Meet the Pastor

Pastor Byram was born in Boise, Idaho.  His dad was an alcoholic who left when Pastor was five.  His family moved to Oregon City, Oregon, the summer before second grade.  He didn’t grow up in a Christian home or go to church.  His family was a mess.  Yet he always had a hunger in his heart to know the Lord and that he was going to Heaven.
When he was fifteen, his friend Roman White received Christ, and witnessed to him.  The next summer, he believed in Jesus as the only way to Heaven. He and Roman began to attend Grand View Baptist Church in Beavercreek, Oregon, (where he eventually met his wife, Jennifer) and they passionately served God there until they went to Bible college a couple of years after graduating from high school.
God called Pastor Byram to preach when he was sixteen, so he preached everywhere he could – in nursing homes, on church bus routes, in Sunday School, to teenagers, and at jails.  By the time he was seventeen, he knew that God wanted him to pastor in the Seattle area.
In 1989, he and Jennifer both went to Bible college in Indiana and were married two years later.  Immediately after graduating, they came to the Seattle area and started Open Door Baptist Church.  They now have seven wonderful children:  Josiah, Tiffany, Esther, Brooke, Timmy, Ronna, and Becca.
Pastor enjoys family time, spending time with teens, laughing a lot, and traveling to do missions work.  He makes many missions trips to the third world, and has a passion for helping, training, and encouraging pastors around the world.   When he gets a bit of free time, he also enjoys football, golfing, and going to the mountains.