About Us...
History
Mayfair
had its beginning at this location on April 13, 1958, as the successor
to the Culbertson Heights church which met at 1400 NE 13th Street.
Actually,
the
beginning goes back
to the
first congregation of the church of Christ in Oklahoma City which
started in the old courthouse. Eventually, property was purchased
at 10th and Francis, and a building was constructed. The
leadership
at 10th and Francis helped establish the Culbertson Heights
congregation
in 1937.
On April 13,
1958,
approximately
200 people gathered for the first worship service and Bible classes. The
main
auditorium
at
that time was the chapel located at the west end of our facilities.
Within
the first year,
two morning
services
were regularly conducted until growth demanded the construction of our 1300
seat
auditorium
in 1962.
Cled
Wallace and K.C.
Moser carried the pulpit responsibilities at Culbertson Heights
until John
H. Banister came in September, 1938. George Bailey
followed
Banister's
ten-year ministry in 1948 and remained until 1954. Robert Hawkins (1954-55)
and Reece
Bryant (1955-57) served for the next three years. Virgil Bentley
came in 1957
and
remained ten years.
He
was succeeded by Virgil
R.
Trout
in January, 1968 and Virgil R. Trout was succeeded by Darrel G. Rickard,
who
started
his work in July, 1979 with Mayfair until 1996. Darrel Rickard was
succeeded by Tom
Bedichek until the spring of 1999 and Dr. Gary Grady from the Fall
of 1999 to March, 2006.
Mayfair
is blessed to
have Beau Bailey as
our Youth and
Family Minister, Katie
Isenberg as our Children's Minister, Derek
Waugh as our College and Music Minister and a lot of
talented speakers on Sunday mornings.
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