About Brother Oliver

Oliver Araiza and his wife Kim have four children: Oliver III, Christina, Angela and Joel. Brother Araiza was saved and baptized in 1976 at the Open Door Baptist Church in Mesquite, Texas. He was very active in his youth department and surrendered to the call to preach soon after he was saved.

Brother Araiza trained under Dr. Joe Boyd, traveling eight summers in the Summer Seminars of Evangelism and held the position of Dean of Men for two of those summers. He graduated from Hyles-Anderson College with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Pastoral Theology in 1983. In 1998, Brother Araiza received an honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree from the Evangelistic Schools of Leadership. Evangelist Araiza assisted Dr. Randy Taylor for several years in revival meetings. His team assignments were conducting teen and children services. In 1991, he launched out establishing the ministry the Lord has called him to.

Brother Araiza has been involved in full-time evangelism since 1982.

To God be the Glory, Bro. Araiza has conducted over 500 full-scale revival meetings, plus numerous special meetings, such as Teen conferences, Missions conferences, National Youth and Bible conferences. He has preached in several foreign countries, including Belarus, Ukraine, and the Philippines.

He serves on the Executive Board of Mt. Salem Revival Grounds of West Union, WV, where he and his family reside. Brother Araiza assists at the camp in many areas including preaching, special activities, and the organization of Snow Camp, Vocational Camps, and Life guard training camp. The Araizas are members of the Mt. Salem Baptist Church.

Brother Araiza serves on the Advisory Council for Genesee Valley Baptist College and Southeast Bible Baptist Institute and is a member of the guest faculty of Providence Baptist College.