Pastor Ray Popham
Ray Popham is an international speaker, author, broadcaster, pastor, and businessman whose life mission is "Becoming and helping others become a better person, a brighter Christian, and living a blessed life." He is the Founder and President of several ministries and owner/partner of several businesses. Ray Popham has traveled to over 20 nations speaking to military, church, and business groups with audiences ranging from a few dozen to over 100.000. He travels the United States and world establishing, encouraging, and equipping individuals and leaders, speaking to groups of all sizes. He has been given a divine mandate, vision, and plan to take the message of faith, hope, and love into every nation on earth and empower people to live better, brighter, and more blessed lives. Educated as an Army nurse and educator, he served ten years in the United States Army as a leader, nurse, and educator. Giving up future planned training as a military physician, he accepted the call to ministry and leadership development, leaving the military in 1991. He has earned a Nursing Diploma, Bachelors in Biblical Studies, Master of Arts in Leadership & Organization, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA). He is currently completing a PHD in leadership from Trinity Seminary. Ray and his wife, Teresa, have established and helped others to establish successful lives, homes, ministries, organizations, and businesses throughout the U.S. and in other foreign nations. Together they serve as a friend, servant, mentor, and spiritual father to people in various parts of the world. He has authored several books, publications and training courses as well as produced a host of messages in audio series form. His radio broadcasts and television appearances and programs have been seen and heard in over 87 nations around the world, including on NBC, CW, various Christian television stations, the Voice of Hope Radio, Pan American Broadcasting, World Harvest Radio (KWHR), and the Sky Angel Network. Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Ray and Teresa now make their home in Aiken, South Carolina along with their two children, Bethany Nicole and Scott, a son-in-law, Joel Leopard, and three grandaughters, Ella, Reagan, and Kendall.
Oasis Church International
Our purpose is to live and help others to live in a passionate, purposeful, authentic, and exciting relationship with God and one another.
Our vision is to create a spiritually significant, culturally relevant atmosphere of worship, teaching, and relationships that empowers people to enjoy a successful Christian life and enrich the lives of others.
Oasis Church is a church offering the unchanging love and truths of God in a 21st-century package. At The Oasis, you will find a safe place to investigate the Christian life, a solid place to learn God's principles, and a secure place to grow as a Christian. We present Christ in a relevant cultural context and offer an exciting place where people are empowered to grow at their own spiritual pace, being built up not beaten down.
While our approach to ministry is modern, all that we do is God-honoring, Christ-centered, and Spirit-driven. We are people from all backgrounds, all walks of life, and all stages in our spiritual journey with Christ who have come together to form a new type of church for this generation and to live out our lives together with meaning and purpose.
The Oasis is a place where you can experience real life in all of its fullness, the way God meant for it to be. We are living life, giving life, and having fun.
Our vision is to create a spiritually significant, culturally relevant atmosphere of worship, teaching, and relationships that empowers people to enjoy a successful Christian life and enrich the lives of others.
Oasis Church is a church offering the unchanging love and truths of God in a 21st-century package. At The Oasis, you will find a safe place to investigate the Christian life, a solid place to learn God's principles, and a secure place to grow as a Christian. We present Christ in a relevant cultural context and offer an exciting place where people are empowered to grow at their own spiritual pace, being built up not beaten down.
While our approach to ministry is modern, all that we do is God-honoring, Christ-centered, and Spirit-driven. We are people from all backgrounds, all walks of life, and all stages in our spiritual journey with Christ who have come together to form a new type of church for this generation and to live out our lives together with meaning and purpose.
The Oasis is a place where you can experience real life in all of its fullness, the way God meant for it to be. We are living life, giving life, and having fun.