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Houston Sikh Community at the 2016 Martin Luther King Day parade in Midtown Houston. Sikh people originally held religious services in private residences. In 1972, the Sikh Center of the Gulf Coast Area, the first dedicated Sikh center of worship, was established by Kanwaljeet Singh and other Sikhs. [4]
Greater Houston's religious community is predominantly Christian and the second-largest metropolitan area that identifies with the religion in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth (73%). [42] [43] In 2012, the city of Houston proper ranked the ninth most religious city in the U.S. [44] Antioch Missionary Baptist Church (Houston)
Christianity is the most widely practiced religion in the city of Houston, Texas. In 2012, Kate Shellnutt of the Houston Chronicle described Houston as a "heavily Christian city". [ 1 ] Multiple Christian denominations originating from various countries are practiced in the city; among its Christian population, the majority are either Catholic ...
and in the United States by state, asking the degree to which respondents consider themselves to be religious. The Pew Research Center and Public Religion Research Institute have conducted studies of reported frequency of attendance to religious service. [2] The Harris Poll has conducted surveys of the percentage of people who believe in God. [3]
In the Houston area, 28% of U.S.-born whites have university degrees, and 16% have postgraduate degrees. [45] In 2012, the total trade between Houston and Africa was $19.7 billion. Houston is Africa's largest U.S. trade partner. [46] In 2016 the city had about 60,000 people of recent African immigrant origin. [47]
By mid-2024, several more institutes had been accredited at ATS. They included Kairos University which was founded in 2021 by Sioux Falls Seminary, South Dakota, Evangelical Theological Seminary Pennsylvania, Houston Graduate School of Theology Texas and Taylor College and Seminary in Edmonton, Alberta. [9]
Census enumerations in many countries do not record religious or ethnic background, leading to a lack of certainty regarding the exact numbers of Jewish adherents. Therefore, the following list of cities ranked by Jewish population is not complete. In particular, it excludes many Jewish-majority cities in Israel.
Religious schools in Houston (1 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Religion in Houston" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect ...