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Marc Dreyer was born in Washington D.C. in 1946. Shortly thereafter his family moved to Kansas City, Mo where he was raised in a Roman Catholic home. Marc attended catholic grade school and then attended and graduated from Rockhurst High School, an all male Jesuit college preparatory school in Kansas City. He attended the University of Missouri for two years when he dropped out of school and went to work for the Federal government. When he was 21 years old he became a federal agent for the US Justice Department in what is known today as DEA.

During this time he went back to college graduating from Wichita State University with a degree in Criminal Justice. In 1969, influenced by his fiance’ B.K. (Betty Kathleen) he began attending a Baptist church where he professed his faith in Christ and was baptized 2 months before their marriage. Marc and B.K. adopted 3 girls from Korea. Two of the girls are married and have given them two grandchildren.

In 1977 God called Marc out of the Justice department and into the ministry. This dramatic change in their lives resulted in him attending Midwestern seminary in Kansas City where he graduated with a Masters in 1980 and a Doctorate in 1984. Memorial is the third church that Marc has pastored since he started in Hardin Missouri in 1977 where he stayed for 4 years. He was then called to Sterling Acres church in Kansas City in 1981 where he served for 12 years. In 1993 he, B.K. and the girls moved to Tulsa where he became the fifth Senior Pastor to serve Memorial Baptist church. In addition to his Justice Department and ministry time, Marc worked at UPS for 4 years during his oldest daughters time in college. He has also been an elected member of a local Board of Education in Kansas City, served both police and hospital chaplaincies, taught as an adjunct professor at Midwestern Baptist Seminary and serves on the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board.

Len Lovel – Associate Pastor – Worship/Education

Len was raised in Decatur, Illinois in a Christian family who loved the Lord and His church. At age 11, he realized his need for the Savior, and surrendered his life to Christ. As a high school student Len heard and surrendered to the call of Christ to follow Him in ministry. Len married and finished his undergrad degree in church music at Missouri Baptist College. Then the Lord called him on to seminary in Fort Worth Texas. There he received a graduate degree in religious education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

For 25 years Len has served in churches in Illinois and Texas, and now Oklahoma. His wife Debbie, and children Ben, Beth, and Chris are excited about how the Lord is working in their lives.

Jacob Bice – Executive Pastor

Jacob was born 2 June 1978 and with a dad who is a minister he has been a part of a church his entire life. He grew up in Moore, OK and became a Christian when he was 8. Christianity was almost completely cultural for Jacob until his senior year of High School, when he started to actively live out his faith. It was then he began to get involved in ministry working under different youth pastors around the Oklahoma City area. After graduating from Moore High School in Moore, OK he spent two years of college in Oklahoma City. From there he transferred to Oklahoma Baptist University, where he graduated in 2000 with a BA in Biblical Studies.

Shortly after college Jacob married a fantastic girl named Morgan. He spent time working in the "real world", teaching Sunday School and pastoring students at a few different churches. After spending some time at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Morgan and Jacob found their way back to Morgan's home town of Tulsa. In 2005 God led them to Memorial Baptist Church where Jacob is currently serving as an Associate Pastor, working primarily with teenagers.

Andrew McGuire - Pastor to Students

Andrew joined the MBC staff in January of 2008 as the Young Adult Pastor. Andrew was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma but lived most of his life in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. He asked God into his heart when he was six years old and fully surrendered to the ministry when he was seventeen.

Andrew has been serving God in the church since 2000, serving in various volunteer, part-time, and full-time positions in student ministry, childrens ministry, and college ministry. Andrew enjoys serving God no matter what area of ministry. Andrew’s main objective is to see people to come to Christ and follow his will. Andrew started his college career at Tulsa Community College and received a BA in Speech Communications from Northeastern State University. Andrew also enjoys spending time with his beautiful bride Meg and his angels Sarah and Lillian.

Ruth Ann Miller - Children's Minister

Josh Davis - Young Adult Minister

Joshua Davis was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1989 to parents David and Cherly Davis and is an older brother to his sister Megan. David, Joshua’s father and best friend growing up, was very active with in his church and served on many over sea missions. He became a spiritual leader for Joshua and guided him to being a Godly man. For Joshua growing up his family frequently moved around due to his father’s work and was in and out of many churches. In 1999, his family returned to the Tulsa area. Joshua first came to Memorial Baptist when he was 14 years old and after becoming a member of a church for the first time, at the age of 15 he gave his heart to Christ. While on a hike when Joshua was 16 years old, he experienced God in a way for which he had not before. It was then that God guided him into a direction that would change how he would live his life.

During his high school years, Joshua was very active in the youth group as a student of Jacob Bice. After graduating from Edison High School and accomplishing his rank as an eagle scout he transitioned into the young adult class with Andrew McGuire. Following graduation, Joshua received his certification as an Emergency Medical Technician from Tulsa Technology and has been working at St. John Hospital. Over the past few years, Joshua has served in the youth group as a small group leader and as a camp sponsor. In 2009, after a long felt calling, Joshua surrendered himself to serve in ministry. He is currently serving as Memorial’s young adult’s minister and engaged to be married to the lovely Michelle Goddard, whom he met on his very first day at Memorial Baptist Church.