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First Presbyterian Church (Houston)

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Location
  
Houston, Texas

Dedicated
  
1839

Founder
  
James Weston Miller

Country
  
USA

Phone
  
+1 713-620-6500

First Presbyterian Church (Houston)

Denomination
  
ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians

Previous denomination
  
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Address
  
5300 Main St, Houston, TX 77004, USA

Profiles

The First Presbyterian Church is a church in the Museum District of Houston, Texas. As of 2012 it had 3,567 members.

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History

The church was founded in 1839 by Rev. James Weston Miller. He was from Pennsylvania as a foreign missionary in the Republic of Texas. The congregation consisted of 13 charter members. Later the congregation become a prominent member of the Southern Presbyterian Church, and planted several Presbyterian congregations in Houston. The church grew rapidly. First Presbyterian begun mission efforts to South Korea and Brazil.

In 2001 B. William Vanderbloemen was elected as the church's pastor. Vanderbloemen resigned in January 2007 after taking leave in December 2006.

In February 2014 the church voted whether or not to sever ties with the PCUSA. First Presbyterian narrowly voted to stay with the denomination.

In November 2016 the church voted to leave the PCUSA and align with ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians.

The senior pastor is Jim Birchfield.

School

Presbyterian School is on the grounds of the church.

References

First Presbyterian Church (Houston) Wikipedia