Bobbie Houston
| Bobbie Houston | |
|---|---|
| Born |
16 January 1957 New Zealand |
| Occupation | Pastor |
| Spouse(s) | Brian Houston |
| Children | Joel, Ben Houston, and Laura Toggs |
Bobbie Houston (born 16 January 1957) is a Pentecostal pastor in the Australian Christian Churches.[1] Houston and her husband, Brian, founded and are the Senior Pastors of the Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia.[2]
Biography
Bobbie and Brian Houston moved to Australia in February 1978, serving at Sydney Christian Life Centre, Darlinghurst, under Brian Houston's father, Frank Houston. In the early 1980s, Brian and Bobbie Houston started a church on the Central Coast, and a church in Liverpool. In 1983, they moved to Sydney's north-western suburbs and hired the Baulkham Hills Public School hall to start a new church, Hills Christian Life Centre.[3] The first service was held on Sunday 14 August 1983 and is today Hillsong Church.[4] Hillsong Church comprises four major locations (Baulkham Hills, Waterloo, Southwest Sydney and Brisbane), plus extension services across the city, and congregations in London, Amsterdam, Kiev, Cape Town, Paris, Barcelona, Stockholm, Moscow, Germany and New York City.
The Colour Your World Women's Conference is hosted by Houston and the Hillsong team host in Sydney, London, Cape Town and Kiev annually.
Ministry
Houston runs the weekly women's ministry of Hillsong. In 1997 she also started the annual Colour Your World Women's Conference.
The Colour Sisterhood is a foundation set up by Hillsong Church through Hillsong Women, the women's ministry of the church.
Children
Houston's three grown children, Joel, Ben, Laura Houston, also live in Sydney and USA.
References
- ↑ Masters, Kim (12 February 2014) Rough Seas on 'Noah': Darren Aronofsky Opens Up on the Biblical Battle to Woo Christians (and Everyone Else). Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved on 8 November 2015.
- ↑ "Biblical profits". Sydney Morning Herald. 18 February 2005. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- ↑ Australian Story – Interview with Bobbie Houston. Abc.net.au (1 August 2005). Retrieved on 8 November 2015.
- ↑ "About Hillsong". myhillsong.com. Retrieved 9 March 2012.