Adult Religious Award

For more a summary of requirements for individual Adult Religious Awards, please visit http://usscouts.org/scoutduty/index.html. Requirements are listed by religion.

This square knot is worn by those whom have received a religious award as an adult member of the BSA. The awards are not BSA awards and are presented by religious organizations for long tenure of service to Scouting, the religion, and the community. With one exception all of these awards require a nomination. Self-nomination is not allowed.

Only one Adult Religious Award square knot is worn regardless of how many awards have been received. It is possible, for example, to receive two or three levels of awards in some faiths or to receive awards from more than one faith.

The following faiths or denominations have religious awards for adults:

• African Methodist Episcopal Church
• African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
• Association of Unity Churches
• Baha'i
• Baptist
• Buddhist
• Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
• Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
• Church of Christ, Scientist (Christian Scientist)
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Churches of Christ
• Community of Christ
  (formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Eastern Catholic
• Eastern Orthodox
• Episcopal
• General Church of the New Jerusalem (The New Church)
• Hindu
• Islamic
• Jewish
• Lutheran
• Meher Baba
• Moravian
• Polish National Catholic Church
• Presbyterian Church in America
• Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
• Protestant and Independent Christian Churches
  (Available to any Christian denomination)
• Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
• Roman Catholic
• The Salvation Army
• United Church of Christ
• United Methodist
• United Pentecostal Church International
• Unity Churches

African Methodist Episcopal Church
GOD AND SERVICE

Local council service center, or
PRAY
8520 Mackenzie Road, Suite 3
St. Louis, MO 63123-3413
800-933-7729

African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
GOD AND SERVICE

Local council service center, or
PRAY
8520 Mackenzie Road, Suite 3
St. Louis, MO 63123-3413
800-933-7729

Association of Unity Churches
DISTINGUISHED YOUTH SERVICE

The Association of Unity Churches
P.O. Box 610
Lee's Summit, MO 64063
816-524-7414

Baha'i
SERVICE TO HUMANITY

Baha'i Committee on Scouting
Baha'i National Center
Education and Schools Office
1233 Central Street
Evanston, IL 60201-1611
847-733-3495

Baptist
GOOD SHEPHERD

Local council service center, or
PRAY
8520 Mackenzie Road, Suite 3
St. Louis, MO 63123-3413
800-933-7729

Buddhist
BODHI

National Buddhist Committee on Scouting
415 42nd Ave
San Mateo, CA 94403
650-574-4527
FAX: 408-756-3288
e-mail: victor.iwamura@lmco.com

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
GOD AND SERVICE

Local council service center, or
PRAY
8520 Mackenzie Road, Suite 3
St. Louis, MO 63123-3413
800-933-7729

Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
GOD AND SERVICE

Local council service center, or
PRAY
8520 Mackenzie Road, Suite 3
St. Louis, MO 63123-3413
800-933-7729

Church of Christ, Scientist
GOD AND SERVICE

Local council service center, or
PRAY
8520 Mackenzie Road, Suite 3
St. Louis, MO 63123-3413
800-933-7729

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
ON MY HONOR

LDS Relationships
36 South State Street, Suite 1175
Salt Lake City, UT 84111-1401
801-530-0004

Churches of Christ
FAITHFUL SERVANT

Members of the Churches of Christ for Scouting
ATTN: Kent Barnett
ACU Station
Box 27938
Abilene, Texas 79699-7938
915-674-3739

Community of Christ
(formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE AWARD

Scouting Liason
Forefront Ministries
1001 West Walnut
Independence, MO 64050
816-833-1000 or 800-825-2806, ext. 1374

Eastern Catholic
SAINT GEORGE

Local council service center,
diocesan Scout office, or
National Catholic Committee on Scouting
1325 West Walnut Hill Lane
P.O. Box 152079
Irving, TX 75015-2079
972-580-2114

Eastern Orthodox
PROPHET ELIAS

Local council service center, or
PRAY
8520 Mackenzie Road, Suite 3
St. Louis, MO 63123-3413
800-933-7729

Episcopal
SAINT GEORGE EPISCOPAL

Local council service center, or
PRAY
8520 Mackenzie Road, Suite 3
St. Louis, MO 63123-3413
800-933-7729

General Church of the New Jerusalem (The New Church)
OPEN WORD AWARD

Chairman
Boy Scouts Relations Committee
General Church of the New Jerusalem
P.O. Box 277
Bryn Athyn PA 19009
215-938-2542

Hindu
SAATHI/BHAKTA

North American Hindu Association
847 E. Angela St
Pleasanton, CA 94566
925-846-3811

Islamic
ALLAHO AKBER

Mr. Aunali Khalfan
P.O. Box 731516
Elmhurst, NY 11371
718-779-6505

Jewish
SHOFAR
(Download the nomination form)

Local council service center,
National Jewish Committee on Scouting, or
PRAY
8520 Mackenzie Road, Suite 3
St. Louis, MO 63123-3413
800-933-7729

Lutheran
LAMB and
SERVANT OF YOUTH

Local council service center, or
PRAY
8520 Mackenzie Road, Suite 3
St. Louis, MO 63123-3413
800-933-7729

Meher Baba
THE ANCIENT ONE

Committee for Meher Baba and Scouting
912 Ninth Avenue South
North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582
843-272-3498

Moravian
THE ORDER OF DAVID ZEISBERGER

The Moravian Church
Drawer Y
Winston-Salem, NC 27108
336-722-8126

Polish National Catholic
BISHOP THADDEUS F. ZIELINSKI

Mr. Arthur Wyglon
115 Heather Hill Drive
Buffalo, NY 14224
716-674-2394

Presbyterian Church in America
GOD AND SERVICE

Local council service center
PRAY
8520 Mackenzie Road, Suite 3
St. Louis, MO 63123-3413
800-933-7729

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
GOD AND SERVICE
and CELTIC CROSS

Local council service center
National Association of Presbyterian Scouters, or
PRAY
8520 Mackenzie Road, Suite 3
St. Louis, MO 63123-3413
800-933-7729

Protestant and Independent Christian Churches
(Available to any Christian denomination)
GOD AND SERVICE

Local council service center, or
PRAY
8520 Mackenzie Road, Suite 3
St. Louis, MO 63123-3413
800-933-7729

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
FRIENDS

Local council service center
Religious Society of Friends, or
PRAY
8520 Mackenzie Road, Suite 3
St. Louis, MO 63123-3413
800-933-7729

Roman Catholic
SAINT GEORGE

Local council service center,
diocesan Scout office, or
National Catholic Committee on Scouting
1325 West Walnut Hill Lane
P.O. Box 152079
Irving, TX 75015-2079
972-580-2114

The Salvation Army
SCOUTER'S AWARD

The Salvation Army
P.O. Box 269
Alexandria, VA 22313
Eastern Territory: 914-620-7427
Central Territory: 847-294-2112
Southern Territory: 404-728-1363
Western Territory: 310-544-6434

United Church of Christ
GOD AND SERVICE

Local council service center, or
PRAY
8520 Mackenzie Road, Suite 3
St. Louis, MO 63123-3413
800-933-7729

United Methodist
GOD AND SERVICE

Local council service center, or
PRAY
8520 Mackenzie Road, Suite 3
St. Louis, MO 63123-3413
800-933-7729

United Pentecostal Church International
GOD AND SERVICE

Local council service center,
National Association of United Methodist Scouters, or
PRAY
8520 Mackenzie Road, Suite 3
St. Louis, MO 63123-3413
800-933-7729

Unity Churches
DISTINGUISHED YOUTH SERVICE

The Association of Unity Churches
P.O. Box 610
Lee's Summit, MO 64063
816-524-7414

Credits: Knot scan courtesy of Mike Walton

Page updated on: May 20, 2008