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.

The Images of a Preacher

We live in an image-driven culture. Even the oldest among us grew up with photographs and most of us grew up on TV and movies. There is no escaping the power of the image. A picture truly is worth a thousand words because we will remember an image long after the words...

Priority of Preaching Expositional Workshops

      What is it? A 6-hour workshop designed to help pastors begin and/or continue a process of progress in their preaching. Paul’s admonition to Timothy is: Practice these things [the public reading of Scripture, exhortation, teaching], immerse...

The Preacher as Herald

It is easy to get things mixed up as a kid. For example, I thought that the song "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing" was about "Harold Angels," as in the given name of those celestial beings. I had difficulty understanding that at first. Thankfully, it got cleared up. So...

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)

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...