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About the Oilfield Christian Fellowship

The idea for the Oilfield Christian Fellowship of Houston began in the spring of 1991 with a phone conversation between Jim Teague, a drilling engineer and John Bird, a sales manager for a service company. Each realized that they knew a lot of Christians in the oil patch and felt that a breakfast would be a good place to get to know other believers. The first meeting was advertised by word of mouth and 46 men and women met at the Houston First Baptist Church. Because everyone enjoyed this first meeting, it was decided they would meet monthly on the first Wednesday for lunch. This continues to this day, with the exception of the one day of the year they meet for the annual prayer breakfast during OTC or if holidays should conflict.

Today there are chapters meeting monthly in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Dallas, Fort Worth, Lafayette, Corpus Christi, Midland/Odessa, Denver, Houston, Tyler, Morgan City, Grand Junction and now Fort St. John, B.C.

This past May the 11th Annual Prayer Breakfast was held with nearly 600 men and women in attendance at the Crowne Plaza Hotel across from the Reliant Football Field. This event is always held on Tuesday during the OTC conference held at the Reliant Convention Center. John Pinkerton, Chairman, CEO and Director of Range Resources Corporation was the keynote speaker.

At each monthly area meetings a guest speaker shares how he or she came to know Christ as Savior and what God is doing in their life. This format is based on the scripture found in Proverbs 27:17, “As Iron Sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.”

The Oilfield Christian Fellowship’s mission is to share the good news about Jesus Christ, give men and women in the oil industry the occasion to accept Christ as their personal Savior and to encourage them in their walk with our Lord. This same opportunity is provided through the Bible supply ministry that began in 2000.

Also each month, a free eight-page newsletter is sent out to over nearly 4000 recipients. In this letter are meeting announcements, short stories, ministries updates and the latest news from t the various chapters.

Along with the President and co-founder John Bird, there is Carl Davis, owner of Davis Lynch, OCF Vice President, board members Jim Cook, Operations Manager, CMR, Mike Chaffin who is also the Bible Supply Chairman who co-authored along with John, the custom Bible, God’s Word for the Oil Patch and Business Director NE for New Tech Engineering, Jim Teague who is the co-founder of the OCF. Mike is the drilling manager for Valence Operating. Mr. Gayle Stimson, a recently retired missionary to France, is Treasurer.

What is The Oilfield Christian Fellowship Bible Ministry?

by Mike Chaffin

Since January 2005 the OCF has been placing the God's Word for the Oil Patch Bible on drilling rigs all over the world. This custom Bible is a compact NIV Bible also containing 46 pages of the testimonies of oilfield workers, from oil company presidents to rig hands. As of June 2009 over 70,000 of these Bibles have been placed on rigs, platforms, docks, offices, heliports and any where they are requested. They are available in English and Spanish. The Bible has also been translated into Chinese and Russian, but has not yet been printed.

Since the inception of the Oilfield Christian Fellowship Bible Ministry in 2000, God has provided oil industry workers to take His Word wherever there are drilling and production activities. Whether it is Bibles, New Testaments, the Jesus video, books or tracts, we have supplied oilfield workers traveling overseas with the material they need to put God’s Word in the hands of the people they are going to visit or work with. The OCF Bible Ministry has also helped supply missionary groups when people from the oilfield are part of the team. Over 70,000 Bibles have been distributed in 19 different languages to 34 different countries. Thousands of tracts and over 2,000 teaching books have also been distributed.

The OCF Bible Ministry can use your help. Whether it is through prayer, helping to get the Bibles out, or making a donation, you too can make a difference in someone’s life that may never have seen a Bible. Contact Mike Chaffin at chaffinmike@comcast.net for more information.