 Pastor
Ogletree
Pastor Ogletree, a native of Dallas,
Texas was born on March 1. He obtained a Bachelors degree from the University
of Texas at Arlington in 1973 and a Doctor of Jurisprudence
degree from South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas
in 1979. He was in the private practice of law for
many, many years.
He accepted the call into the
gospel ministry in 1982, while he was a member of the Bethel
Institutional Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. He attended Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary. He was ordained at Antioch
Missionary Baptist Church in 1985, where he served as Minister
of Christian Development. In 1986, he became the founding
pastor of First Metropolitan Baptist Church in the northwest
area of Houston.
Pastor Ogletree is a past moderator
of the Union Baptist Association (2000). He presently serves on the Leadership
Team of Mission Houston, the State Missions Commission, and
is Vice-Chair of the Executive Board of the Baptist General
Convention of Texas and is a Field Coordinator of African
American Ministries in the Baptist General Convention of
Texas. In addition, he serves as an Assessor at the
South Texas Church Planter Assessment Center. He preaches
all across the United States and has preached in Haiti, Taiwan,
and San Andres Island, Columbia. He has done a myriad
of workshops including these topics: Church Conflict, The
Church and the Law, Leading Change, Empowering Leaders, Servant
Leadership and Marriage & the Family. Pastor Ogletree
recently published “Moving to the Next Level – Becoming
A Fully Developing Follower of Christ” and holds
seminars on this topic.
He and the First Lady have been married for 33 years (April
14) and, they have four children: Rev. Johnny, and Lambreni,
(college graduates), Joseph (college) and Jordan (college). Pastor
Ogletree is the proud grandfather of four granddaughters,
Layla, Elianah, Adiah, (parents Rev. Johnny and Quinita)
and Reya (parents Avery and Lambreni Waddell). He
has two daughters-in-law: Quinita (Johnny) and Sherrell (Joseph).
Lady Ogletree
First
Lady Ogletree was born (February 7) in Tyler, Texas but
grew up in Dallas. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree
in Elementary Education from Texas Southern University
in Houston, Texas and a Master of Arts degree in Guidance
and Counseling from Prairie View A&M University. She
is currently pursuing hours toward her LPC and heads the
Christian Counseling Center at First Metropolitan. She
has been preaching The Good News for the past three years
and has a powerful anointing on her life.
First
Lady Ogletree is a former schoolteacher for HISD, KISD
and Cy-Fair ISD. After serving as the School Counselor
for Lowery Elementary School, Evelyn left the district to
join her husband in ministry. She currently serves
as Department Head of several ministries at First Met that
include: Network (helping members find their place in ministry)
and Celebrate Recovery (support groups that discover and
celebrate God’s healing power after people experience
hurts, hang-ups and harmful habits). Evelyn is also Director
of the Infant Development Center (IDC) and Christian Academy
that provides guidance and day care for children ages 6 weeks
to five years of age, and is open to the Northwest community.
In
addition, she teams with Pastor O to teach and preach on
issues relating to marriage and the family. She
is dedicated to serving God, her family and her community. A
scripture that best describes her is Psalm 34, “I
will bless the Lord at all times!”
Email Pastor O: PastorO@firstmet.org
Email Lady O: LadyO@firstmet.org
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