| − | 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]]. |