Leadership

Ed Yurus is the founder and president of Shepherds and Warriors. Prior to his work with Shepherds and Warriors, Ed served as a Chaplain in the U.S. Army for 23 years. His career was defined by multiple assignments and deployments with the 101st Airborne Division and the special operations community.  He also served as a Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) for nearly 25 years. In 2022 he retired from the Army and in 2024 he requested to be honorably retired from the PCA to devote his full attention to establishing Shepherds and Warriors.

Our directors and officers come from various backgrounds and professions, including nearly a century of combined military service and 75 years of pastoral ministry. What all our directors share is a heart for our nation’s military veterans and a passion for the Word of God.

Our leaders’ charge is from 1st Peter, Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers, not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not greedy for money, but eager to serve, not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.