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Lakewood Church is a non-denominational evangelical Christian megachurch located in Houston, Texas. It is among the largest congregations in the United States, averaging about 45,000 attendees per week. [ 1] The 16,800-seat Lakewood Church building, home to four English-language services and two Spanish-language services per week, [ 2] is ...
James Burton Coffman (May 24, 1905 – June 30, 2006) was "one of the most influential figures among Churches of Christ in the 20th century." [ 1] He was known throughout the Churches of Christ for his exhaustive writing and study of Old Testament and New Testament scriptures. Throughout his life he served as a preacher, teacher, author, and ...
He had earlier preached a "Through the Bible in a Year" series of sermons, each devoted to one chapter of the Bible, at the Church of the Open Door. [14] After retiring from the pastorate in January 1970, and realizing that two and a half years was not enough time to teach the whole Bible, McGee completed another study of the entire Bible in a ...
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 ...
Universities and colleges affiliated with the Churches of Christ include these institutions: Church of Christ college. Town. Abilene Christian University. Abilene, Texas. Amridge University (formerly Southern Christian University) Montgomery, Alabama. Bear Valley Bible Institute of Denver.
The International Churches of Christ ( ICOC) is a body of decentralized, co-operating, [ 6][better source needed] religiously conservative and racially integrated Christian congregations. [ 3][ 7] In March 2024, the ICOC numbered their members at 112,000. [ 3] [better source needed] A formal break was made from the Churches of Christ in 1993 ...
The Church of the Redeemer, Episcopal in Houston, Texas is an Episcopal inner city church. During the late 1960s, under Rector Graham Pulkingham and for several decades, it was a center for liturgically based worship and charismatic revival. Redeemer was the origin for the Community of Celebration in the UK and the US, and the traveling worship ...