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Fellowship of Christian Airline Personnel

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10 feet (3.0 m) x 18 feet (5.5 m) chapel at Boise Airport. It opened August 1, 2007.

Fellowship of Christian Airline Personnel is an evangelical[1] aviation chaplaincy founded in 1971 by 50 professionals employed by eight airlines in the US and Canada.[2] Incorporated in 1973, the scope of its Great Commission has become worldwide since.[3] It is sponsored by the International Association of Missionary Aviation (IAMA), and has numerous funding streams. Although it is a mission field organization distinct from the International Association of Civil Aviation Chaplains (IACAC)[4]—whose chapels are commonly found in cosmopolitan international airports—officially its chapels are likewise non-denominational interfaith worship spaces and serve as such.[1][5] As churches in miniature, they may host memorial services, etc., as befits their scale,[6] and even provide emergency shelter for stranded travelers.[7]

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  1. 1 2 "Rising on the Wings – Boise Airport Chapel Ministers to Many – Christian Living Magazine".
  2. "Our Purpose - Fellowship of Christian Airline Personnel". August 6, 2014.
  3. "Fellowship of Christian Airline Personnel".
  4. "International Association of Civil Aviation Chaplains | Home". IACAC.
  5. "Airports". IACAC.
  6. https://fcap.org/fcap-boise-airport-chapel-update/
  7. News 6, Madison Hardy-Idaho (April 20, 2022). "Boise Airport's small chapel looks to help travelers in distress find aid".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)