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

 

Upcoming Events

Moving Forward Interim Training

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

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.

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...

In Between Now and Then: A Helpful Image

Recently at the Priority of Preaching conference here in OKC, Dr. Jim Shaddix of Southeastern Seminary was speaking about this subject of dealing with ancient texts and of the challenge of getting to the "then" so that we deliver a message for the "now." He provided...

Great Reminder from Bryan Chapell

 Scripture's portrayal of its own potency challenges us to always remember that the Word preached, rather than the preaching of the Word, accomplishes heaven's purposes. (Christ-Centered Preaching, 2nd Edition, p. 27)

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,...