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Added to NRHP. June 15, 1979. Designated RTHL. 1972. 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.
The Churches of Christ, also commonly known as the Church of Christ, is a loose association of autonomous Christian congregations located around the world. Typically, their distinguishing beliefs are that of the necessity of baptism for salvation and the prohibition of musical instruments in worship. Many such congregations identify themselves ...
The Fifth Ward is a community of Houston, Texas, United States, derived from a historical political district ( ward ), [ 1] about 2 miles (3.2 km) [ 2] northeast of Downtown. Its boundaries are Buffalo Bayou on the south, Jensen Drive on the west, Collingsworth Rd on the north, and Lockwood Drive on the east.
In 2015 the City of Houston Trinity/Houston Gardens Super Neighborhood had 15,798 residents. 67% were non-Hispanic black, 30% were Hispanic, 2% were non-Hispanic white, and 1% were non-Hispanic others. The percentage of non-Hispanic Asians was zero. In 2000 the super neighborhood had 18,054 residents. 81% were non-Hispanic black, 16% were ...
Trinity was founded in 1893 as a mission from Christ Church in a part of Houston then called the "Fairground Addition", now known as Midtown. It is the second-oldest Episcopal parish in Houston. Trinity was, at one time, one of the largest parishes in the Episcopal Church. Such notables as Walter Cronkite and Denton Cooley have been members of ...
Lakewood Church, originally called Lakewood Baptist Church, was founded by John Osteen and his second wife, Dolores (Dodie) on Mother's Day, May 10, 1959, in a tent. 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 ...
In 1986, an activity center was opened. By the 1990s, the church had become one of the largest Episcopal churches in the United States, and by 2002, had grown to more than 7,000 members. Regular worship in the New Church (now renamed The Church) began with Easter services on 11 April 2004. A new Cloister Garden was dedicated on 29 April 2007.
The Hermitage Church of Christ closed in 2018 and sold its building for $1.65 million in 2019 to the Mount Gilead Missionary Baptist Church, according to property records. The congregation used ...