Leadership

Ryan started as the pastor in January 2025. Before that, he served as the Discipleship Pastor at Veritas Church in Fayetteville, NC. Ryan grew up in OKC, and went to OBU, where he met his wife Braelyn. They were married in 2017. They have one daughter, Lainey (born March 2023), and are expecting a son in March 2025. Ryan enjoys reading and watching sports, especially OU football.

M.Div in Preaching and Pastoral Ministry, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2020

B.A. in Pastoral Ministry, OBU, 2017

Michael and his wife Brandy have been married since  1993. They have 4 kids and three daughters-in-law and two grand babies . Michael enjoys hunting and attending sporting events. Michael joined the staff the summer of 2021. He has served in ministry for  over 20 years in youth, camp and childrens ministry.  He attended OBU but graduated from SBU in Bolivar, MO in  January of 2000 with a degree in Religious Education. Michael oversees all of the teaching and activities for children. This includes Sunday mornings and Wednesday nights. Michael organizes and provides resources to help families encourage children in their spiritual formation. He also serves as needed in other areas.

Brennan began serving as full-time Worship Minister in February, 2020. Before that time, he had been a high school History Teacher, an active member of the FBC Worship Team, and Interim Worship Minister before God called him into full-time vocational ministry. Brennan grew up near Binger, OK on a peanut farm, the son of a farmer and a teacher. Brennan met his wife, Sarah, while attending SWOSU. They were married in June, 2008. Sarah is an Instructor of Accounting at SWOSU. Brennan and Sarah have three children; Roxi (born Oct. 2010), Connor (born Nov. 2014), and Logan (born April 2019). Brennan enjoys spending time with his family and friends, playing music, camping, producing photo and video projects, watching movies, reading, Chess, BBQing, and playing sports.
Brennan leads worship on Sundays and Wednesdays. Brennan organizes and leads the worship band. Brennan manages all media accounts. Brennan videos announcements and edits all Community Connections. Brennan oversees the CarePortal ministry of FBC. He also serves as needed in other areas.

*Bachelor of Arts in History Education - Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Licensed to Ministry, 2020

Seth began serving our students full-time in March 2020. Seth grew up in Tuttle, OK and moved to Weatherford to attend SWOSU in 2013. While at SWOSU, he grew to love the community of Weatherford and specifically the church body at FBC Weatherford. 

Before saying yes to vocational ministry Seth had been working as an admissions recruiter for his alma mater. Seth has been active in serving students dating back middle school, a passion that began with volunteering to help at Vacation Bible School and pre-teen camp.  Eventually that grew into being the volunteer student leader at Heritage Family Baptist Church in Tuttle for two years during college.
Seth enjoys playing golf and basketball, watching high school sports, playing board games, cooking, and rooting for the OKC Thunder. Seth Married his wife, Ashtyn, in April of 2023.
Seth provides direction for the youth by teaching, visiting, organizing, and leading out. He builds relationships and makes disciples. Seth preaches often on Wednesday nights at the Gathering and occasionally on Sunday morning. Seth works alongside the mission committee to create a vision for FBC Weatherford reaching the nations with the message of Jesus. That includes coordinating and leading mission trips locally, nationally, and globally. He also serves as needed in other areas.

*Master of Theological Studies – Gateway Seminary, 2023
*Master of Business Administration - Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 2019
*Bachelor of Science in Health Science - Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 2017
Licensed to Ministry, 2020

Allison was raised in the small town of Laverne, Oklahoma. Her father is a farmer/rancher and her mom was an elementary teacher Allison attended Oklahoma State University and graduated with a degree in elementary education. OSU is where she met her husband Joel and were married in January of 1994.
Allison and Joel made their home in Weatherford in 1998 and became members of First Baptist Church. Allison worked for Weatherford Public School for many years until 2017. She began taking classes at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary to work on her masters in Biblical Counseling. Allison accepted the interim to help with university students in 2020 and now holds the position of Minister of University and Discipleship. Allison and Joel have two sons, Lane and Ethan. Allison provides direction for ministry to university students and for making disciples. Allison forms D-groups and builds relationships through which disciples are made. Allison oversees life groups that meet on Sunday mornings. Allison helps with meals for students and joyfully includes as many people as possible. She also serves as needed in other areas.

Mikylin went to High School in Katy, TX (near Houston) but has always had family in Oklahoma so this is where she came for the holidays. When it was time to go to college she chose SWOSU, her dad’s alma mater, because it felt like home with family so close. She played 4 years of collegiate soccer at SWOSU, received a bachelors in Exercise Science in May of 2021 and served as the university intern for 2 years. Following graduation, she married Braden Sweet who also attended SWOSU and played football. Weatherford made such a huge impact on who they are that they decided to stay and pour into the community that has poured so much into them.
In Katy, she was heavily involved in a youth group where she got the opportunity to meet weekly with girls her age and talk about the bible, be discipled, serve on many mission trips and really grasp what it meant to own her faith and live it out. She saw the impact that ministers, both men and women, had on her walk by encouraging her and teaching her God’s standard. She has always desired to do the same for other students. It's an honor to get to do life with both youth and university students while also sharing biblical truth. Mikylin serves alongside both the associate minister of youth and the associate minister of university. She plans and coordinates weekly and yearly events with them. On a weekly basis she attends, disciples, teaches, cooks and leads. She also serves as needed in other areas.

*Bachelor, Exercise Science, May 2021.

Austin began serving our students in May 2023. He graduated from Laverne, OK and began attending SWOSU in 2019 when someone named Seth Odam recruited him. He committed to serving the church full-time in July 2024.

Austin met his wife, Jade, in Laverne, where they both grew up, and they married in May 2022. They are now expecting a baby in May 2025. In 2023, Austin began serving the youth students as our youth ministry intern. In 2024, Austin graduated from SWOSU with his degree in Secondary Mathematics Education. Later that summer, Austin became a full-time minister of the church. Austin enjoys hunting, golfing, reading, watching movies, and watching the Dallas Cowboys (in all their “glory”). He has a passion for studying the Bible and teaching it to others. He also finds joy in reading the Bible with others, discussing it with them, and praying with them. Austin’s hope is that his generation, younger generations, and he will grow as followers of Christ to be responsible leaders of the Church in the future who continue to abide in Christ, proclaim the gospel, build the church, and go make disciples.

*Bachelor of Science, Secondary Mathematics Education, 2023

Jade serves in the Children and Families Ministry as the Assistant Coordinator.

Merrin serves in FirstKids on Sundays and Wednesdays as an assistant.

Earl was raised on a farm south of Hobart, Oklahoma. His daddy was a bricklayer and farmer. His mom stayed home and raised Earl and his three siblings. Earl and his wife Nancy met when they were in third grade. They married in 1978. Earl walks his two Brittany Spaniels every morning. During the winter months, Earl enjoys pheasant hunting in Kansas and quail hunting in Oklahoma.
Earl began his ministry at Weatherford First Baptist Church on August 5, 2001. He was licensed to preach in the Washington Street Baptist Church in Hobart, Oklahoma at the age of fourteen and ordained to the ministry at age twenty-one by the same church. He has served as pastor of the First Baptist Church, Holdenville, Oklahoma (1993-2001); Harmony Baptist Church, Atoka, Oklahoma (1983-1993); Associate Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Hobart, Oklahoma (1979-1980); and pastor of the Bessie Baptist Mission, Bessie, Oklahoma (1977-1979).
He and Nancy have two grown children – Jason and Lynn (married to Michael) and one granddaughter, Erin.
After faithfully serving as Lead Pastor at FBCW for over 23 years, Earl retired in December, 2024 and became Pastor Emeritus.

*Master of Divinity, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
*Bachelor of Arts, Oklahoma Baptist University
Ordained to Ministry, 1978
Licensed to Ministry, 1971