Pastors

There are nearly 1,800 churches in our Oklahoma Baptist family, and our churches have been given pastors to feed, to protect and to lead.

Upcoming Events

Renewing the Church Summit: Replanting and Revitalization Strategies for Church Renewal

Join us at Renewing the Church Summit, hosted by Send Network Oklahoma. Whether you are seeking to restore your church or eager to learn more about church replanting, this event will be a valuable time with Mark Clifton, Bob Bickford, and JimBo Stewart from the NAMB Replant team. In our time together we will explore the urgency, hope, and strategies of church revitalization and replanting. You will leave encouraged and equipped. You can attend at one of two locations! Please register for the location of your choosing by following the appropriate link below.

Date: October 2; 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (lunch provided)

Location: Church Inside Out at Redfork

Address: 2821 W 40th St, Tulsa, OK

Date: October 3; 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (lunch provided)

Location: Trinity OKC

Address: 1329 NW 23rd St, Oklahoma City, OK

Priority of Preaching Conference Materials

The first 100 registrations will receive a copy of The New Linguistic and Exegetical Key to the Greek New Testament by Cleon L Rogers Jr. and Cleon L Rogers III

Early bird registration cost is $20.00

*The price of $20 increases after Annual Meeting, November 11-12*

Audio Files

2022 Pastor’s Conference

Relations

Ever Borunda

Ever Borunda

Emerson Falls

Emerson Falls

Griff Henderson

Griff Henderson

Buddy Hunt

Buddy Hunt

Philip Jones

Philip Jones

Amy Petersen

Amy Petersen

Brett Selby

Brett Selby

Walter Wilson

Walter Wilson

Andy Taylor

Andy Taylor

Pastor Resources

Multivocational Pastors & Small Attendance Churches

Our mission is to strengthen multi-vocational pastors and the churches they lead.

Native American Relations

Our Native American Ministries focus on developing indigenous leadership, creating contagious communities of faith, and affecting revitalization in plateaued and declining churches.

Hispanic Relations

Oklahoma Baptists Hispanic Ministries exists to support the local church in fulfilling the Great Commission. Our goal is to serve as a means of cooperation between the churches of Oklahoma, the nation, and the world.

Love for the Word – Part 3 (Meaning)

There is a Seinfeld episode where Jerry is dating a girl he describes as a sentence finisher. "It's like dating Mad Libs," he says. And she was always completely off-base when she tries to complete his sentence. We've been using the metaphor of a human relationship to...

Bill Barnett, Prominent Oklahoma Baptist Pastor and Native American Ministry Leader, Dies

Prominent Oklahoma Baptist pastor and Native American ministry leader Bill Barnett died on Feb. 5. Barnett was pastor of Seminole, Indians Nations and was a leader with Indian Falls Creek, among various other ministries.

It’s Thursday But I Haven’t Started My Sermon Yet!

Consider this post a case for expository preaching. I'll explain that in just a moment. But think about the title for a moment. We’ve all known this feeling, right? You've been there and I've been there. I think the title has some real magnetic qualities. However,...

Learning to Preach: An Ancient Method

Once upon a time preachers learned how to preach in a particular way. Actually we learned just about ANYTHING and EVERYTHING in this same way. Every subject was taught using the same process. Why, you might ask? It was because the ancients realized that it was both...

Learning to Preach: Putting the Pieces Together – POSTURE

The principles of expositional preaching are like building blocks. We might think of them as shaped differently and made of different substances. This, of course, means that we use them differently and at different times in the process. We might want to think of this...