Bobbie Houston
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| Bobbie Houston | |
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| Born | 16 January 1957 New Zealand |
| Occupation | Pastor |
| Spouse | Brian Houston |
| Children | Joel, Ben and Laura |
Bobbie Houston (born 16 January 1957) is a Pentecostal Christian pastor in the Australian Christian Churches. Houston and her husband, Brian, founded the Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia.[1]
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[edit] Biography
At 15, she converted to Pentecostal Christianity. She met Brian Houston when she was 16 and they married in 1977. The newly married couple 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. The first service was held on Sunday 14 August 1983 and is today Hillsong Church. Hillsong Church comprises of four major locations (Baulkham Hills, Waterloo, Southwest Sydney and Brisbane), plus extension services across the city, and congregations in London, Kiev, Cape Town, Paris, 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 and Kiev annually.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Children
Houston's three grown children, Joel, Ben and Laura, also live in Sydney.
[edit] References
- ^ "Biblical profits". Australian Associated Press. 18 February 2005. http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Hillsong-Church-got-federal-funds/2005/02/17/1108609349680.html. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
[edit] External links
- Brian and Bobbie Houston's website
- Hillsong Sisterhood's website
- Hillsong Church website
- Australian Story interview with Bobbie Houston
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