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The church also believes in the Trinity, and recognizes the death of Christ on the cross and resurrection. The church practices the following, believing them to be commanded in the Bible: The pursuit of Salvation : Each service offers an Altar call at the end in order for people to accept Christ as Lord and Savior.
The Second Great Awakening, when altar calls became popular. An altar call is a tradition in some Christian churches in which those who wish to make a new spiritual commitment to Jesus Christ are invited to come forward publicly.
August 1983 - Founding Pastor Steve Riggle, sent on a church-planting mission by the Grace International Churches and Ministries, Inc, held the first service. Twelve people met in the Clear Lake Intermediate School auditorium. Late 1983 - Relocation to an existing church building in Webster. By that time, the congregation had grown to 98.
The first Catholic church in Houston, St. Vincent's Church, opened in 1839. [6] John Odin, a bishop arrived in 1841 to help establish it, and in the fall of 1842 the building, in the Second Ward, was fully built. This church converted into a parish catering to German Americans in 1871 when the larger Annunciation Church opened. [7]
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.
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The St. Mary and Archangel Michael church is the largest Copt church in the Houston area. [24] In the late 1960s, there were far fewer Coptic families, and they were served by a priest from Los Angeles, who would fly monthly to Houston and hold mass in a borrowed Orthodox church or in a private house. [23]
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