Arriving in July, an expansion of Hope Pregnancy Center
Arriving in July, the Patty Ann Mobile Ministry Unit, a 27-foot RV, will begin serving women in and around Oklahoma City who are unable or unlikely to come to a brick and mortar pregnancy center. The mobile unit will enable “hope” to reach some of the most vulnerable to abortion. The unit is named after a benefactor’s wife who has always had a heart for the ministry at Hope Pregnancy Center. Kathy Gibson will serve as the Hope Mobile...
OBU hosts Virtual Preview Day, offers virtual campus visit experience
SHAWNEE—Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) hosted a Virtual Preview Day experience Saturday, April 18. The event took place of a previously scheduled on-campus Preview Day, which was altered due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The virtual event allowed students from all over the country and around the world to get a peek at what life is like on Bison Hill. Prospective students watched a livestream video on OBU’s website, including a...
25 years later, memories of OKC bombing remain vivid
All these years later, the memory remains vivid. Anthony Jordan was headed to his office at church, waiting at a stoplight—when suddenly, everything shook. And then he saw smoke rising from the downtown skyline, more than five miles away. “You talk to any Oklahoma City person, and I promise you, they can tell you exactly where they were when the bomb went off,” said Jordan, who was pastor of Oklahoma City, Northwest at the...
OBU Student Preacher Pablo Villa Delivers Online Chapel Devotional April 15
Student preacher Pablo Villa, senior pastoral ministry major, delivered Oklahoma Baptist University’s (OBU) online chapel address Wednesday, April 15. The service streamed on Facebook Live. Villa was selected by the Hobbs College of Theology and Ministry to serve as this year’s student preacher, an annual spring semester event on Bison Hill. The weekly chapel devotional was the fourth since the University moved to fully online...
OBU honors 110 Graduates during Winter Commencement Dec. 13
SHAWNEE—Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) conferred degrees upon 72 undergraduate and 38 graduate students during the Winter Commencement ceremony Friday, Dec. 13. The ceremony took place in Raley Chapel’s Potter Auditorium. Heath Thomas, president-elect of OBU and current dean of the Hobbs College of Theology and Ministry, delivered the address. Graduates took their ceremonial final walk across campus as OBU students before filing...
Messenger Insight 353 – Foster Care a ‘Gospel Issue’ for Oklahoma Baptists
Hear Pastor Charlie Blount and Amy Cordova talk about the ways Oklahoma Baptists are ministering through foster care. https://media.blubrry.com/messengerinsight/p/cdn.baptistmessenger.com/2019/12/09134600/Messenger-Insight-353-Foster-Care.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (35.5MB) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | TuneIn | Spotify |...
