Richard and Peggy Ziglar

Rev. Richard V. Ziglar was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He attended Atlantic Christian College in Wilson, North Carolina, and Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, where he and Peggy were married in 1958.

Peggy also graduated from Brite Divinity School. After serving the Christian Church in various roles, they moved to Tulsa in 1975, where Richard served as Minister of Christian Education at First Christian Church in downtown Tulsa until 1994.

In the 1980s, the Ziglars became involved with PFLAG as the only ministerial couple participating. Richard was a co-founder of the OASIS Adult Day Care Center, founder of Northeast Active Timers, and a board member of the Centenarian Club of Oklahoma.

Throughout his ministry, he published many articles on children’s ministry and ministry for older adults. In 2006, he received the PFLAG Swan Award in recognition of his leadership and support.

In this oral history, Richard and Peggy talk about their youth and adult ministries, and the challenges they faced when they supported the LGBTQ community, on the podcast and website VoicesOfOklahoma.com.