Champion Forest Baptist Church

Champion Forest Baptist Church
Cypress Creek Campus
Location 14301 Stubner Airline Rd, Houston, TX 77320
Country United States of America
Denomination Southern Baptist Convention
Website www.championforest.org/
History
Dedication August 18 2002
Clergy
Senior pastor(s) David Fleming

Champion Forest Baptist Church, is a megachurch in Northwest Houston, Texas. It is an evangelical, Christian church, and is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention and is committed to helping people make sense out of life through Christ-Centered living. The church has 3 campuses with 2 permanent locations and 1 temporary location. The campuses include the Cypress Creek Campus, Conroe Campus, meeting in permanent locations and the North Campus meeting at a temporary location.

History

The church began meeting on September 20, 1970, with six people present at Klein Intermediate School under the founding pastor, Rev. Robin Guess. As the congregation grew larger and needed more space, they moved services to St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church. On October 1, 1972, the church was officially chartered with 230 members by a motion from Gordon Meece. The first permanent location for a Worship Center / Education Wing was 12501 Champion Forest Drive which was officially acquired February 25, 1973. In April 1978, Rev. Damon Shook began his nearly three decades of service as pastor of the church. In 1991, the church purchased 49 acres (200,000 m2) at the corner of Stuebner-Airline and Strack Road for just over $2.2 million. The current worship center at this campus opened in 2002. In 2007, after Dr. Shook's retirement and a long pastoral search, Dr. David Fleming joined the church as senior pastor.[1] In 2013, the church began their North Campus meeting at the Klein I.S.D. Multipurpose Center with worship in English. Then in 2014, El Buen Pastor Bautista Iglesia joined with CFBC creating the Conroe Campus which has worship services in both English and Spanish.

Champion Forest Worship

Champion Forest's worship ministry is a multi-faceted team of staff and volunteers that facilitate services each week. In addition, Champion Forest Worship seeks to equip other churches with worship and music resources. In 2013, CFBC released its first kid's worship album, entitled "A Different Me," and will continue this vision with three additional worship albums released throughout the course of 2014.

Swine Flu Reaction

The church gained attention in May 2009 when it made significant adjustments to its regular plans in light of the swine flu outbreak. Houston television newscasts on CBS,[2] NBC,[3] Fox,[4] Univision and 39News[5] all ran full stories in addition to coverage on News Radio 740 KTRH.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "CFBC Impact Timeline". Retrieved 2009-05-05.
  2. ↑ "KHOU: H1N1 Virus Precautions in Church". Retrieved 2009-05-16.
  3. ↑ "KPRC: Swine Flu Changing Church Services". Retrieved 2009-05-16.
  4. ↑ "Fox 26: Swine Flu Fears Affecting Faith Worship". Retrieved 2009-05-16.
  5. ↑ "39News: Swine Flu Fears Affects Church Services". Retrieved 2009-05-16.
  6. ↑ "KTRH: On the Radio". Archived from the original on May 15, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-16.

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Coordinates: 30°00′13″N 95°30′46″W / 30.0035°N 95.5129°W / 30.0035; -95.5129


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