Sycamores Church was planted in 2013 and was used as a facility to train RV Park and free medical clinic Chaplain for CRM International. We have undergone several changes over time, with the major one being our conversion to a Texas Baptist church plant two years ago. We are a small church, mission centric, and heavily invested in people.
We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only authoritative Word of God. (I Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:14-16; 2 Peter 1:25).
We believe in one God, eternally present in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Philippians 2:6; Matthew 3: 16-17; John 1:1; John 10:30; John 14:28; John 15:26; John 16:28).
Dennis has a Marketing and Management degree from Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma as well as an MBA with them. His theological training is with Moody Bible in Chicago. He and his wife Sally have five sons and began their Christian Service as missionaries with SIM/USA , focusing on stewardship and project development.
Following their time there, Dennis became founding Director of Life Water Ministries, Inc. a helps ministry for people in crisis. This became a department of CRM International which Dennis co-founded with Robert Ruesch. It began as an RV Park chaplain ministry in the destination states for winter travelers in Florida, Texas and Arizona. Dennis and his wife were the first RV Park Chaplain in the new ministry at Navarre Beach, Florida. All CRM International Chaplain are ordained and endorsed NAMB chaplain. He stepped down as General Director of CRM International to concentrate on the CRM department establishing Free Medical Clinics. He helped establish the Free Medical Clinic of the Ozarks in Hollister, Mo. Since Sycamore's was accepted as a Texas Baptist church plant, Dennis has been the senior pastor here.
Morris heads our building and grounds department as well as having off campus congregation health responsibilities. His wife Debbie Tanton heads our Food Distribution program and represents us with the Eastern Oklahoma Food Bank. We serve approximately 100 people in food crisis each month from our facilities here.
We meet at 10:00am each Sunday morning for Bible Study followed by worship at 11:00am.
We are a traditional church with a combination of the old hymns and new worship music. We use both hymnals and TV screens for our music.
Children are included in our Sunday worship service.
We meet for Bible Study each Wednesday evening at 6pm. The first Wednesday of each new quarter we meet for our quarterly business meeting. Following church on the first Sunday of the month of each new quarter we have a fellowship dinner. We celebrate the Lord's Supper the last Sunday morning of each month and the first Sunday of each month is mission Sunday.