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Second Baptist Church was founded in 1927 when 121 people met at the old Taylor School in downtown Houston. [1] A year later, it acquired its first permanent facility when it moved to the former St. Paul's Methodist Church on Milam and McGowen streets in downtown.
Sagemont Church Houston: TX Dr. Levi Skipper 17,700 [citation needed] Southern Baptist Convention: St. Matthews Baptist Church Williamstown: NJ Raymond Gordon Sr. 13,000 [citation needed] Baptist: Salem Baptist Church: Chicago: IL James Meeks: 10,100 [citation needed] Baptist: Sandals Church: Riverside: CA Matt Brown 15,000 [citation needed ...
In September 2010 [needs update], Outreach Magazine published a list of the 100 largest Christian churches in the United States, and inside the list were the following Houston-area churches: Lakewood, Second Baptist Church Houston, Woodlands Church, Church Without Walls and First Baptist Church. According to the list, Houston and Dallas were ...
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church at 500 Clay St in Downtown Houston, Texas. It was historically a part of the Fourth Ward. [2] As of 2012 it was the only remaining piece of the original Fourth Ward east of Interstate 45. [3] Former slaves organized Houston's first African-American Baptist congregation in January 1866.
The church was founded in 1903 as Tuam Avenue Baptist Church. It moved to its current location on South Main Street in 1930 and was renamed South Main Baptist Church. Between 1934 and 1939, the church hosted the University of Houston campus before the university moved to its current location on Cullen Blvd.
The church was renamed to Bethel Institutional Missionary Baptist Church in 1983. [4] In 1997, the last church service was held in the building, after which it was abandoned. [2] On January 24, 2005, a fire destroyed the interior of the church, leaving only the exterior brickwork intact. [3] In 2009, the church was sold to the City of Houston.
The church then moved to an abandoned feed store in northeast Houston. [4] John was a Southern Baptist minister, but after experiencing baptism in the Holy Spirit, he founded Lakewood as a church for charismatic Baptists. The church soon dropped "Baptist" from its name and became nondenominational. In 1961, John Osteen left the church and was ...
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.