jesus would be glorified in their lives.