I posted this on the religion board, too. I am interested in joining a church. I consider myself a protestant. I am a single guy in my 20's, no kids. I live near Washington Avenue inside the loop. I know there are a lot of churches around here, especially in the Heights, but I don't know much about them.

When I was a kid, I grew up in a protestant family, but we never went to church. I went to a Presbyterian church in high school because one of my friends' dad was the pastor. I liked the experience because it was a traditional service but still a relaxed environment. In college I went to a lot of services designed for college students, and I felt like it was a little too "hip" for church. Nothing wrong with that kind of thing, just not what I'm really looking for. I am not opposed to exploring other denominations like Methodists, Baptists, Lutherans, etc. I am just looking for a good place to worship where I can hopefully meet some people my age at the same time.

I go to First Baptist right outside the loop but I'm not too involved. I do know a girl in the young singles group and she really enjoys it.

Also, Pastor is an Ag.

My church has a very active young adults program. It is a very traditional Lutheran church. The pastors are excellent. We would love to have you! We have young adults Bible Study on tuesday nights at seven if you'd like to check that out first. On the 4th Sunday of every month we all go to lunch after the late service, usually around 15-20 of us.

Memorial Lutheran Church on Westheimer Rd.

If you're interested in a non-denominational church, try out riverpointe west end. It's a branch from the original riverpointe church in Richmond where I went to ten years ago. They recently opened up a campus in March at St Thomas high school. Very relaxed environment with great music but more importantly, great services and pastor I'm really glad they opened up another campus within the city

I go to Community of Faith just out side the loop.... The 99 loop lol it's a great church if you are willing to drive. Sadly they don't have a very good young/singles professionals group... Everything else is pretty great. I'm a staff photographer there

Another vote for First Baptist, the 9ish service is more traditional and the 11am more contemporary.

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Gayass 3-button suits.

Christ the King Presbyterian would be a good fit. Big enough to have a large contingent of young singles, but small enough to still feel manageable. Service is more traditional but certainly not boring. Great preaching.

Which has the slootiest singles group?

I'm glad we're getting down to the real reasons for attending church on the tine board and not messing around with the tenets of each denomination.

First Baptist has been great for us.

Grace Bible Church. Part of the Evangelical Free Church. Baptist in practice (or similar), Presbyterian in theology (or similar). West Brazelton - good pastor, and they really need people from ITL.

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Memorial Drive Presbyterian.

The singles director is a close personal friend. I'd be happy to give her your contact info.

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Thank you.

We used to have standards around here people.

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Grace Bible Church. Part of the Evangelical Free Church. Baptist in practice (or similar), Presbyterian in theology (or similar). West Brazelton - good pastor, and they really need people from ITL.

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Curious to why you say that. Between our Heights location and Montrose plant, I think we have ITL covered.

We are EFCA in structure, but reformed in theology.

You have the areas covered geographically, but West was having trouble getting people from those areas to attend. This was several years ago. The church was bursting at the seams, but most of the families were coming from OTL. Maybe things have changed.

St Lukes UMC on Westheimer. Very strong Young Adult program.

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You have the areas covered geographically, but West was having trouble getting people from those areas to attend.

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You mean Mexicans.

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You mean Mexicans.

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Alazay!

I'll second Memorial Lutheran. I'm not a regular, but it was our go-to church when we were in the area. Seems to have an age-diverse congregation (the school means lots of young families go), and it has a traditional service.

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St. James. It's a little north, but quality. Non denominational and very accepting of most

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talmbout! I shout "Good Lord", every time I attend.

I hear they really like to support single mother groups.

You might consider checking out South Main Baptist Church. It's a beautiful old building and has a great young adults group. All of its services are traditional and it is associated with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship rather than the Southern Baptist Convention. This means that it isn't as conservative theologically as a SBC church. Christians from other denominations are welcome to join without a second baptism and women play an equal role in church leadership (including clergy).

Good luck with your search. The important thing is to find a community you feel a part of.

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The important thing is to find a community you feel a part of.

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Personally, I really disagree with this.

In all honesty, I would start by looking at the different doctrines and what they believe..or actually visiting the church's and speaking with their pastors about what their church preaches. If you spoke with one of my pastors, I'm sure that even if you didn't fit in with our church they could point you in the correct direction denomination-wise.

Well, I wouldn't join a church community if I didn't agree with their theology. What would be the point exactly?

Have been going to Grace for two years and love the community. The congregation is a younger demographic and you'll have a lot of opportunities to engage and make new friends. I believe in the leadership and the growth of the church since I've been going indicates a lot of other people do too. Hope you'll come worship with us.

http://www.gbchouston.org

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I work with young professionals in Houston through a christian non-profit. We have a great group of people in their 20's who are excited about serving Jesus and having fun. Happy to tell you about it, but from working with young professionals my 3 strong recommendations would be First Presbyterian, Grace Bible, and then First Baptist just behind. Beyond that, Ecclesia and Second Baptist would be my next two. Some of the others that are mentioned may be really good, but I do not know people involved.

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Gayass 3-button suits.

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Even worse than the wearer is about 5'4.

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Have been going to Grace for two years and love the community. The congregation is a younger demographic and you'll have a lot of opportunities to engage and make new friends. I believe in the leadership and the growth of the church since I've been going indicates a lot of other people do too. Hope you'll come worship with us.

http://www.gbchouston.org

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2nd this. Tons of young professionals and great leadership. Seems like half the people there went to A&M