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'''Kevin F. O'Brien''', usually known as '''Brother Kevin''' (October 31, 1955 – February 27, 2008), was an Independent [[Baptist]] clergyman who pastored Bethany Baptist Church in [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]], Texas, from October 1996, until his death from prostate cancer. In 1998, O'Brien was among a group of fundamentalist pastors instrumental in the establishment of Heartland Baptist Bible College in [[Oklahoma City]], which was renamed and relocated from Orange, California, where it had been founded in 1966. At the time of his death, O'Brien was serving as Heartland's secretary-treasurer.<ref>http://www.heartlandbaptist.edu/</ref>
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|name=Kevin F. O'Brien
|birth_dateOctober 31, 1955
|birth_place=[[El Paso]], [[Texas]]
|death_date=February 27, 2008
|death_place=Lubbock, Texas
|religion=[[Independent Baptist]]
|spouse=Darlene Frances Turbeville O'Brien (married 1976-2008, his death) (subsequently Darlene Schwab)
|party=
}}
'''Kevin F. O'Brien''', usually known as '''Brother Kevin''' (October 31, 1955 – February 27, 2008), was an Independent [[Baptist]] clergyman who pastored Bethany Baptist Church in Lubbock, Texas, from October 1996, until his death from prostate cancer. In 1998, O'Brien was among a group of [[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]] pastors instrumental in the establishment of Heartland Baptist Bible College in [[Oklahoma City]], which was renamed and relocated from Orange, California, where it had been founded in 1966. At the time of his death, O'Brien was serving as Heartland's secretary-treasurer.<ref>http://www.heartlandbaptist.edu/</ref>
A son of Claude L. and Angeline E. O'Brien, he graduated in 1974 from Irvin High School in his native El Paso, Texas.<ref>http://irvin.episd.org/</ref> O'Brien then completed a three-year theology program at the conservative Baptist Bible College in Springfield, [[Missouri]], from which he graduated in 1977.<ref>http://www.baptist.edu/</ref> On June 12, 1976, he married his childhood sweetheart, the former Darlene Frances Turbeville (born ca. 1958). Their three children are Jeremy Daniel O'Brien, Jenilee Danielle (Tyler) Prater, and Juliana (Nicholas) Carr. There was also a grandson, Griffyn O'Brien, at the time of O'Brien's passing.<ref>http://www.sandersfuneralhome.com/obituaries/02_February/obituary_obrien.kevin.htm</ref>
A son of Claude L. and Angeline E. O'Brien, he graduated in 1974 from Irvin High School in his native El Paso, Texas.<ref>http://irvin.episd.org/</ref> O'Brien then completed a three-year theology program at the conservative Baptist Bible College in Springfield, [[Missouri]], from which he graduated in 1977.<ref>http://www.baptist.edu/</ref> On June 12, 1976, he married his childhood sweetheart, the former Darlene Frances Turbeville (born ca. 1958). Their three children are Jeremy Daniel O'Brien, Jenilee Danielle (Tyler) Prater, and Juliana (Nicholas) Carr. There was also a grandson, Griffyn O'Brien, at the time of O'Brien's passing.<ref>http://www.sandersfuneralhome.com/obituaries/02_February/obituary_obrien.kevin.htm</ref>
==Bethany Baptist Church in Lubbock==
==Bethany Baptist Church in Lubbock==
After Baptist Bible College, O'Brien joined the staff of Bethany Baptist Church, which opened in September 1973 under the founding pastor, [[Ross Spencer]] (born June 12, 1933), originally from Red River County, Texas. First O'Brien was the music and youth minister, then associate pastor, co-pastor, and pastor upon Spencer's retirement from full-time ministry. Spencer thereafter served for nearly three years as an interim pastor in Andrews near Midland, Texas. Under Spencer, Bethany church conducted three week-long revivals per year and observed homecoming and various other special events. The late [[Louisiana]] Governor [[Jimmie Davis]], a gospel singer, addressed one of the early homecoming ceremonies. So did [[Curtis Hutson]], editor of ''The Sword of the Lord'' from 1980 until his death in 1995.<ref>http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/030208/obi_252869562.shtml</ref>
After Baptist Bible College, O'Brien joined the staff of Bethany Baptist Church, which opened in September 1973 under the founding pastor, [[Ross Spencer]], originally from Red River County, Texas. First O'Brien was the music and youth minister, then associate pastor, co-pastor, and pastor upon Spencer's retirement from full-time ministry. Spencer thereafter served for nearly three years as an interim pastor in Andrews near Midland, Texas. Under Spencer, Bethany church conducted three week-long revivals per year and observed homecoming and various other special events. The late [[Louisiana]] Governor [[Jimmie Davis]], a gospel singer, addressed one of the early homecoming ceremonies. So did [[Curtis Hutson]], editor of ''The Sword of the Lord'' from 1980 until his death in 1995.<ref>http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/030208/obi_252869562.shtml</ref>
==Song leader, pianist, preacher==
==Song leader, pianist, preacher==
Doyle Sooter, another Bethany member, described O'Brien as a great raconteur and "your best friend in life, no matter who you were. . . . He showed us how to live by how he lived. There was never a material bone in his body. He was the most remarkable man I've ever met."<ref>http://lubbockonline.com/stories/032308/loc_260760659.shtml</ref>
Doyle Sooter, another Bethany member, described O'Brien as a great raconteur and "your best friend in life, no matter who you were. . . . He showed us how to live by how he lived. There was never a material bone in his body. He was the most remarkable man I've ever met."<ref>http://lubbockonline.com/stories/032308/loc_260760659.shtml</ref>
==References==
==References==
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(This article was written by the historian Billy Hathorn.)
(This article was written by the historian Billy Hathorn.)
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