Looking for a faithful Presbyterian assembly in SW Greater Houston Area
Reuben Hick
because of that I have gotten others to attend the sister church in the NW
Greater Dallas area.
Pretty much the same old criteria:
None of the high church, but absolutely no banjos and belly dancers (Red
Trinity Hymnal OK)
Doctrines of Grace firmly held.
Genesis 1-11 is taught as truth, not allegory.
Within reasonable time/distance of the Sugar Land, TX area.
I have discovered that the when the doctrine is sound, the body of believers
are sound and are some of the best people a person can know.
-rh
Jon Volkoff
You might try this.
Linkname: Providence Presbyterian Church (Sugar Land, TX)
URL: http://providencepresbyterian.org
There are other PCAs in Houston metro, but this one was the closest.
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Linkname: PCA Church Directory (query on "Texas")
URL: http://www.pcanet.org/directory.asp
Bay Area Presbyterian Church Webster TX 281-280-0713 ba...@bapc.org
www.bapc.org Houston Metro Rev. John-Gregory Farrell
Christ Church Katy TX 281-392-0002 in...@christchurchkaty.org
www.christchurchkaty.org Houston Metro -
Christ the King Presbyterian Church Houston TX 713-892-5464
in...@christtheking.com www.christtheking.com Houston Metro Rev. Leo
R.
Schuster, III
Covenant Presbyterian Church Houston TX 281-870-0349
covenan...@sbcglobal.net www.covenantpca.org Houston Metro Rev.
Robert L. Roane
Faith Community Church Pearland TX 281-997-3660
f...@growingdeeper.org
www.growingdeeper.org Houston Metro Rev. Don W. Robertson
Providence Presbyterian Church Sugar Land TX 281-980-2522
armc...@juno.com providencepresbyterian.org Houston Metro Rev. Alan
R. McCall
Texas Rev. Thomas F. Barnes
Westminster Presbyterian Church Webster TX 281-486-4597 - - Houston
Metro Rev. Billy G. Combs
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The sister OPC to the one in Austin is in Kingwood, a bit of a drive
from Sugar Land, though still less than an hour. Anyway, it's a
shorter distance than I drive to go to church.
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Linkname: OPC Congregations - Texas
URL: http://www.opc.org/directories/tx.html
Houston-North
PROVIDENCE, meeting at the chapel of the Kingwood Funeral Home, 22800
Hwy 59 North and Kingwood Drive
Mail: P.O. Box 6826 Kingwood, 77325
281/312-2672
Pastor: Adam York
Service: 11:00 a.m.
Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.
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As always, hope this helps.
JV
Jon Volkoff
Ben Hopkins
> Covenant Presbyterian Church Houston TX 281-870-0349
> covenan...@sbcglobal.net www.covenantpca.org Houston Metro Rev.
> Robert L. Roane
This is the one we went to our last months in Houston. As I recall, the
hymn book was dark blue. And, Rev. Roane is an amillennialist! That is
a compliment, by the way.
He's Baaaacckkk ... (or is he .. )
Red Trinity Hymnal? A few good songs scattered among the watered down
glop. That's ya' Red Trinity Hymnal. Plus most of 'em just sit there
these days. They shine the words to the 7-11 choruses on the wall in
most places now.
No belly dancers? Give it 2 or 3 Sundays and they'll have it taken
care of.
No banjos? I heard the Rolling Stones and AC-DC have been booked for a
tour of selected PCA's later this year.
Give 'em time - they'll catch up with Bell View before you know it.
Complete with ferris wheels, soccer fields, black jack tables ... you
name it.
Speaking of Bell View - you better hurry - the Very Reverend Doctor
What's-His-Name has announced his retirement for this coming year.
Don't wanna miss that.
Jon Volkoff
<XbenXhopk...@XmindXspring.Xcom> wrote:
> Jon Volkoff wrote:
>
> > Covenant Presbyterian Church Houston TX 281-870-0349
> > covenantoff...@sbcglobal.net www.covenantpca.org Houston Metro
> > Rev. Robert L. Roane
>
> This is the one we went to our last months in Houston. As I recall,
> the hymn book was dark blue. And, Rev. Roane is an amillennialist!
> That is a compliment, by the way.
OTOH, if Rube decides that the church in Houston doesn't have to be
Presbyterian, there's always Lakewood Church.
(smackdown bait follows)
Joel Osteen opens America's Largest Church
HOUSTON (AP)- An arena that basketball fans once packed to see the
NBA's Houston Rockets is about to take on a new role - home to the
largest congregation in the nation.
Lakewood Church, led by televangelist and best-selling author Joel
Osteen, has grown so much in recent years that this weekend it will
expand into a new building: the former Compaq Center.
The arena was home to the Rockets when they won two league titles in
the 1990s and the Houston Comets of the WNBA when they won four. It now
seems fitting that "discover the champion in you" has long been the
church's slogan.
"It all ties in together," Osteen says. "Many sports champions have
been crowned there and we believe we can crown champions in life."
Lakewood, a non-denominational Christian church, recently became the
first congregation in the country with an average weekly attendance of
more than 30,000 for its services - and had an average attendance of
32,500 in the first quarter of this year, said John Vaughan of Church
Growth Today, an organization that studies megachurches, based in
Bolivar, Mo.
Now the Lakewood Church Central Campus will seat 16,000 people, about
twice the capacity of its current sanctuary, with parking spaces
outside for 8,000 vehicles.
With more elbow room, Lakewood will now reduce its weekend English
language services from four to three, though it will continue a weekly
Spanish language service.
Critics have sometimes taken Osteen to task for downplaying the sinful
nature of humanity and the need for repentance. An article this week in
the liberal Protestant magazine The Christian Century calls Osteen an
"easy theological target" who turns the language of the Scriptures
"into a vague religiosity, or into more digestible categories of
self-help and self-improvement."
But there's no denying his success.
Lakewood, which first opened in an abandoned Houston feed store in
1959, has grown almost fivefold since Osteen took over the church in
1999, shortly before the death of his father, former pastor John
Osteen.
The facility, which took 15 months and about $75 million to complete,
features two waterfalls, three gargantuan television screens and a
lighting system that rivals those found at rock concerts.
Two choir lofts with 12 rows of rich purple pews sit between the
waterfalls, accented by live foliage.
Absent, however, is a cross, an image of God or Jesus Christ or any
other traditional religious symbols. Osteen said his father never
displayed such symbols and he simply continued the tradition. Instead,
the new location will feature a larger version of the church's
trademark globe, rotating slowly behind Osteen as he preaches.
As big as the Compaq Center was, it wasn't big enough, and five stories
were added on. "Obviously, we needed more room and that is kind of
funny," Lakewood spokesman Don Iloff said.
Along with classrooms, the addition includes a chapel, a baptismal
area, meeting space for young adults and an entire floor dedicated to
the church's television broadcast efforts.
Osteen is viewed by more people than any preacher in the United States,
reaching 95 percent of all households, according to Nielsen Media
Research. He is seen nationwide on cable networks including Daystar,
USA, Discovery, ABC Family, PAX and Black Entertainment Television. He
is also seen in more than 100 countries.
His book, "Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living Your Full Potential"
has sold almost 3 million copies and has been on The New York Times'
best seller list since its October release. The book was so successful
that the 42-year-old pastor - who did not go to seminary and never
preached a sermon until a week before his father's death - refused his
six-figure church salary this year.
In response to critics of Osteen's motivational, easygoing approach,
his mother, Dodie Osteen said: "We don't preach the gospel sad, we
preach it glad."
One church member also brushed off the criticism.
"I don't care what the critics say," said Grace Kiarie, a 32-year-old
pharmacist and three-year member of the church who is originally from
Kenya. "Pastor Joel gives me enough word to make it from 12:15 on
Sunday to 10:45 the next Sunday. He gives me practical ways to live my
life."
Kiarie, who is black, said she was drawn to Lakewood because of its
diverse congregation. The Osteens tout the church as one of the most
diverse in the country with an almost equal mix of whites, blacks and
Hispanics.
"This is what heaven should be like," Kiarie said. "It is often said
that Sunday at 11 a.m. is the most segregated time of the week, but
it's not that way here. They've done an amazing thing here to bring
black, white Hispanic and all kinds of people together. It doesn't
matter here. You forget about color."
Osteen and his wife, Victoria, said the church's new location, in the
heart of the city, will lend itself to even more growth, noting that an
estimated 180,000 cars pass by each day. "There's an opportunity to be
able to reach so many more people," Victoria Osteen said.
Osteen said his vision is to one day preach to 100,000 people each
weekend, and Vaughan believes the church will be packed from the start.
Saturday's opening, scheduled to be televised live on Daystar, will
feature a short address from Texas Gov. Rick Perry and a televised
message from former Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich.
Osteen has said that when a church reaches 80 percent capacity it's
time to start looking for a new place. But where do you go when you're
already holding services in a converted basketball arena?
One day, joked Osteen's sister, Lisa Comes, "Joel will say 'Well, I
guess we've got to move to the (60,000 seat) Astrodome now."'
Daniel S. Vieira
>
> Joel Osteen opens America's Largest Church
>
> HOUSTON (AP)- An arena that basketball fans once packed to see the
> NBA's Houston Rockets is about to take on a new role - home to the
> largest congregation in the nation.
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You have to be kidding me! How can one "church" (used in the
loosest sense possible) have every stereotype of the American
Religion we've ever bandied around here!?!?
I wonder if they have belly dancing? If so, Rube's on the
way immediately!
Dan
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