Christianity in Houston

==Protestantism==
===Anglicans and Episcopalians===
[[File:Christ Church Downtown Houston (HDR).jpg|thumb|[[Christ Church Cathedral (Houston)|Christ Church Cathedral]], see of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Texas]]]]
The Anglican-Episcopalian tradition is served by a multitude of communities affiliated with the [[Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America]], and the [[Anglican Church in North America]]. Among them, the [[Episcopal Diocese of Texas]] within the Episcopal Church is the oldest Anglican or Episcopalian jurisdiction for the area. Within the Anglican Church in North America, several parish churches of Greater Houston are part of the [[Anglican Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.dwgc.org/churches/ | title=Our Churches | publisher=Anglican Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast | access-date=2019-01-05}}</ref>

Anglicans within The [[Anglican Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast]] of the [[Anglican Church in North America]] includes a number of parishes in metropolitan Houston.

===Baptists===
[[File:Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Downtown Houston (HDR).jpg|thumb|[[Antioch Missionary Baptist Church]]]]
Baptists are spread throughout numerous denominations for Greater Houston. Numbering 926,554 adherents as of 2020,<ref name=":0" /> the largest Baptist denominations operating in the city and metropolitan area are the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] through its [[Southern Baptists of Texas Convention]] and [[Baptist General Convention of Texas]]; the [[American Baptist Association]], [[American Baptist Churches USA]], [[Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship]]; [[National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.|National Baptist Convention USA]] and [[National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc.|National Baptist Convention of America]]; and the [[National Missionary Baptist Convention of America|National Missionary Baptist Convention]].

The oldest predominantly African American Baptist church in Houston is the [[Antioch Missionary Baptist Church]], historically a part of the [[Fourth Ward, Houston|Fourth Ward]] and now in [[Downtown Houston]].<ref name="Davis">Davis, Rod. "[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FCBCB6042BB9F95&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Houston's really good idea Bus tour celebrates communities that forged a city.]" ''[[San Antonio Express-News]]''. Sunday August 3, 2003. Travel 1M. Retrieved on February 11, 2012.</ref> [[Jack Yates]] once served as the pastor of this church.<ref name="YatesHandbook">"[https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fya07 YATES, JOHN HENRY]." ''[[Handbook of Texas Online]]''.</ref> Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church, a black church, was originally established in the Fourth Ward in 1872 but moved to the [[Third Ward, Houston|Third Ward]] in 1981. In 2002 it had 1,500 members. Lonnie Smith was a leader in the congregation and filed the [[Smith v. Allwright]] case along with the church's pastor, A.A. Lucas, in the 1940s.<ref>{{cite news|author=Zuniga, Jo Ann|url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/After-130-years-Good-Hope-still-looks-ahead-2086683.php|title=After 130 years, Good Hope still looks ahead|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=2002-03-24|access-date=2018-04-29}}</ref>

As of 2012 [[Second Baptist Church Houston]], led by [[Homer Edwin Young|Homer Edwin "Ed" Young]], is the largest [[Baptist church]] in the U.S.<ref>"[http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Second-Baptist-introduces-new-Spanish-service-3465226.php Second Baptist will launch Spanish service on Easter]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. April 6, 2012. Retrieved on May 3, 2014.</ref>

===Lutherans===
The [[Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod]] of the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] serves Houston. Houston is also within the [[Texas District (LCMS)|Texas District]] of the [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]]. In 2001 Reverend Gerald B. Kieschnick, a native of Houston, began his role as the leader of the Missouri Synod Lutherans in the United States. In 2010 he lost his reelection bid. The 2010 election took place in [[Downtown Houston]], at the triennial convention.<ref>Shellnut, Kate. "[http://www.chron.com/life/houston-belief/article/New-president-to-lead-Missouri-Synod-Lutherans-1585504.php New president to lead Missouri Synod Lutherans]" (). ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. July 15, 2010. Retrieved on May 3, 2014.</ref>

===Methodists===
[[File:TexasAnnualConfUnitMethChurch.JPG|thumb|Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church]]Houston lies within the Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, which covers east and southeast Texas,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.txcumc.org/aboutus|title=About Us|website=www.txcumc.org|language=en|access-date=2017-10-05}}</ref> although the [[African Methodist Episcopal Church]] and other Methodist denominations also maintain a significant presence within the area.<ref name=":0" />

As of 2001 [[Windsor Village United Methodist Church]] is the largest [[Methodist church]] in the U.S.<ref name="Victorialargest">"[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=87VjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PoEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6953,2904745&dq=windsor-village-united-methodist-church&hl=en Houston has largest Methodist church]." ''[[Associated Press]]'' at ''[[The Victoria Advocate]]''. Saturday March 10, 2001. 4D. Retrieved from [[Google News]] (25 of 27) on October 16, 2012.</ref>

===Non/inter-denominationals===
[[File:Lakewood church.jpg|thumb|[[Lakewood Church]]]]
Non/inter-denominational Christians are served by hundreds of churches, some formerly affiliated with denominational synods and conventions. [[Lakewood Church]] began Baptist, but now identifies as non denominational. Woodlands Church is also non-denominational.

{{Asof|2008}} the oldest ethnic Korean church is the Korean Christian Church of Houston. In September 2007 Chul Chung, the senior pastor, returned to South Korea after he resigned. In 2008 there was discord among factions in the church and around 100 people were expelled from the church. The members who were suspended or expelled instead attended services at the Korean Senior Center.<ref name=WiseKoreanchurch>{{cite web|author=Wise, Lindsay|url=https://www.chron.com/life/houston-belief/article/Power-struggle-leaves-Houston-Korean-church-in-1644743.php|title=Power struggle leaves Houston Korean church in turmoil|work=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=2008-05-12|access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref>

===Presbyterians===
The [[Synod of the Sun]] of the [[Presbyterian Church (USA)|Presbyterian Church USA]] serves Houston. The denomination's flagship [[First Presbyterian Church (Houston, Texas)|First Presbyterian Church]] is a conservative congregation that disaffiliated from the larger body in 2016 and affiliated with [[ECO (denomination)|ECO]]. The [[Presbyterian Church in America]] also has their own Houston Metro Presbytery, including the congregation of Christ the King Presbyterian Church in east [[Spring Branch, Houston|Spring Branch]]. Other Presbyterian denominations in Houston include the [[Evangelical Presbyterian Church (United States)|EPC]], [[Orthodox Presbyterian Church|OPC]], and, more recently,  [[ECO (denomination)|ECO]].

Houston's three largest Presbyterian churches, [[Grace Presbyterian]], [[Memorial Drive Presbyterian]], and [[First Presbyterian Church (Houston, Texas)|First Presbyterian Church]] are now members of [[ECO (denomination)|ECO]].

On December 25, 2001, the Korean Community Church in [[The Woodlands, Texas|The Woodlands]], with Presbyterian Korean-language services and non-denominational English services, opened. It opened to serve ethnic Koreans in The Woodlands, [[Conroe, Texas|Conroe]], [[Huntsville, Texas|Huntsville]], [[Kingwood, Houston|Kingwood]], and [[Spring, Texas|Spring]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Durham, Erika E.|url=https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/article/Korean-church-opens-in-Woodlands-9751513.php|title=Korean church opens in Woodlands|work=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=2003-03-13|access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref>