Mark Brister

Mark A. Brister served as the fourteenth president of Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Brister became OBU's president on 1 September 1998 after the retirement of long time OBU president, Dr. Bob Agee. He resigned as president on October 12, 2007. Before becoming a university president, Brister served as a pastor at Broadmoor Baptist Church, a megachurch in Shreveport, Louisiana. Brister held this position from 1989 until he became the president of OBU in 1998. Before that, he was pastor of Memorial Baptist Church, Baytown, Texas, for five years. Earlier he was pastor of First Baptist Church, Bolivar, Mo.

Mark Brister is married to Rhonda Brister. They have two children, Barrett and Austin.

From 1994 - 1996 Brister was chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention program and structure study committee that reorganized the convention's agency structure.

Brister served on the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) committee on committees and on the SBC's "Reaching America for Christ" Task Force. He recently has served on the Glorieta/Ridgecrest Capital Campaign Cabinet for Lifeway Christian Resources (formerly the Baptist Sunday School Board). He also has been involved in volunteer missions in Scotland, Kenya, Mexico and Romania.

Brister called a special Board of Trustee meeting on Oct 12, 2007 and announced his retirement from the OBU presidency. His last day in office was Nov. 10, 2007. The Board of Trustees named John W. Parrish as interim president. In the fall semester of 2008 the Board selected Dr. David Whitlock as OBU's fifteenth president.

Brister currently heads a ministry called Mark Brister Ministries [1].

Quotes

• Make a nickle decision.
• GO-B-U! (at OBU athletic events).

Education

• Bachelor degree from Baylor University.
• Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
• Doctor of Philosophy from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Preceded by Bob Agee

Oklahoma Baptist University President 1998 - 2007

Succeeded by David Whitlock

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