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 Dr.
Mouzon Biggs
Pastor, The Boston Avenue United Methodist
Church Tulsa, Oklahoma
Dr. Mouzon Biggs Jr. is in his 26th year as
pastor of the 8,200-member Boston Avenue Church in Tulsa. Oklahoma. The
church has received over 6,800 new members during his tenure, and ranks
as one of Methodism's largest. Its 17-story tower is the focal point of
one of Tulsa's major thoroughfares, and the church was recently
designated a National Historic Landmark by the United States Department
of the Interior.
With 16 years of religious broadcast
experience in Texas, Dr. Biggs helped Boston Avenue Church establish a
television ministry soon after his arrival. For the past 25 years the
11:00 worship service has been broadcast live on KTUL-TV, Channel 8, to
eastern Oklahoma and parts of Kansas. Arkansas, and Missouri. It is
Tulsa's most highly-watched program in its time slot.
A native of the Carthage. Texas oilfields.
Dr. Biggs earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree at Centenary College of
Louisiana and a Master of Theology at Southern Methodist University in
Dallas. He also holds a Doctor of Humane Letters from Oklahoma City
University.
Under his leadership, endowments at Boston
Avenue have grown from $200.000 to more than $17 million. The church
recently completed a 38,000-square-foot addition that will relieve
overcrowded classrooms and provide new recreational and meeting
facilities.
In addition to his duties at Boston Avenue,
Dr. Biggs currently chairs the Council on Finance and Administration for
the Oklahoma Conference, and is past-president of the National
Conference for Community and Justice in Tulsa. He also serves on the
board of Downtown Tulsa Unlimited, is a past-president of the downtown
Rotary Club, and is active in interfaith trialogue.
Dr. Biggs is a well-known speaker and
clinician, having addressed churches, colleges, conventions and Chambers
of Commerce across a 28-state area. He has traveled in 41 countries. He
is the author of Moments to Hold Close, and co-authored the best-selling
book When You Graduate with Dr. Charles Alien of Houston.
He and his wife, Gayle, have two sons, Trey
and Jason, and four young grandchildren.
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