I am a serious follower of Jesus Christ. Kathy and I have been married for 38 years having been high school sweethearts in Shawnee where we grew up. I am father to Tony who has served on the church staff with me doing Student/Community ministry, Daniel, Katy, Kristy, Andrew, and Amy, and WaPa to Miranda, Maddox and Grayson.
I have had the privilege and joy of being the Senior Pastor of the Portland Avenue Baptist Church, an urban church located on the near northwest side of OKC, in Oklahoma City for the past 24 years. I also served the First Baptist Church of Eufaula, OK and the Calvary Baptist Church of Panhandle, TX.
I was born in Beaumont, TX but have lived most of my life in Oklahoma and Shawnee is my hometown, I graduated from high school there in 1976 and then graduated from OBU in 1982 with a B.A. in Religion. We moved to Fort Worth, TX where I graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1986 with a M.Div. degree. In 2002 I graduated from the Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO with my D. Min. writing my dissertation on the connection between prayer and church growth.
I have been a Trainer for Prepare/Enrich since 2007 serving as a consultant to the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma in Family Ministry and Marriage. Since 2007 I have taught over 50 Prepare/Enrich workshops and trained over 500 clergy and counselors in the use of this powerful relationship tool. I have personally used Prepare/Enrich with close to 100 couples in my ministry.
I have had the privilege and joy of being the Senior Pastor of the Portland Avenue Baptist Church, an urban church located on the near northwest side of OKC, in Oklahoma City for the past 24 years. I also served the First Baptist Church of Eufaula, OK and the Calvary Baptist Church of Panhandle, TX.
I was born in Beaumont, TX but have lived most of my life in Oklahoma and Shawnee is my hometown, I graduated from high school there in 1976 and then graduated from OBU in 1982 with a B.A. in Religion. We moved to Fort Worth, TX where I graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1986 with a M.Div. degree. In 2002 I graduated from the Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO with my D. Min. writing my dissertation on the connection between prayer and church growth.
I have been a Trainer for Prepare/Enrich since 2007 serving as a consultant to the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma in Family Ministry and Marriage. Since 2007 I have taught over 50 Prepare/Enrich workshops and trained over 500 clergy and counselors in the use of this powerful relationship tool. I have personally used Prepare/Enrich with close to 100 couples in my ministry.
Part of English Teaching Team, Kiev, Ukraine, Jan. 2016
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The marriage of our daughter, Kristy, to Jordan Evans, May 2016
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Facilitating Racial Reconciliation Conversation at Portland Ave Baptist, Oct. 2016
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Sandia Peak, Albuquerque, NM, Summer 2016
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