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.

Through outreach events and personal conversations, we take the hope of Christ to the marketplace.

Make disciples.

We provide a simple, effective approach to help believers invest themselves in the spiritual growth of others.

Equip leaders.

We offer peer groups and mentoring for both emerging leaders and those who are already leading organizations.

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 a son and daughter-in-law 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 Savedra

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!

Kayla Hoglund

Ministry Coordinator

About Kayla

Book Reader | Cake Maker | Bird Watcher

Prior to joining CMBC in 2024, Kayla worked at a year-round Christian camp in northern Minnesota. She has almost two decades of experience working in ministries as well as coming from a background in graphic design. She loves using her talents and skills to help organizations run smoothly and is excited about jumping in at CBMC.

Kayla and her husband, Tait, along with their 3 children are new to Oklahoma and have loved exploring the area and making connections with new friends. Kayla has a large collection of Lake Superior Agates and has now started to hunting for Oklahoma Rose Rocks. If she’s not searching for rocks, she’s finding 4-leaf clovers with her newfypoo, Mando.

OKC AREA Leadership Team

ROBERT GREENLAW

Kimray Inc.

WES GUTEKUNST

Gutekunst Design

Marty Hepp

CEC Corporation

JONATHAN HILL

Hill Engineering

KRIS MURRAY

Content Gym

SAM PAPPAS

MacArthur Associated Consultants

Jaime Peña

OKC Family Church

STEVE ROMANO

National Financial Alliance

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.

Our History

The Founding

Christian Business Men’s Committee founded by 5 businessmen in Chicago during the Great Depression.

1930

OKLAHOMA CITY

First CBMC meeting in downtown Oklahoma City. That same year, men from CBMC saw a need and founded City Rescue Mission.

1960

FIRST OUTREACH

CBMC began hosting monthly outreach luncheons to share the gospel with others in the business community.

1969

OKC OFFICIALLY CHARTERED

CBMC OKC was officially chartered. It was still entirely led and organized by business leaders who gave their time each week to disciple others and facilitate groups.

1975

FIRST FULL-TIME DIRECTOR

C. Herman Reece, DDS answers God’s call to step away from his surgical practice to become the first full-time Director for CBMC Oklahoma.

1975

FIRST MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST

The first Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast is held in the downtown convention center. Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke was the guest speaker. Approximately 600 attended.

1984