Our Staff

Gene Barnes - Executive Director

This is Gene Barnes, the director of Mission Norman. Gene provides the Mission leadership and takes care of planning, organizing, and operation of essential tasks. Gene is active in overseas missions, attending at least one every year. Gene worked at AT&T as a tower technician for 39 years.

Linda Barnes - Vice Director

This is Linda Barnes, the vice director of Mission Norman. Linda is Gene's right-hand woman. She has been Gene's faithful partner for over 50 years. She has raised two lovely daughters and worked as a precinct worker for 25 years.

Sandy Duncan - Office Manager

This is Sandy. She keeps records of all recipients of Mission Norman charities in our computer system. She also works at CASA, a program that recommends whether parents should regain custody of their children or not.

Mike Butler - Pastor of Church Planting and Outreach Programs

Dr. Mike Butler has been a longtime pastor in Oklahoma for 31 years. He has earned 3 degrees and has recently been declared permanently disabled. He considers himself medically retired, and as the Lord wills, he plans to give his last 8-10 years to the ministry of the poor and needy. Mike and and his wife, Gerri, have been married for 31 years and are the parents of 4 grown children.

Beulah Wade - Volunteer

She is one of our faithful volunteers. She is a very active member of her church. She has a very large family, many Grand and Great Grand Children.

David Tusen - Volunteer

David was saved in 2002, but has matured a lot in a short amount of time and volunteers regularly at the mission. Before David accepted the LORD, he says he was a “big sinner” and “lived a wild life style.” His personal testimony is how Jesus changed his life around. David served in the military for 19 years.

Michael Hatcher - Bible Study Leader

Michael moved to Norman to attend the University of Oklahoma's interior design school. With a father who labors among the homeless, Michael felt drawn to Mission Norman. He worked as the secretary for several years, but is now a full time student again at OU. He teaches five Bibles studies every week.

Jessica Reynolds - Bible Study Leader

Jessica has been serving through Mission Norman for many years, during her time as an OU student and afterwards. She has worked as the secretary for many years in the past. She is now a professor at OU. She also continues to faithfully serve as a Bible study leader in many of Norman's poorest multi-housing complexes.