On April 2, 2006, Braeburn Presbyterian Church and Bellaire Presbyterian Church joyfully became one. ChristChurch Presbyterian was born out of the love and commitment to Christ's church lived out by our former congregations and a strong desire to serve God's people in our community and beyond. With joy and thanksgiving, we celebrate the new thing that God has done and is doing in the life and mission of our congregation! (
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Who We Are
Gathering joyfully, growing spiritually, and giving passionately in service to Christ, each other, and our community!
God comes to us with grace and love in the person of Jesus Christ, who lived, died, and rose for us so that we might have eternal and abundant life in him. As Christ's disciples, called to ministry in his name, we seek to continue his mission of teaching the truth, feeding the hungry, healing the broken, and welcoming strangers. God sends the Holy Spirit to dwell within us, giving us the energy, intelligence, imagination, and love to be Christ's faithful disciples in the world.
We gather for traditional worship Sundays at 10:15am in our sanctuary. The Lord's Supper is usually celebrated every first Sunday.
ChristChurch Presbyterian is an enthusiastic, inclusive, open congregation deeply committed to being the body of Christ in the world! (
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A Texas Historical Marker here tells the early history as "Bellaire Presbyterian Church":
Bellaire residents founded the non-denominational Bellaire Union Congregational Church and Sunday School in 1911. Services and classes were held in the local school building and the town's streetcar terminal known as the "Pavilion."
In 1919 many members of Bellaire Union and others petitioned the First Presbyterian Church of Houston to establish a presence in the community. The Bellaire Mission was established on April 5, 1919, with the Rev. R. L. Jetton as pastor. Later that year the first church building was erected on land donated by D. T. Austin.
The Rev. Robert H. Bullock became the mission's first full-time pastor in 1940 and in 1942 a new brick sanctuary was dedicated. The mission became self-supporting in 1943 when the congregation became known as the "Bellaire Presbyterian Church."
During the mid-1950s Bellaire Presbyterian helped establish several churches in the area. Membership in the congregation grew rapidly and in 1957 a new 1000-seat sanctuary was constructed at this site. The congregation reached 1,794 members by 1963.
Bellaire Presbyterian has played an important role in the history of Bellaire and represents the oldest continuing congregation in the community.