Rewired Conference

Dr. Todd Fisher serves as the Executive Director-Treasurer for Oklahoma Baptists.  He has pastored at Shawnee, Immanuel; Oklahoma City, Highland Hills; Wellston, First; and Hopewell, Bethel Acres.  He has been involved in the Southern Baptist Convention on the association, state, and national levels throughout his career serving on committees and boards.

Dr. Fisher is married to Jamy, who led the women’s ministry at Shawnee, Immanuel, and speaks at women’s events across the state.  They have three children: Zach, an OBU grad, band director for Garber Public Schools in Oklahoma, and is married to Cassidy; Carly, a junior at Mississippi College; and Anna, an 8th grader in Shawnee.

He has recently served as assistant professor for Christian Preaching at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (2019-present) and adjunct professor for Oklahoma Baptist University (1999-2021).  He also served as adjunct professor for Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (2005-2018).

Dr. Fisher graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University in 1992 with a BA in Pastoral Ministry, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1996 with an MDivBL, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2001 with a DMin in hermeneutics, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2018 with a ThM in biblical spirituality, and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2018 with a PhD in preaching.

Jeremy Freeman is the pastor of Newcastle, First. He was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, but attended college at Oklahoma Baptist University. He met his wife, Emily, at OBU, and they have been married for twenty-two years.  They have seven children.  Brittany is a junior at Oklahoma Baptist University, Caleb is a sophomore at Rose State College, Clayton is a senior in high school, Aubrey is in the seventh grade, Luke is six years old, and Addi is five years old. They also have one son, Trey, who went to be with the Lord six years ago. Jeremy has been at Newcastle, First for twelve years and in full-time ministry for twenty-one years.

Caleb is twenty years old, and a sophomore at Rose State College. On December 19, 2017, Caleb and his brother, Clayton, were in a near-fatal car accident on their way to a University of Oklahoma basketball game. Clayton suffered a minor concussion, but Caleb suffered a severe traumatic brain injury. Caleb was not expected to live the night of the accident, and if he did live, was not expected to live any kind of a normal life. God chose not only to spare Caleb’s life but also to miraculously begin healing him. For the last four years, Caleb has been a walking/talking miracle! His story is impacting thousands of lives all across this country.

Shane serves as the National Next Gen Evangelism Director for the North American Mission Board (NAMB).  He and his wife, Kasi, reside in Rockwall, TX with their five children – Raygen, Harper, Titus, Elliot, Glory.  He has been in ministry for over 18 years as a denominational worker, church planter, lead pastor, and student pastor.  He holds a bachelor’s degree in Biblical Studies, a master’s degree in History, and a PhD in Clinical Christian Counseling.

Shane is also a traveling communicator, evangelist, and Bible teacher.  Every year he speaks to tens of thousands about the good news of Jesus Christ.  Shane is also the author of a popular blog, which has over three million views.  His articles have been picked up by RELEVANT, Christianity Today, The Christian Post, The Gospel Coalition, CrossWalk, Church Leaders, The Baptist Press, FaithIt, HelloChristian, and many others.  He is also a monthly guest and contributor on the Point of View Radio Show that airs on over 300 stations nationwide. Shane and his wife, Kasi, were featured as ABC’s Nightly News “Persons of the Week” in August 2017.

Shane has recently written a book with the major publishers, Waterbrook Multnomah and Penguin Random House.  9 Common Lies Christians Believe: And Why God’s Truth Is Infinitely Better is available everywhere books are sold.  He is the host of a NAMB podcast, called Next Gen on Mission, and the YouTube Channel – GenSend Conversations.

Jeremy met his wife, April, in Jerusalem in 1997 when they were students. They’ve spent the last twenty years building Team Pryor together.  They have five children: Kelsey, Jackson, Sydney, Elisa, and Kaira.  They live in a multigenerational house with Jeremy’s parents and April’s mom in Fort Thomas, KY just a few miles from Cincinnati, Ohio.  They’ve founded and led several businesses and non-profits including Epipheo (a video production agency), Just Sew (a quilt shop), FamilyTeams.com (training content for families), 1000 Houses (a network of Cincinnati disciple-making households), and The Story-Formed Life (a discipleship training resource).  For fun, the Pryor’s study Hebrew, take groups to Israel (join us), enjoy deep conversation over great food, and read Tolkien by firelight.

Abraham was born and raised in Oklahoma. He graduated in 2002 from Southeast High school. He played football at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He was drafted into the NFL in 2007 by the Miami Dolphins and released after his rookie season. He has worked with the OU football team as a chaplain and has been in full-time ministry since 2010. Abraham has a master’s degree in Apologetics, which seeks to give credible answers to Christianity. Abraham is a Teaching Pastor at Bethany, Council Road Baptist Church. He is married to Marjorie and they have three children.