Stained Glass Theatre was born from a dream in the heart of playwright and director Ron Boutwell.  Not only a playwright, but also a Christian, Boutwell had a vision to use the theatre to communicate God’s love to the world.  In 1969, Boutwell began writing Christian plays with both an inherently evangelistic message to the lost and  a spiritually motivated message to the believer.  In the fall of 1982, Boutwell and  several student actors from Southwest Baptist University began making plans to use their talents to serve God by establishing a full-time Christian Theatre. Stained Glass Theatre opened the following year in the basement of a restaurant on Sunshine Street. The beginning years were a struggle, but a time of learning and growing spiritually–a time of learning to trust God completely to lead the ministry.  SGT moved two more times over the next two years ending up at a little store front building on Commercial Street, which would be their home for three years. After renting and moving three times during those beginning years, God opened up the windows of heaven and gave the little band of actors a home of their own.   In the fall of 1988, SGT moved to its “Promised Land,” the beautiful old church on North Benton Avenue.  God had provided the money to purchase the property and move in debt free–it was a miracle!  For the next fifteen years, the old church building was home.  Then in 2002-03 God gave the ministry a new vision for the future.  That vision brought about the move to Ozark, Missouri, and the present home of Stained Glass Theatre it was another miracle!    For more information, please contact us at office@sgtheatre.com.