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In 2009, Thompson also led the parish in a restoration of its historic 117-year-old church. [9] Thompson was called in 2013 to be the eighth dean and twenty-second rector of Christ Church Cathedral in Houston, Texas. [8] In that capacity, he chaired the board of The Beacon, which is Houston's largest social service day center for the homeless.
Christ Church Cathedral, Houston is the cathedral church for the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. The congregation was established in 1839, when Texas was still an independent republic . [ 1 ] It is the oldest extant congregation in Houston and one of the oldest non- Roman Catholic churches in Texas.
Foy E. Wallace Jr., was born September 30, 1896, on a farm south of Belcherville, Texas in Montague County, Texas. [1] His father, Foy Edwin (Foy E. Sr.) Wallace (1871–1949), was a prominent preacher within churches of Christ in Texas, having been at the forefront of debate with the Disciples of Christ over mechanical instrumental music in Christian worship and missionary societies.
Church of Christ college Town Burritt College (closed, 1939) Spencer, Tennessee: Cascade College (closed, 2009) Portland, Oregon: Lipscomb University Austin Center formerly the Austin Graduate School of Theology (closed, 2022) Austin, Texas: Magnolia Bible College (closed, 2009) Kosciusko, Mississippi: Ohio Valley University (closed, 2022 ...
It formally became a diocese of the Episcopal Church in 1849. The diocese expanded to include the territory of the Episcopal Church in North Texas in 2022. [2] Christ Church became the cathedral of the diocese in 1949. The current bishop is C. Andrew Doyle (born 1966). He succeeded Don Wimberly as diocesan on June 7, 2009, upon Wimberly's ...
Christ Church is an Anglican megachurch in Plano, Texas. It serves as the provincial pro-cathedral for the Anglican Church in North America . Planted in 1985 in the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas , Christ Church, as part of the Anglican realignment , later became a founding congregation of the ACNA.
It is no longer owned by the church. The Houston area was originally part of the Texas-Louisiana Mission of the Church. Today, there are 22 Stakes of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that serve the Houston, Texas area. Stakes are geographical groupings of congregations comparable to, but smaller than, Catholic dioceses and ...
Central Christian Church is a major church in downtown Austin, Texas affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Organized in 1847, it is one of the oldest congregations in the city. The church has also been known as Christian Church of Austin. The current church building, featuring Romanesque Revival architecture, was completed ...