Board of Directors 2023

The Board of Directors is the governing body of the corporate and legal entity that is our church. The members of the Board of Directors are to be approved by the church body at the annual business meeting of the church. Our by-laws state; “The Pastor shall recommend to the Board, the Board shall approve the recommendation, and Members of the Church shall approve the recommendation of the Board at the Annual Church Business Meeting”

The Board of Directors is necessary to follow the laws of incorporation in the State of Oklahoma and to be recognized as a legal entity by the government for tax and other purposes.  The Board of Directors of the Greater Mount Olive Baptist Church is tasked with managing the business transactions and property of the church.   

The Board of Directors has full power and authority to exercise or delegate full power and authority to purchase, lease, and otherwise acquire property, real and personal, on behalf of the Corporation; to sell, convey, transfer, assign, exchange, lease, and otherwise dispose of property, real and personal, on behalf of the Corporation; to borrow money and pledge the property of the Church, to secure the re-payment thereof; and to do and perform or cause to be done and performed, every act which the Corporation may lawfully do in order to promote or accomplish the objects for which the Corporation is organized. 

Ray Douglas - President | Emery Hayden - Vice President | Reginald Gaddis - Chairman

Tim Jones - Vice Chairman | Major Berry, Jr. - 2nd Vice Chairman | Kelvin Mitchell - Secretary | Kamisha Busby - Assistant Secretary  

Michael Haywood - Treasurer | Michelle Purvey - Assistant Treasurer | Henry Ashcraft - Treasurer Emeritus

Jesse Adkins | Shanequah Brison | Herman Burge | Clifford Camphor | Timothy Edwards | Thomas Gipson

  Willie Hill, Sr. | Herschel Holman | Royce Howard | Noble Jackson | Lonzetta Nolen

Roshawn Richmond | Thomas Shaver, Jr. | Lamont Swindall

Deacon Ministry 2023

A Deacon is above all a servant. That is the meaning of the word. The first deacons were chosen in Acts 6:1-6  when the apostles advised the church to look out for seven men of good report, full of the Holy Ghost, and men of practical wisdom, who should take entire charge of the daily physical matters of the church in order to free the apostles to devote themselves entirely to the spiritual functions of their office. Seven men were chosen, and although their office was at first entirely secular, it afterward also became spiritual. 

In 1 Timothy 3:8-13, the qualifications of deacons are given.; " Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money, holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.  But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless. Likewise, their wives must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.” 

The deacon in the modern church should meet those same qualifications and should operate as a servant to the church and as a helper to the pastor.   Faithful deacons are essential to the growth and stability of the church. Deacons serve voluntarily, at the request of the pastor, and with the approval of the church.

Deacon Reggie Gaddis - Chairman 

Deacon Cliff Camphor - Vice-Chairman | Deacon Jimmie McDonald - 2nd Vice Chairman

Deacon Jesse Adkins | Deacon Henry Ashcraft | Deacon Major Berry, Jr. | Deacon Herman Burge

Deacon Clarence Dempsey | Deacon Timothy Edwards | Deacon Thomas Gipson | Deacon Terrance Green

Deacon O. J. Greenhoward | Deacon Emery Hayden | Deacon Michael Haywood | Deacon Willie Hill, Sr. | Deacon Herschel Holman

 Deacon Royce Howard | Deacon Noble Jackson | Deacon Tim Jones | Deacon Kelvin Mitchell

 Deacon Roshawn Richmond | Deacon Thomas Shaver, Jr.