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Pages in category "Ministers of the Churches of Christ" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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After serving as the senior minister at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, for 20 years, Lucado announced in early 2007 that he was stepping down due to health concerns related to atrial fibrillation. [4] Lucado has since resumed the more limited ministry role of writing and preaching minister alongside current lead minister Travis Eades.
Originally located in the eastern part of Dallas in the area known as Pleasant Grove", [16] in August 2012, W.V. Grant purchased a historic property in downtown Dallas (the former home of "First Church of Christ, Scientist," located at 1508 Cadiz Street, Dallas, Texas 75201) where "The Eagle's Nest Cathedral" and Grant now hold almost nightly ...
Members of the church of Christ do not conceive of themselves as a new church started near the beginning of the 19th century. Rather, the whole movement is designed to reproduce in contemporary times the church originally established on Pentecost, A.D. 33. The strength of the appeal lies in the restoration of Christ's original church.
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.
His father was a Baptist and his mother was a member of the church of Christ. Two of his younger brothers, W. L. "Jack" Howard and Alton Hardy Howard , were the co-founders in 1946 of Howard Brothers Jewelry and in 1959 the chain store , Howard Brothers Discount Stores , based in Monroe , where Jack Howard was the mayor from 1956 to 1972 and ...
In 1953, Cleage and group of followers left the church and formed the Central Congregational Church that in the mid-1960s was renamed Central United Church of Christ. Their mission was to minister to the less fortunate and they offered many programs for the poor, political leadership, and education. [ 5 ]