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'''Donald Dewayne Ohm''', known as '''Don Ohm''' (born August 8, 1947), is an Independent [[Baptist]] pastor in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], who from May 1999 until June 2019, led the Lighthouse Baptist Church, located at 10400 Broadway Avenue west of Interstate Loop 410 and northwest of the San Antonio International Airport.

'''Donald Dewayne Ohm''', known as '''Don Ohm''' (born August 8, 1947), is an Independent [[Baptist]] [[clergy]]man who was the senior  pastor at Lighthouse Baptist Church in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], wrom May 1999 until June 2019. The church is located at 10400 Broadway Avenue west of Interstate Loop 410 and northwest of the San Antonio International Airport.

   

   

==Background==

==Background==

   

   

Ohm was reared in poverty in rural Latimer in Morris County northeast of [[Wichita]] in east central [[Kansas]]. He attended a one-room school until the eighth grade. He then 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]] (Temple Baptist Church); 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>

Ohm was reared in poverty in rural Latimer in Morris County northeast of [[Wichita]] in east central [[Kansas]]. He attended a one-room school until the eighth grade. He then 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 some fifty years in the United States and [[Canada]], having held previous  pastorates in [[St. Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]], [[Minnesota]] (Temple Baptist Church); 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>

==Career==

==Career==

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 undertook spring mission trips in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 to the [[Philippines]]<ref>Don Ohm, "The Wind of Awakening", April 10, 2016.</ref> and a week-long trip in the summer to [[Honduras]] from 2016 to 2018. Lighthouse Church financially supports more than thirty foreign missionaries, including those in [[Mexico City]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Papua New Guinea]], and [[Albania]].

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 undertook spring mission trips in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 to the [[Philippines]]<ref>Don Ohm, "The Wind of Awakening", April 10, 2016.</ref> and a week-long trip in the summer to [[Honduras]] from 2016 to 2018. Lighthouse Church financially supports more than thirty foreign missionaries with $150 monthly contributions , including ones in [[Mexico City]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Papua New Guinea]], and [[Albania]].

[[File:Church pianist Deborah Ohm IMG 9034.JPG|150px|left|thumbnail|Church pianist Deborah Ohm, wife of pastor Don Ohm]]

[[File:Church pianist Deborah Ohm IMG 9034.JPG|150px|left|thumbnail|Church pianist Deborah Ohm, wife of former pastor Don Ohm]]

Ohm and his wife, Deborah Dee Ohm (born 1949), a Lighthouse church [[Piano|pianist]], married in November 1969. They have three sons, Nathan Ohm (born 1973) of [[Denver]], Colorado; Peter J. Ohm (born 1975) of [[San Francisco]], California, and Philip Ryan Ohm (born 1980) of Roanoke in Denton County, Texas, and formerly from 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), formerly a Lighthouse church [[Piano|pianist]], married in November 1969. They have three sons, Nathan Ohm (born 1973) of [[Denver]], Colorado; Peter J. Ohm (born 1975) of [[San Francisco]], California, and Philip Ryan Ohm (born 1980) of Roanoke in Denton County, Texas, and formerly from 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>

   

   

Lighthouse Baptist Church, which uses the [[King James Version]] of the [[Bible]], was launched in July 1991 by several families meeting in homes. On May 31, 1992, the church was formally organized with thirty-eight charter members under founding pastor Gary Vernon Craft (born 1950), who worked in several military ministries before moving to San Diego County, California. Lighthouse congregants are of diverse race, ethnicity, ages, and backgrounds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslr.com/featuredchurch/default.aspx?id=14869#sthash.u3ryxHMe.dpuf|title=Featured Church: Lighthouse Baptist|publisher=KSLR Radio|accessdate=October 24, 2015}}</ref> Lighthouse Church men hold visitation on Monday evenings at the San Antonio Rescue Mission. The church hosts an annual picnic and maintains a circulating library.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lighthousebaptistsanantonio.org/new|title=Ministries|publisher=Lighthouse Baptist San Antonio|accessdate=October 24, 2015}}</ref> The church reaches out to military personnel at Lackland and Randolph [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] bases, Fort Sam Houston, and Brook Army Medical Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://militarygetsaved.tripod.com/tx.html|title=Independent Baptist Church Locator for Texas: Pastor Don Ohm|publisher=militarygetsaved.tripod.com|date=October 1, 2015|accessdate=October 24, 2015}}</ref> The current building has been reconstructed over the past decade as funds became available. The church is debt-free and earmarks some 20 percent of its receipts to missions. It supports nearly thirty-five missionaries with $150 monthly contributions.  

Lighthouse Baptist Church, which uses the [[King James Version]] of the [[Bible]], was launched in July 1991 by several families meeting in homes. On May 31, 1992, the church was formally organized with thirty-eight charter members under founding pastor Gary Vernon Craft (born 1950), who worked in several military ministries before moving to San Diego County, California. Lighthouse congregants are of diverse race, ethnicity, ages, and backgrounds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslr.com/featuredchurch/default.aspx?id=14869#sthash.u3ryxHMe.dpuf|title=Featured Church: Lighthouse Baptist|publisher=KSLR Radio|accessdate=October 24, 2015}}</ref> Lighthouse Church men hold visitation on Monday evenings at the San Antonio Rescue Mission. The church hosts an annual picnic and maintains a circulating library.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lighthousebaptistsanantonio.org/new|title=Ministries|publisher=Lighthouse Baptist San Antonio|accessdate=October 24, 2015}}</ref> The church reaches out to military personnel at Lackland and Randolph [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] bases, Fort Sam Houston, and Brook Army Medical Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://militarygetsaved.tripod.com/tx.html|title=Independent Baptist Church Locator for Texas: Pastor Don Ohm|publisher=militarygetsaved.tripod.com|date=October 1, 2015|accessdate=October 24, 2015}}</ref> The current building has been reconstructed over the past decade as funds became available. The church is debt-free and earmarks some 20 percent of its receipts to missions.  

Lighthouse maintains access on its website to Pastor Ohm's sermons, which he delivers twice on Sundays at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., and Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Most are just over a half hour in length. Selected sermons from the fall of 2015 included "The Dividends of Excellent Choices", "When God Judges a Nation" (series), "Remembering Mercy", "Righteousness and Loving Your Neighbor" (series), "Sharing My Faith", "The Blessings of Persecution", and "Being Like Jesus". Nearly seven hundred sermons are accessible.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lighthousebaptistsanantonio.org/sermons|title=Sermons|publisher=Lighthouse Baptist San Antonio|accessdate=October 24, 2015}}</ref> A former parishioner describes Ohm as one who "digs deep into what the Word says and telling how it can be applied to our own lives."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://richardstwoshekels.wordpress.com/tag/don-ohm/|title=The Zowie Family searches for a church, Part I|publisher=richardstwoshekels.wordpress.com|date=May 6, 2010|accessdate=October 24, 2015}}</ref> Lighthouse sends its youngsters to the Southland Christian Ministries camp in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Camp director [[Mike Herbster]] spoke at Lighthouse in both 2017 and 2018.

Lighthouse maintains access on its website to Pastor Ohm's sermons, which he delived twice on Sundays at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., and Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Most are just over a half hour in length. Selected sermons from the fall of 2015 included "The Dividends of Excellent Choices", "When God Judges a Nation" (series), "Remembering Mercy", "Righteousness and Loving Your Neighbor" (series), "Sharing My Faith", "The Blessings of Persecution", and "Being Like Jesus". Nearly seven hundred sermons are accessible.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lighthousebaptistsanantonio.org/sermons|title=Sermons|publisher=Lighthouse Baptist San Antonio|accessdate=October 24, 2015}}</ref> A former parishioner describes Ohm as one who "digs deep into what the Word says and telling how it can be applied to our own lives."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://richardstwoshekels.wordpress.com/tag/don-ohm/|title=The Zowie Family searches for a church, Part I|publisher=richardstwoshekels.wordpress.com|date=May 6, 2010|accessdate=October 24, 2015}}</ref> Lighthouse sends its youngsters to the Southland Christian Ministries camp in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Camp director [[Mike Herbster]] spoke at Lighthouse in both 2017 and 2018.

[[File:Pastor Jordan Potter, San Antonio, TX.jpg|175px|right|thumb|Lighthouse assistant pastor Jordan Potter, who leads the music ministry]]

[[File:Pastor Jordan Potter, San Antonio, TX.jpg|175px|right|thumb|Lighthouse assistant pastor Jordan Potter, who leads the music ministry]]

In 2017, Ohm self-published ''Cool Waters to Thirsty Souls: Letters to Missionaries from Pastor Don Ohm,'' a short anthology of letters of encouragement that he has penned over the years to missionaries worldwide.<ref>Don Ohm, ''Cool Waters to Thirsty Souls: Letters to Missionaries from Pastor Don Ohm,'' Lulu Publishing Services, 2017, pp. vii-86, ISBN 978-1-4834-6795-5.</ref>

In 2017, Ohm self-published ''Cool Waters to Thirsty Souls: Letters to Missionaries from Pastor Don Ohm,'' a short anthology of letters of encouragement that he has penned over the years to missionaries worldwide.<ref>Don Ohm, ''Cool Waters to Thirsty Souls: Letters to Missionaries from Pastor Don Ohm,'' Lulu Publishing Services, 2017, pp. vii-86, ISBN 978-1-4834-6795-5.</ref>

On June 10, 2018, Ohm announced to the congregation his retirement as the Lighthouse senior pastor at some point near the end of May 2019, by which time he would have led the church for twenty years. On January 20, 2019, in a 95 percent vote of the membership, Lighthouse church called Gregory Robert "Greg" Kern (born September 20, 1965) as Ohm's successor pastor. An [[Ohio]] native reared in [[Florida]], Kern is the founding pastor of Faithway Baptist Church, an independent congregation in Elk Grove in Sacramento County, California.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/gregory-kern/gregoryrobertkern|title=Gregory Kern|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=January 28, 2019}}</ref> Kern preached his first sermon at Lighthouse on April 28, 2019. An installation service followed on June 9.

On June 10, 2018, Ohm announced to the congregation his retirement as the Lighthouse senior pastor at some point near the end of May 2019, by which time he would have led the church for twenty years. On January 20, 2019, in a 95 percent vote of the membership, Lighthouse church called Gregory Robert "Greg" Kern (born September 20, 1965) as Ohm's successor pastor. An [[Ohio]] native reared in [[Florida]], Kern was formerly the pastor of Faithway Baptist Church, an independent congregation in Elk Grove in Sacramento County, California.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/gregory-kern/gregoryrobertkern|title=Gregory Kern|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=January 28, 2019}}</ref> Kern preached his first sermon at Lighthouse on April 28, 2019. An installation service followed on June 9.

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