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 Charley O’Daniel was born in Seminole, OK in 1949 to Ray and Betty O’Daniel of Maud, OK.  His dad was a butcher in the family grocery store and he brought his son up to be a butcher as well.

 

He graduated from Maud High school and attended Seminole Jr. College for three semesters while working as a butcher.  It was during this time that his girl friend invited him to church with her and he got saved. 

 

He later married his girl friend, Trela Pack, and they started a family in Maud.  After being married only a few short weeks Trela realized she was not saved and she trusted Jesus Christ as her Saviour.

 

They lived in Maud and attended Trinity Baptist Church where Charley was called to preach.  He supplied the pulpit for several churches and then pastored part-time several churches in the surrounding area.  Once while pastoring on a Sunday morning in Sasakwa, OK Anita Bryant, who did orange juice commercials, walked in with all her family to the services.  She had brought her father to church with her that morning and he rededicated his life to the Lord. 

 

In 1975 he took his wife and three children to Chattanooga, Tennessee to attend Tennessee Temple Bible College under Dr. Lee Roberson.  Finishing his Bible College in three years he returned to Oklahoma to be a youth director and Christian school teacher at Western Oaks Baptist Church and BethanyBaptist Schools in Bethany, OK with his wife, four children and another one on the way. 

 

After a year and one half as youth director he decided to seek God’s place for him to pastor.  In September 1980 he was called to Maranatha BaptistChurch in OKC, OK.  The first Sunday, there was only nineteen people in attendance, not counting his family.  He pastored there for fifteen years until the church outgrew its building.  As they were praying for what they should do for more space God opened the door for them to merge with Western OaksBaptist Church in Bethany since their pastor was retiring.  The first week in October 1995 the merge took place and he became the pastor of Maranatha Baptist Church of Western Oaks.  Since then he has pastored MBCWO for 15 more years and they are supporting over 137 missionaries and mission works with six missionaries and their families out the church starting churches and working on the mission field.

 

Today his greatest heroes are still missionaries around the world.