Earl Stephenson began his ministry at Weatherford First Baptist Church on August 5, 2001.  He was licensed to preach in the Washington Street Baptist Church in Hobart, Oklahoma at the age of fourteen and ordained to the ministry at age twenty-one by the same church.  He has served as pastor of the First Baptist Church, Holdenville, Oklahoma (1993-2001), Harmony Baptist Church, Atoka, Oklahoma (1983-1993), Associate Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Hobart, Oklahoma (1979-1980), and pastor of the Bessie Baptist Mission, Bessie, Oklahoma (1977-1979).  He has served as a trustee for Oklahoma Baptist University and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma.

He and his wife Nancy have two grown children, Jason and Lynn.

Master of Divinity, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Bachelor of Arts, Oklahoma Baptist University 

Ordained to Ministry, 1978