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Donny Rockwell, Pastor/Planter

Donny was born in Wyoming but lived in the Tulsa area as a child and teenager.  He became a Christian at age eight and followed God's calling to be in ministry in the church after his freshman year of college.  After living in Alabama, South Carolina, and Texas, Donny returned home to T-Town in January of 2007 to serve as Children's Pastor with Memorial Baptist Church. 

Family & Ministry: Donny has been married to the love of his life and best friend Rachel since 2004; they have three daughters.  Donny has primarily worked with preschoolers, children, teens and their parents in both volunteer and positions with Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Fountain Inn, SC; First Baptist Tulsa, OK; and Wedgwood Baptist in Fort Worth, TX.  He served on staff as associate youth minister at Lakeland Baptist in Lewisville, TX.  He has been on missions ventures in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Florida, West Virginia, North Carolina, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Hungary and Switzerland.  Donny serves as an area contact for CDM International. 

Education & Vision: Donny received a B.A. with a major in Mass Communication From North Greenville College (now University) in Tigerville, South Carolina and a M.A. in Christian Education with concentrations in Communication and Student Ministry from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.  Donny's passion is for people to know Christ as Savior and surrender to his leadership as Lord, for parents to model a Christ-like life for their children, and for people of all ages to embrace God's call on their lives as they surrender themselves to Him.  Donny has a desire for families to experience God's healing and restoration as a foundation for advancing the Kingdom of God among future generations.

Church Planting Journey: In 2009, God put church planting on Donny & Rachel's hearts.  In the fall of 2010, Donny, with the blessing of his pastor, Dr. Marc Dreyer, Senior Pastor of Memorial Baptist Church in Tulsa, began the process of planting a church in the Tulsa metro area.  In August 2011 Memorial voted to be the primary sponsoring church for Vintage Faith Church and has committed to providing people, finances and other resources toward this new church.  At the end of December 2011 Donny will leave Memorial to focus full time on planting and pastoring Vintage Faith. 

Previous work experience: 9-1-1 operator & police dispatcher, Chick-Fil-A customer service/manager, radio station audio producer/board operator, residential/commercial irrigation installer, Mazzio's customer service employee

Hobbies: reading, gardening/yard work, hanging out & having fun with his family

A Few Faves: his wife's awesome cooking, mexican food, Snickers, Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper, spicy stuff (jalepenos, Texas Pete hot sauce), gummy worms, TobyMac, Texas Rangers

Scriptures that have impacted Donny:

• Deuteronom 6:4-9, "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates."

• Malachi 4:6, "He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction."

• Proverbs 3:5-6, "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight."

Follow Pastor Donny:  Twitter: @drrockwell

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