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'''Donald D. Ohm''', known as '''Don Ohm''' (born 1947), is an Independent [[Baptist]] pastor in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], who since May 1999 has led the Lighthouse Baptist Church, located at 10400 Broadway Avenue west of Interstate Loop 410 and northwest of the San Antonio International Airport.

'''Donald D. Ohm''', known as '''Don Ohm''' (born 1947), is an Independent [[Baptist]] pastor in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], who since May 1999 has led the Lighthouse Baptist Church, located at 10400 Broadway Avenue west of Interstate Loop 410 and northwest of the San Antonio International Airport.

   

   

   

   

Ohm was reared in rural Latimer in Morris County northeast of [[Wichita]] in east central [[Kansas]]. He graduated in 1965 from White City High School in White City in Morris County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classmates.com/people/Don-Ohm/124964771|title=Don Ohm (Class of 1965)|publisher=classmates.com|accessdate=November 8, 2015}}</ref> As a child, he attended the [[Lutheran Church]] but voiced his personal faith in [[Jesus Christ]] after reading a gospel tract in 1966, while he was serving in the [[United States Navy]] at Camp Lejeune, [[North Carolina]].<ref>Donald Ohm sermon, "Has Righteousness Changed", August 16, 2015.</ref> Ohm has been a clergyman for more than four decades in the United States and [[Canada]], having held previous  pastorates in [[St. Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]], [[Minnesota]]; Redwood City and San Mateo, [[California]], and Longmont, [[Colorado]].<ref name=intelius/> From 1968 to 1970, he studied at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas; from 1972 to 1974, at Hyles-Anderson College,<ref name=linkedin/> which is operated by the First Baptist Church of Hammond, [[Indiana]], a large Independent Baptist congregation. He also did pastoral studies at [[Louisiana Baptist University]] in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], dates of attendance missing.<ref name=intelius>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Donald&qmi=D&qn=Ohm&qcs=San+Antonio%2C+TX&focusfirst=1|title=Donald D. Ohm|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=October 24, 2015}}</ref> Despite his educational credentials, Ohm told his congregation that he was really a graduate of "the school of hard knocks," and he criticized the state of education at many theological seminaries. Such institutions, he said, have fallen under the influence of [[Calvinism]], which discourages the biblical call for missionary work.<ref>Don Ohm, "The Wake of Awakening", April 17, 2016</ref> Indeed Ohm himself completed in the spring of 2016 a three-week mission trip to the [[Philippines]].<ref>Don Ohm, "The Wind of Awakening", April 10, 2016.</ref> Lighthouse Church financially supports more than thirty foreign missionaries, including those in [[Mexico City]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Papua New Guinea]], and [[Albania]].

Ohm was reared in rural Latimer in Morris County northeast of [[Wichita]] in east central [[Kansas]]. He graduated in 1965 from White City High School in White City in Morris County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classmates.com/people/Don-Ohm/124964771|title=Don Ohm (Class of 1965)|publisher=classmates.com|accessdate=November 8, 2015}}</ref> As a child, he attended the [[Lutheran Church]] but voiced his personal faith in [[Jesus Christ]] after reading a gospel tract in 1966, while he was serving in the [[United States Navy]] at Camp Lejeune, [[North Carolina]].<ref>Donald Ohm sermon, "Has Righteousness Changed", August 16, 2015.</ref> Ohm has been a clergyman for more than four decades in the United States and [[Canada]], having held previous  pastorates in [[St. Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]], [[Minnesota]]; Redwood City and San Mateo, [[California]], and Longmont, [[Colorado]].<ref name=intelius/> From 1968 to 1970, he studied at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas; from 1972 to 1974, at Hyles-Anderson College,<ref name=linkedin/> which is operated by the First Baptist Church of Hammond, [[Indiana]], a large Independent Baptist congregation. He also did pastoral studies at [[Louisiana Baptist University]] in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], dates of attendance missing.<ref name=intelius>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Donald&qmi=D&qn=Ohm&qcs=San+Antonio%2C+TX&focusfirst=1|title=Donald D. Ohm|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=October 24, 2015}}</ref> Despite his educational credentials, Ohm told his congregation that he was really a graduate of "the school of hard knocks," and he criticized the state of education at many theological seminaries. Such institutions, he said, have fallen under the influence of [[Calvinism]], which discourages the biblical call for missionary work.<ref>Don Ohm, "The Wake of Awakening", April 17, 2016</ref> Indeed Ohm himself completed in the spring of 2016 a three-week mission trip to the [[Philippines]].<ref>Don Ohm, "The Wind of Awakening", April 10, 2016.</ref> Lighthouse Church financially supports more than thirty foreign missionaries, including those in [[Mexico City]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Papua New Guinea]], and [[Albania]].

Ohm and his wife, Deborah Dee Ohm (born 1949), a Lighthouse church [[Piano|pianist]], married in 1969. They have three sons, Nathan (born 1973) of [[Denver]], Colorado; Peter (born 1975) of [[San Francisco]], California, and Philip (born 1980) of Newton Center, [[Massachusetts]].<ref name=staff/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/nathan-ohm/nathan-ohm|title=Nathan Ohm|publisher=mylife.com|accessdate=November 8, 2015}}</ref>

Ohm and his wife, Deborah Dee Ohm (born 1949), a Lighthouse church [[Piano|pianist]], married in 1969. They have three sons, Nathan (born 1973) of [[Denver]], Colorado; Peter (born 1975) of [[San Francisco]], California, and Philip (born 1980) of Newton Center, [[Massachusetts]].<ref name=staff/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/nathan-ohm/nathan-ohm|title=Nathan Ohm|publisher=mylife.com|accessdate=November 8, 2015}}</ref>