Wade Burleson

Wade Burleson
Born (1961-12-27) December 27, 1961
Oklahoma City, OK
Spouse(s) Rachelle Burleson
Children Charis, Kade, Boe, Logan
Parent(s) Paul and Mary (Cherry) Burleson
Congregations served

Emmanuel Enid

SRBC, Tulsa, 1987-1992

FBC Holdenville, 1982-1987
Title Pastor / Writer / Historian
Website

Istoria Ministries

Wade Burleson

Emmanuel Enid

Wade Burleson is a pastor, writer and avocational historian. He is Lead Pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Enid, Oklahoma.[1] He served as President of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma[2] (2002–2004), trustee for the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board (2005–2008), and is the official parliamentarian for several Oklahoma Baptist conventions. He also served as the Tulsa Police chaplain (1988–1992) where he was award the Silver Star by the Tulsa Police Department. He is the author of several books, including Happiness Doesn't Just Happen: Learning to Be Content Regardless of Your Circumstances[3] and Hardball Religion.[4]

Education

Wade graduated valedictorian from his high school class in Fort Worth, Texas and attended Baylor University, before graduating with a B.S. in Business from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma.

Works By Wade Burleson

Books

  • Happiness Doesn't Just Happen: Learning to Be Content Regardless of Your Circumstances [3]
  • Hardball Religion [4]
  • Radically New: The New Covenant Will Change the Way You Think and Live [5]
  • A Transient Abode [6]
  • Enid's Night of Generals[7]
  • What's with Paul and Women[8]

Southern Baptist controversy

Wade Burleson was a supporter of Paige Patterson and Paul Pressler's fundamentalist takeover of the SBC in which moderates and conservatives were removed from SBC positions, starting in 1979.

Wade Burleson was elected a trustee of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board (IMB) in 2005.

Wade Burleson posted on his Istoria Ministry blog criticisms of the Southern Baptist newly instituted IMB policies passed in 2005 forbidding missionaries from praying in tongues. Burleson argued the new IMB policies went beyond the convention’s doctrinal guidelines found in the Baptist Faith and Message.

After a long battle over his blog,[9] Wade Burleson resigned from the International Mission Board (IMB),[10] the overseas mission wing of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). The Southern Baptist trustees had censured the Oklahoma pastor from involvement in four meetings after trustees were angered by Burleson's criticism of new policies passed by the IMB of the Southern Baptist Convention.[11]

In May 2015, the International Mission Board reversed the policies they had instituted in 2005. The result did not forbid a missionary from missions because they chose to pray in tongues.[12]

Awards and honors

Burleson was honored with the CBE Priscilla and Aquila Award for 'speaking out' on behalf of biblical gender equality. Dr. Sheri Klouda had been criticized for sharing the doctrine within the Southern Baptist community.[13] Burleson made the issue known through his Istoria Ministry blog and brought awareness to the mistreatment of Klouda and women in the Southern Baptist Convention.[13] His efforts earned him the Priscilla and Acquila Award.[14]

An Outstanding Achievement Award was presented to Burleson by the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters for his community service projects.[15]

Burleson earned a Silver Star from the Tulsa police department for his work / workshop helping the investigation of crimes involving the occult in the late 1980s.[16][17]

Burleson was recognized and honored by the United States Department of Justice in 1996 for his work with the families of victims after the bombing at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Burleson was at ground zero with the victims helping them with the rehabilitation in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Wade Burleson – Emmanuel Enid". www.emmanuelenid.org. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  2. ↑ "'Man of grace' rises from crowd to head Baptists". NewsOK.com. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  3. 1 2 Burleson, Wade (June 30, 2010). Happiness Doesn't Just Happen: Learning to Be Content Regardless of Your Circumstances. United States: Trestle Press. pp. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. ISBN 9780982744611.
  4. 1 2 Burleson, Wade (April 20, 2009). Hardball Religion: Feeling the Fury of Fundamentalism. United States: Smyth & Helwys Publishing. pp. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. ISBN 157312527X.
  5. ↑ Radically New: The New Covenant Will Change the Way You Think and Live. Enid, Ok.: Istoria Ministries. April 5, 2016. ISBN 9781520320205.
  6. ↑ Burleson, Wade (2013). A Transient Abode. Self-Published. pp. 1–50.
  7. ↑ "'Enid's Night of the Generals'". Enidnews.com. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  8. ↑ Zens, Jon; Burleson, Wade (April 2, 2010). What's with Paul and Women?. Lincoln, Neb.: Ekklesia Press. ISBN 9780976522294.
  9. ↑ "Crusading Conservatives vs. Cooperating Conservatives: The War for the Future of the Southern Baptist Convention". Istoria Ministries Blog. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  10. ↑ "Blogger Burleson resigns from International Mission Board". The Baptist Standard. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  11. ↑ "Censured Southern Baptist Critic Resigns". ChristianityToday.com. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  12. ↑ Horton, Greg; Service, Yonat Shimron | Religion News (May 14, 2015). "Southern Baptists to open their ranks to missionaries who speak in tongues". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  13. 1 2 "Professor: Seminary ousted her over gender". msnbc.com. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  14. ↑ "Priscilla and Aquila Award Recipients | CBE international". www.cbeinternational.org. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  15. ↑ Long, Jeannine (Fall 2013). "Official Publication of the Oklahoma Society of Mayflower Descendants" (PDF). Oklahoma Mayflower. Oklahoma Society of Mayflower Descendants.
  16. 1 2 "Introducing Wade Burleson | The Wartburg Watch 2015". Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  17. ↑ "Workshop on Dealing With Satanism Offered". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2015-11-09.

Further reading

  • "Southern Baptists press for uniformity". Reading Eagle. January 21, 2006.
  • "Southern Baptists fight each other, after defeating liberals". The Tuscaloosa News. January 21, 2006.
  • "Pastor's blog spurs board's ouster request". NewsOK.com.
  • "Pastor renews call for database of clergy sex abuse". The Christian Century.
  • "Denomination's image may become kinder... but no less conservative". Kentucky New Era. June 16, 2006.
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