Hospitality is at the core of the Christian ethic. Refusing to serve anyone when you follow a God who became servant to all, makes no sense.
— Chris Seay (@PastorChrisSeay) April 2, 2015|
Mar 31, 2015: Luke Norsworthy: Jonathan Storment with Chris Seay: March Wrapup
Jonathan Storment returns to the show to discuss God’s discipline, finding God’s will, an enchanted view of the world, Internet controversy and reading scripture through Jesus. Plus Chris Seay makes a cameo to discuss preaching to a President and the Praxis conference. Mar 20, 2015: Suffolk News-Herald: Batty Bob and the tax collector
Chris Seay grew up in Houston. His dad was a pastor, and their Christian family used to go to a lot of Houston Astros baseball games. Oct 22, 2014: Z-News Deep South: Open Letter to Houston Mayor Annise Parker
The following letter from Chris Seay, pastor of Ecclesia Houston, |
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In 1995, at the age of 23, Chris left his ministry as Pastor of a rural church in Central Texas to start a church that could reach his peers. His studies at Baylor University and the friends nurtured there, including a young and developing worship leader named David Crowder, became the core group of this new church; University Baptist Church (www.ubcwaco.org) became a place of authentic community, honest worship, and sound biblical teaching. As UBC exploded from a small group of friends to more than a thousand young people in its first year, it became clear that a generation whom many believed had rejected institutional Christianity were still captivated by the love story of Jesus Christ. UBC is still a thriving community, drawing students and young people into the story of Christianity.
In 1999 Chris and his wife Lisa moved to Houston's Montrose district with brother Robbie Seay to start a missional church in the most challenging neighborhood in the city. Ecclesia (www.ecclesiahouston.org) is a unique community that is living out the gospel in compelling ways, not only in Houston but across the globe. 2115 Taft, the church's home base, houses Taft Street Coffee (an all fair trade coffee shop rated as one of the top three coffee shops in the city by AOL Citysearch), a bookstore, an organic food market, a recording studio (www.hydeparkstudio.com), an art gallery (www.xnil.org), a music venue, and score of other community events. This community center by week transitions to a place of worship on Sundays as 1400-1800 people cram themselves into this small urban space to celebrate the love of Christ.
In 1999 Chris and his wife Lisa moved to Houston's Montrose district with brother Robbie Seay to start a missional church in the most challenging neighborhood in the city. Ecclesia (www.ecclesiahouston.org) is a unique community that is living out the gospel in compelling ways, not only in Houston but across the globe. 2115 Taft, the church's home base, houses Taft Street Coffee (an all fair trade coffee shop rated as one of the top three coffee shops in the city by AOL Citysearch), a bookstore, an organic food market, a recording studio (www.hydeparkstudio.com), an art gallery (www.xnil.org), a music venue, and score of other community events. This community center by week transitions to a place of worship on Sundays as 1400-1800 people cram themselves into this small urban space to celebrate the love of Christ.
