Meet our Pastor

  As the Pastor of Open Door Baptist Church, I offer you a sincere greeting and invitation to come visit.. My desire is  to please and glorify The Lord with my life, and  to help people to serve him fully. God in his goodness has called me to be a Pastor in the Seattle- Tacoma area, and it is a great privilege to be able to serve in this great church. If you come and visit I know that you will find a warm welcome, sincere loving Christians, and practical messages that speak to the heart. I hope to see you soon, and to be able to serve you in any way I can.

 Sincerely, Pastor Byram

Pastor Joel Byram  

His Background

Pastor Byram was born in Boise, ID on July 19, 1969. His dad was an alcoholic, and his dad left when he was 5 years old. His mom and brothers and sister moved to Oregon city, OR in the summer before his second grade year. His home not a Christian home, and there was much conflict, and very little of God. He didn't go to church at all to speak of, but had a real hunger in his heart to know The Lord, and that he was going to Heaven when he died. In the Summer of 1985, his friend Roman White received Christ, and witnessed to Pastor Byram, and he was saved shortly afterwards. He began to grow, and soon the two teenagers caught on fire for God. God called him to preach, and he preached everywhere he could - in nursing homes, on church busses, Sunday School, Jails, etc. He knew when he was 17 that God wanted him to Pastor in the Seattle area. He went to Bible college in Indiana in 1989, and  left to the Seattle area immediately after graduating. He married one of the girls from his youth group Jennifer, and they have 5 wonderful children - Josiah, Tiffany, Esther, Brooke, and Timothy.