Building an OKC worth Passing Down

CBMC exists to connect like-minded men of faith as they build careers, businesses, relationships and lives that honor God.

What we do

Every man has a purpose given by Christ.

CBMC exists to connect like-minded men of faith as they build careers, businesses, relationships and lives that honor God.

Help men grow.

We help men discover their purpose, grow in their faith, and to live, love and lead like Jesus.

Share the gospel.

We make Jesus known in the marketplace by preparing men to have intentional conversations.

Make disciples.

We pass on what was given to us: a proven process for spiritually mentoring someone else.

Equip leaders.

We offer support and resources for those who are leading organizations, groups and individuals toward Jesus.

Area Leadership

CBMC OKLAHOMA STAFF

Brent Vawter

Senior Area Director

About Brent

Backpacker | Travel Junkie | Grace Addict

Prior to connecting with CBMC in 2011, Brent was an independent marketing consultant, strategist and project manager working with Fortune 100 clients in virtually every industry, from energy to finance to healthcare and retail. Before his 20-year run in marketing, he spent a decade in operations and customer service with General Electric.

His focus on career achievement changed at age 30 when a man began meeting with him each week to help him grow in his relationship with Christ and discover God’s unique purpose for his life. Now decades later, Brent is passionate about doing the same for others.

Brent’s wife Paula is also in full-time ministry, and he has one adult son in Kansas. If he’s not meeting with some guy in a coffee shop or with Paula tending their vegetable garden, you’ll most likely find him on a backpacking trail in some mountain range, smelling like last night’s campfire!

Adrian Savendra

Area Director

About Adrian

Cubs/OSU Fan | Grill Master | Lifelong Learner

Prior to joining CBMC in 2020, Adrian spent 16 years as a baseball coach as well as working in the non-profit sector. He spent 8 years teaching and coaching at the high school level before spending his next 8 years at the collegiate level. He has since switched from coaching baseball players to coaching businessmen, helping them grow spiritually to apply the precepts of the bible to every area of their lives.

Adrian has been married to his wife Tara for 18 years and they have two sons, AJ and Arman. If you don’t see him on the baseball field playing catch with his sons, you might run into him at any coffee shop in the metro!

Shannon Burke

Ministry Coordinator

About Shannon

Jesus Junkie | Relationship-Builder | Avid Learner

For the first 20 years of her career, she worked in personal and commercial banking and insurance while searching for what would truly fulfill her spirit. As others affirmed her giftings, God began to reveal His calling on her life. This led her back to school for a degree in Christian Ministries at Dallas Baptist University.

Discipleship became Shannon’s true passion, as she loves to help others find their freedom in Christ and grow in deeper relationship with Him. She moved to Oklahoma City from Denver to join the CBMC team in 2022.
Shannon is married to Mike, a Navy and Army veteran, and they have 3 children. When they have time, they love to shop farmers markets, tend their garden, and spend time with family and friends.

OKC AREA Leadership Team

Marty Hepp

CEC Corporation

JONATHAN HILL

Hill Engineering

Jaime Peña

OKC Family Church

Robert Greenlaw

Kimray

Dr. John Fozard

Sam Pappas

Harold Armstrong

Steve Trice

Jasco Products Company

What we BELIEVE

Faith at our forefront.

With faith at our forefront, these are the pillars we stand on.

The Bible

We believe in the Scripture of the Old and New Testament as verbally inspired by God and inerrant in the original writings. We believe that they are of supreme and final authority in faith and life.

God

We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Jesus

We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary and is true God and true man. We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into Heaven and in His present life there for us as High Priest and Advocate.

Man

We believe that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned, and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also spiritual death which is separation from God. We believe that all human beings are born with a sinful nature and are sinners in thought, word and deed.

Justification

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who believe in Him are justified on the grounds of His shed blood.

The Holy Spirit & Eternal Security

We believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God. Further, we believe in the eternal security of the believer.

Last Things

We believe in “That blessed hope:” the personal and imminent return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost.