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Senior Pastors: Joel and Linda Budd
Senior Pastors Joel and Linda Budd have an assurance that God is sending revival to America.Together they co-pastor the church called Open Bible Fellowship in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
In 1983, Joel and Linda came to Tulsa to lead a young church of 40 people who were meeting in a movie theater. Under their leadership, the congregation has developed from an average of forty to over 1,000 during weekend services.
On the Sunday just before Thanksgiving, 1994, Pastors Joel and Linda experienced an “invasion” of the Holy Spirit. On that particular Sunday, God’s glory and power suddenly came into their ministry and their church services changing them, their church and their ministry forever. People were literally swept off their feet and onto the floor. Signs, wonders, visions, weeping, laughter, shaking, Holy conviction over sin and groaning of intercession all broke out that Sunday morning. It began in the first service, spilled over into the second service without break and continued on through the evening service until around midnight. Open Bible has been receiving a steady outpouring of the Holy Spirit in signs, wonders, deep intercession, miracles and healings since that time.
Most recently this Holy Spirit Renewal has taken on a heart for the lost, the poor, the demonized, the broken and the down trodden. Numerous out-reaches are being led by the people.
This young congregation has a growing number of missionaries on the foreign field and new church plants here in America, with international church plants scheduled for the future.
Because of what has been happening in their pastorate, Joel and Linda have a growing ministry to other pastors, churches, Bible schools and conferences that are hungry for a renewal of the Holy Spirit… preparing people for the revival that God is undoubtedly beginning to send to America. They have a desire to impart to other pastors, leaders and individuals what has been given to them.
Residing in Tulsa, Joel and Linda have been married for twenty-nine years, and have three daughters. Cristin, Joelle, and Haley, all loving and serving the Lord, taking an active part in this outpouring of God’s love and power.
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End Time Machine
Attention Young Adults!We are pleased to invite you to join the END TIME MACHINE, a new service geared for students of The Spectrum (senior high youth) and young adults (ages 18 through 33). This service is on Sunday nights at 6pm in The Spectrum room and features worship and a message that is relevant to the young adults of today. We want you to come and see what we’re about – this service is for you: your style with your part to play.