Sierra Larson

U.S. Air Force Reserve Chaplain 1st Lt. Sierra Larson is the first female military chaplain for Reserves endorsed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She is part of a growing field of Latter-day Saint female chaplains.

Prior to 2021, female Latter-day Saints could obtain endorsements to serve as chaplains in hospitals, education, hospice care, corporations, and prisons, for example, but not the military.

Larson started a chaplain candidate program in 2022. She earned her second master’s degree in divinity online through Amridge University. She also moved to Florida, was called to serve as her ward’s Relief Society president, and gave birth. She also trained at two military bases.

Larson served in the Church’s Dominican Republic Santiago Mission, earned masters’ degrees in social work as well as divinity, and is a licensed clinical social worker specializing in trauma.

She is married to Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Larson of the U.S. Marine Corps and is the mother of three children.

Church Newsroom, “Latter-day Saint Woman Promoted to Chaplain in Air Force Reserve”