The Mission Cy-Fair board is honored to serve the Cy-Fair community. We desire to be a part of fulfilling God's best for each individual, congregation and community member.
John D. Ogletree, Jr. is a native of Dallas, Texas. He obtained a Bachelors degree from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1973 and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas in 1979. He accepted the call into the gospel ministry in 1982. In 1985, he was ordained at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church. He became the founding pastor of First Metropolitan Baptist Church in 1986. He is a Trustee and serves as President on the CyFair-Independent School District Board. Pastor Ogletree currently serves as 2nd Vice President of the Executive Board of the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT). He formerly served as Chair and Vice-Chair of BGCT. He served as President of African American Fellowship Association of BGCT. He has served two terms as Moderator of the Union Baptist Association. Pastor Ogletree is a man on the cutting edge that operates out-of-the-box under the anointing of the Holy Spirit. His vision is vast and divinely orchestrated by almighty God.
Ogletree and his wife Evelyn have been married for 37 years and both serve as Pastors at First Metropolitan Baptist Church in Houston, and have co-authored two books: Making Your Home the Green Zone and Transforming Words for the Home. Pastor Ogletree is also the author of Moving to the Next Level (Becoming a Fully Developing Follower of Christ). They have 3 sons, a daughter, 2 daughters-in-law and a son-in-law. John and Evelyn are also the proud grandparents of six granddaughters and three grandsons.
Bob Newey was born in Michigan on October 28, 1935. He was born again in March of 1974. He graduated from college in 1957 and from The University of Texas Law School in 1960. He has practiced law for 50 years in Houston. He is currently serving as the Associate Judge of the 308th Family District Court in Harris County, Texas where he has heard cases involving divorces, child custody and Children’s Protective Services (CPS) since December of 2001. He is married to Judy Newey and has 2 children, 2 step-daughters and 10 grandchildren.
Bob believes that God is calling His people to be visible in the communities where they reside and work. God’s Church is to go and make disciples by doing as Jesus did, which was to go among all the peoples—especially the poor, marginalized and downtrodden—and meet their needs. Jesus’ power and impact came, not from inviting them to the synagogue, but through his practice of living and serving in their midst. He met them where they were to tell them of God’s love. He then demonstrated that love by providing them what they needed, whether it was healing, feeding or forgiveness. Bob believes that the real Church, unified and obedient to the commands of Christ, is to do the same.
Oralia M. Rios-Nuñez is the Executive Director of Nehemiah Ministries. She served as Executive Director of the Nehemiah Center for eight years. Prior to working in ministry, Oralia spent most of her career working in colleges and universities, the last position she held was Associate Director of the Career Center at Rice University.
She holds a masters degree in Counseling from Texas A&M University-CC and earned her BS in Psychology and Sociology at Houston Baptist University. Oralia was called to the ministry in 1982, has a heart for local missions and feels led to help equip the body of Christ. She also enjoys studying and teaching the Bible.
Oralia and her son, Sebastian, have been members of Lakewood Church for 10 years. She is originally from Corpus Christi, Texas, but calls Houston home.
Sharon Holland is a native of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a master’s degree in reading from Shippensburg University. Sharon taught for eleven years in the public school systems of Pennsylvania and Georgia. It is from her experience in teaching in urban settings that her interest in missions began. Realizing that schools, families nor children are "fixed," she learned that being loved results in real change. This realization also came when she accepted that she could not be fixed, but through the love of Christ she could be changed. Sharon met the love of her life, Jason, in Atlanta, Georgia. Their loves are Abbey and Jordan who have graciously accepted their mother as their teacher. In the interim between teaching large classes and the much smaller one she has now, Sharon was an editor for an entrepreneurial magazine, Children's Ministry Director, and her favorite role as CFO/COO for her family. Her most recent honor is serving as Elder of Missions for Lifepath Church in Houston, Texas. In her spare time Sharon loves to run, swim, and create.
Steve Baker was born in Akron, Ohio and graduated with a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL. Steve and his wife, Danna moved from Miami to Houston in 1978 have been married for 34 years. They have 3 children and 5 grandchildren. A member of Lifepath Church, he has served as Elder, Stephen Minister, and volunteer in missions, prayer and children's ministries. Steve is a Global Volunteer and Mentor for Cy-Fair ISD. He is a Science Teacher Mentor for Region IV and a certified Middle School Science Teacher. Currently Steve teaches Homeschool Science Labs, and is a Service Learning-Texas Healthy Habitat Coordinator. He serves on the prayer committee at Mission Cy-Fair and volunteers at The Bridge after-school program. Steve believes that God has called him to celebrate the glory of Creation by sharing his love of Science.
Robert J. Adam, Attorney at Law and President of Adam & Bing, P.C., is a lifetime Cy-Fair resident having graduated from Cy-Fair High School before earning his BBA from the University of Houston and his Juris Doctor degree from Baylor University School of Law. Mr. Adam is a member of the State Bars of Texas and of Colorado. He and wife Linda have three daughters and eight grandchildren.
Besides serving as Chairman and Director of the Richard Wallrath Educational Foundation, Mr. Adam has also served as Trustee since 1971 of the Cy-Fair Educational Foundation, past General Counsel for C.F.I.S.D., past City Attorney and City Councilman for the city of Jersey Village, Past Director of Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce, member of Cy-Fair Chamber of Commerce, Director of Cy-Fair Medical Center, and Trustee of Lone Star College. Mr. Adam has been presented the "Friend of Education" Award by C.F.I.S.D. Bob and his wife Adam are members of Metropolitan Baptist Church and are proud of their 3 wonderful daughters and 8 grandchildren.
Scott Lacy is a native Texan who has lived in the Cy-Fair area for the past 33 years. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from the University of Houston and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant. He has worked for Shell Oil Company for 17 years in many different roles and currently works in the pipeline division. Scott is a founding member and an Elder with Christ Covenant Church where he serves as treasurer. He also serves on the board of Paragon Ministries International, a church planting organization currently based in Marseilles, France.
Scott and his wife Dianne have been married for 28 years and are the proud parents of two daughters, both in college, and a son at Langham Creek high school.
Dan Lowry was born 9/26/1960 to a pastor and later an international missionary. Currently serving as an elder at Christ Covenant Church, where he is also director of foreign missions, leading short term mission trips and working with Christ Covenant Church missionaries. He is co-leader of an outreach to downtown Houston’s homeless (monthly assisting 1000 Hills Ministry with Church Under The Bridge). Dan leads a weekly home group and has previously been a Sunday school teacher, men’s group leader, and a youth minister.
Dan studied mechanical engineering at LeTourneau and Texas A&M universities and graduated with honors with a BBA from The University of Houston. He is bilingual English/Spanish having spent 4 years of jr. high and high school in Mexico and Honduras. He is also an instrument rated private pilot.
Dan is the owner of D.C. Lowry Construction Company, a specialty general contracting firm involved in industrial, commercial, and institutional projects. He also owns Lowry Development Corporation, a start up real estate development company.
Dan is the husband of 30 years to his best friend Kelly and they have 5 children and 3 grandchildren.
Dan feels that God has called and gifted every believer to do greater things for the Kingdom of God than they currently understand or walk out (Jn 14:12).
