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.

Priority of Preaching Conference

Join us on February 3, 2025 from 10am to 5pm at OKC, Quail Springs for the annual Priority of Preaching Conference.

 

Speakers

Tony Merida & Scott Pace

Cost: $40.00

 

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Upcoming Events

Moving Forward Interim Training

Date: January 13, 2025
Location: Shawnee, Immanuel
Address: 1451 E 45th St, Shawnee, OK 74804

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Past Priority of Preaching Conference Materials

Conference Material Pack
Dwayne Milioni AM
Dwayne Milioni PM
Jim Shaddix AM
Jim Shaddix PM

2022 Pastor’s Conference

Erwin Lutzer's Handout

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

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Multivocational Pastors & Small Attendance Churches

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

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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.

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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.

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Can Preaching Be Improved?

I read a blog post by a seminary professor that humorously answered this question by saying, "No, of course not. I'm just doing this for the money." Can preaching be taught? Why would I suggest that preachers should intentionally strive to get better in their ministry...
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The Centrality of Preaching

We believe that preaching is not some peripheral item in the program of the local church, but that it lies at the very heart of what it is to be the people of God. We understand the activity of preaching as the primary way in which the congregations of God’s people...
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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.

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Learning to Preach – Putting the Pieces Together – STRUCTURE

What if I told you there is a tool available to expositors that, once mastered, will keep you from ever having to worry about sermon outlines again? Would you be interested? Here is the tool: structure. Become competent in discerning the structure of a text and your...
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In Between Now and Then: A Preacher’s Life

In every sermon I write and preach, I feel the tension between the "now" and "then." One way to describe it is to talk about the tension between exposition and application, between "text" and "today," as I heard David Helm describe it once. It is the difference...
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