Pastors Jesse and Jeanette Bufford
Pastor Jesse and jeanette Bufford
Jesse and Jeanette Bufford, Married 46 years with two grown daughters. Jesse Has been a licensed and ordained minister for 26 of those years. When they came to Oklahoma from New Mexico they were hired by Bob Howard Toyota Dealership, Jeanette as a sales person and Jesse as a technician. They became Directors of Prison Ministry for Cathedral of Praise and did this on a volunteer basis for eight years.
In March 2002, they established the Jesse Bufford Prison Ministry Inc. because Jesse wanted to work on a full-time basis as a pastor, motivator and encourager to the prisoners. This ministry is affiliated with Mosaic Church Okc. The JBPM is a 501C-3 non-profit organization, incorporated in the state of OK.
Jesse and his team enter the prisons 7-8 times a week for two-hour services. They enter Mabel Basset Maximum Unit (ladies), at McLoud, OK. and Joseph Harp (mens) in Lexington, OK. These are Oklahoma Department of Corrections facilities. They enter Eddie Warrior at Taft, OK. and New Directions in OKC. Revivals have been held at James Crabtree and Jackie Brannon. Jesse Conducts a regular worship service: prayer, praise and worship, teaching, preaching and prayer ministry. Jesse says to the inmates, “This is not a black thing, this is not a white thing, this is not a Jesse thing, but we have to come to do a Jesus thing.
Jeanette ministers in song and leads praise and worship. Jesse works with inmates to equip them to minister to other inmates and their families. He initiates building inmate choirs, special group singing and dance teams. He allows inmates to participate in teaching, preaching and prayer.
He is dedicated to training and equipping the inmates to minister to the other inmates on the yard, teaching them to be submissive to the authorities over them and to be loving ambassadors representing Jesus Christ.
Jesse works three days a week with the Chaplain at Mabel Basset as a volunteer Assistant Chaplain. He teaches four classes and counsels the inmates. Jesse teaches, “Women of Character”, “Discipleship”, “Battlefield of the Mind” and “At the Alter of Sexual Idolatry”. Jesse is working with the Chaplain at Joseph Harp one day a week, walking the yard, talking and praying with the inmates.
The call of God in Jesse’s life is prison ministry and he is now doing this on a full-time basis.They are truly servants of God. They are here to serve and not be served.
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