Similar commemorations took place at many houses of worship throughout Tulsa and across Oklahoma ... white churches also observed the centennial. Pastor Deron Spoo of First Baptist Church of ...

Located near the University of Tulsa, the church attracted international students and began to grow. In 1997, Lam was approached by the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma to head a team ...

(Tulsa-AP) -- The president of the Oklahoma Missionary Baptist State ... he plans to remain as pastor of Tulsa's Mount Zion Baptist Church, where he's been for 43 years. The Baptist organization ...

Few people know this better than several Oklahoma women who have taken to the pulpit, including the Rev. Sarah Smith, the Rev. Twila Gibbens, of Tulsa ... a Southern Baptist church, and she ...

The Old Baptist Mission Church is pictured in a 1975 Oklahoma Historical Society photo. The church was built in 1888 for a Cherokee Baptist congregation and is located north of Westville ...

The Southern Baptist Convention expelled a rural Oklahoma church from its membership Tuesday after resurfaced pictures and video show its pastor impersonating late singer Ray Charles in blackface ...

18-19 for key meeting. SBC Executive Committee approves recommendation to disfellowship Matoaka Baptist Church in Bartlesville, Oklahoma after pastor wears blackface. Matoaka Baptist is second ...