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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.
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