Our Staff

James "Budg" Riekeman (Senior Pastor)

On June 28, 2009, James Riekeman, a 1984 graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, accepted the call to be senior pastor at First Southern Baptist Church. He is a gifted and dynamic speaker whose passion is to see God's people experience God's best in their lives. He has been married to Karen for 23 years and they have 3 children Dylan, Morgan and Brady.

Stephen Heslip (Associate Pastor / Minister of Education)

Stephen began his ministry at First Southern Baptist Church February, 2003. He was licensed into the ministry March, 2003. He graduated with a Bachelors of Music from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in 1999,and then earned a Masters of Art in Christian Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2002. Stephen was ordained September 24, 2006. He and his wife Heather were married in July 1997. Heather graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University with a degree in elementary education. God has blessed our family with triplet girls, Kathayrn, Faith, and Sarah. They keep us very busy.