Meet Our Chaplains

Meet Our Chaplains

Susan Beam, M.Div., BCCSusan Beam, M.Div., BCC

Manager Pastoral Care Department

Staff chaplain at Norman Regional Hospital since 1998; B.A. Psychology, the University of Oklahoma; M.Div. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Nine units of Clinical Pastoral Education at Methodist Hospital, Arcadia, Calif., Presbyterian Hospital, Oklahoma City and V.A. Medical Center, Oklahoma City.

Ordained Southern Baptist minister, endorsed as a healthcare chaplain by the North American Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention; Board-Certified Chaplain, Association of Professional Chaplains.

 

Mike Garner, MARE, M. Div., BCCMike Garner, MARE, M. Div., BCC

Staff chaplain at Norman Regional Hospital since 2002.

B.A. Theology, Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College, Moore, OK; Master of Divinity & Master of Religious Education; Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Four units Clinical Pastoral Education, OU Medical Center, Oklahoma City; Ordained Free Will Baptist Minister since 1982; Endorsed as a clinical chaplain by The National Association of Free Will Baptists; Board-Certified Chaplain, Association of Professional Chaplains.

 

Mike Bumgarner, M. Div., BCCMike Bumgarner, M. Div., BCC

Staff Chaplain at Norman Regional Hospital since July 2004; On-call Chaplain at Norman Regional since 1986.

BA Religion, Wayland Baptist University, Plainview, Texas; M. Div. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.

Ordained 1981 First Baptist, Columbia, SC; Clinical Pastoral Education: Baptist Medical Center, Columbia, South Carolina, June 1980 to August 1982; Endorsed as a healthcare chaplain by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship; Board Certified Chaplain, Association of Professional Chaplains.