Joining the OSMTJ Knights Templar of America

Join Us
Image: pexels.com

Based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Shaun Hayes is a wealth manager for McElhenny Sheffield Capital Management, where he oversees the portfolios of approximately 100 clients. Shaun Hayes is a Knight in the Prior of St. Gabriel with the OSMTJ Knights Templar of America. 

A Christian fraternal and chivalric order, the OSMTJ Knights Templar of America stands for the French “Ordre Souverain et Militaire du Temple de Jerusalem.” The Knights Templar of America is a world organization that vows to hold the virtues of honesty, loyalty, perseverance, charity, humility, courage, and honor. The Order has a history of almost a thousand years, with many examples of heroic service to the Lord. 

Joining the Order is a great honor but one that brings great responsibility - being a Knight Templar means living a life of purpose and meaning. To join the Order, an applicant must:

- Be at least 18 years old

- Be a professing Christian

- Possess integrity and virtues to show preparedness to become a true Knight or Dame

- Possess a clean record without a felony criminal conviction

- Possess a general education enabling an understanding of the spirit of meetings 

- Understand the laws of the Order and commit to respecting them

For more information about joining the Order, visit https://www.theknightstemplar.org/join/.