Outstanding Leadership in Queens
2017 Honoree of the Queens Federation of Churches

Rev. Marcos A. Miranda

Marcos Miranda is the Founder and President of New York State Chaplain Task Force, an interfaith organization comprised of over three thousand crisis spiritual care providers. He is also the Senior Pastor at Action In Christ International Church, Brooklyn, and the Overseer of more than five hundred ministers at Christian Clergy International, providing an enrichment forum for interdenominational Christian clergy drawing attention to issues such as the persecution in foreign nations of Christians and other minority faith groups and the state of the disenfranchised poor Christian churches worldwide.

Rev. Miranda’s dedication to the betterment of humankind has led him to create and participate in organizations that exemplify love, peace, and compassion. As a Board Certified chaplain and member of the Association of Professional Chaplains, he currently serves as a hospice chaplain at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, as well as a trauma chaplain for the Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York City. He is President of Lodge 777 of the New York State Fraternal Order of Police, Assistant Dean of the New York Divinity School, and the Chief of Operations for the NYPD 90th Precinct Clergy Council.

Rev. Miranda was one of the first clergy to be hand-picked to participate in New York City Ceasefire, a program focused on reducing violence by communicating clearly and directly with gangs, crews, and drug sets through call-ins and custom notifications. Rev. Miranda has also been a guest lecturer at St. John’s University, Fordham University, The New School, The Harlem Museum, El Museo del Barrio, Union Theological Seminary, and other prominent institutions. His latest book, Get Out of God’s Way, is now available online and at bookstores everywhere.

For his humanitarian efforts, Rev. Miranda has received numerous proclamations, awards, and citations, including the J. P. Morgan Chase Unsung Heroes Award, the Humanitarian Award from Concerned Women of Brooklyn, and citations from the Brooklyn Borough President’s office, the New York City Comptroller’s office and the New York City Council Speaker’s office.