Conference Headquarters
3020 South Harvey
Oklahoma City, OK 73109
Office: 405-632-2006
Fax: 405-632-0209
Resident Bishop:
Robert Hayes, Jr.
Conference Superintdent:
Rev. Dr. David Wilson
Interpretation and Programs:
Josephine Deere
Administrative Assistant:
Linda Draper
Legacy Of The Past Hope For The Future Benefit Gala and Silent Auction Update |
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Many
thanks to all of those who helped make the Legacy Of The Past Hope For
The Future Benefit Gala and Silent Auction a big
success! More than $85,000 was raised for
the endowment for pastoral leadership for Native
American pastors in our historic Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference
of The United Methodist Church. October 27, 2011 Photos courtesy of Joe Pewo Jim Thorpe Sports Hall of Fame Oklahoma City |
Welcome to the Oklahoma Indian Missionary (OIMC) Web site.The OIMC has approximately 6,000 members and 84 churches, with several of these congregations more than 100 years old. Oklahoma is the home to the majority of the congregations, however the Conference has one church in Dallas and three churches and one fellowship in Kansas. Thank you for your interest. Please contact the OIMC office for more information. |
Help Native children through the Native American Children's FundFor more than 30
years the OIMC has supported the needs of children in the conference
through the Native American Children's Fund (NACF). Donations through
the fund provide school supplies, clothing and
summer activities for Native American children. Due to the
tough economy, the fund is dwindling. We need your help now,
more than ever, to meet the needs of children in the OIMC. Please
consider a donation today. For members of The United Methodist
Church, the NACF is an Advance Special.
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"With Our Voices"
The OIMC is proud to make available online more than 21 traditional songs that serve as an historic witness of Native people. The songs were recorded live during the June 2001 OIMC Conference in Preston, Okla. If one listens well, and with the heart, he or she will hear words of hope and promise and feel the grace of God, shared through Native people to the church and to the world. That grace is a gift of God. These songs are the Native people's gift to you.
Sample:
OIMC NEWS
COMMENTARY: The Price of Repentance 
by Anita Phillips *
The 2012 General Conference will be a turning point for The United Methodist Church. I'm not referring to budget discussions or organizational changes but to the planned “Act of Repentance to Indigenous Peoples” that will test the fragile relationship between the denomination and Native peoples.
As a Native American United Methodist I view the Act of Repentance as a double edged sword. On the one hand, it will be a time when delegates to the top decision-making body of the denomination will stop and listen and, I pray, engage seriously in the reflection and self examination that repentance requires.
On the other hand, we have a long history with Euro-American brothers and sisters -- since first contact -- that leaves me and other Native Americans with little trust that true repentance will take place. (more)
OIMC 2011 Annual Conference Journal now available online.
Advocate November - December 2011
ComputeReach provides computers to Native communities in Oklahoma
A Pittsburgh based company, ComputeReach, has supplied refurbished iMac computers to 4 sites in the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference. The communities include Billy Hooton United Methodist Church, Clinton Indian Church and Community Center, Ponca City United Methodist Church and the OIMC office.
Photojournalist Ben Filio traveled with the ComputeReach volunteers as they installed the computers and experienced OIMC hospitality.
Our Time To Be In Mission!
by Josephine Deere
For over fifty years the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference has been recipient of numerous Volunteer in Mission teams. Not only have these teams come to work, build, clean, repair but also to build lasting friendships. Now it is our time to be in mission! (more)