Dr. Warren Hultgren serves as Pastor Emeritus at First Baptist Church in Tulsa.  He has held this position since April 1992. Hultgren previously served as the Senior Pastor for 35 years. Prior to joining FBC Tulsa in 1957, he served as pastor in Lake Charles, Louisiana. and Corpus Christi, Texas.

Hultgren graduated from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. He then attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Forth Worth before obtaining his Ph.D. from the California Graduate School of Theology. Hultgren has received seven honorary doctor degrees.