About Us [Site Under Construction]
Our Founder
Meet Our Board
Rev. Don Odom, Jr [Rev.D.O.J.]
Founder/ Managing Director
Rev. Odom is the Founder & Managing Director of Primary Purpose, Inc. as well as the visionary of the new faith based recovery model Order My Steps.
After recovery saved his life in 2002, he started a business with his family, becoming a franchise owner for The Athlete's Foot in Houston. Starting with a single store, The Odom Group, Inc. grew to 10 retail locations in the Houston area, and saw revenue of $8.5 million in 2006.
Twelve Step recovery became a spiritual anchor for Rev. Odom, and his dedication to service work has included leadership positions at a local, national, and world level for multiple Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition fellowships.
An unexpected cancer diagnosis in 2017 changed his life trajectory. In the middle of his successful battle with stage 3 non-Hodgkins lymphoma, God called him to ministry and gave him the vision for Order My Steps. He was lead to Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston, where he became licensed Minister, is the co-Leader of the Social Justice Ministry, and leads the reactivated Recovery Ministry. The Wheeler Recovery Ministry is the template Primary Purpose uses to assist churches around the world establish their own Recovery Ministries.
Rev. Odom returned to Hampton University to complete his Bachelors degree during his cancer fight, and in December 2022 graduated Summa Cum Laude with an 3.85 GPA and a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies. He began Seminary Fall of 2023 pursuing Master of Divinity in Pastoral Leadership at Hampton's new School of Religion with a secondary concentration in Counseling.
Don lives in Houston with his 18 year old son, Tony... Sober.
Board Members & Officers
Rev. Don Odom, Jr.
Founder/Board Member
Managing Director
Pastor Camelia Joseph
Board Member
Treasurer
Rudy Santos Castro
Board Member
