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Pastor Rev. Deborah J. Bogar

"As I start this new year, I enthusiastically join the Saint Paul Presbyterian family to journey with you as your pastor in Christian fellowship, service, and mission. I have been inspired by SPPC commitment to be bridge builders of cultures in Christ through the many years. Saint Paul Presbyterian has been committed to being bridge builders of cultures by committing to love one another and to love your neighbor: loving the diversity of races, of life circumstances, and diverse backgrounds. This commitment to love in Christ is a code of hospitality. We need to ask how we can better practice this code of hospitality in 2021 within our Saint Paul family and among our greater community. Let us commit to strengthen, to be bridge builders of cultures in Christ by loving our neighbor!"


**Excerpt from pastor Deborah's shared words for the January week titled BRIDGE-BUILDERS FOR CULTURES IN CHRIST**

What We Believe

  • God

    There is one God, who created all things and who exists in perfection and lives eternally in three persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

  • Jesus Christ

    is the Son of God, both fully human and fully God, that he was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. His death on the cross was a sacrifice for our sins, for all who believe in Him, as predicted in the Scriptures. He was raised from the dead and into heaven as the mediator between God and all people who believe.

  • The Bible

    is God’s inspired word, or “God-breathed,” written by people as directed by God.

  • Salvation

    comes from our recognition that we are in a state of eternal alienation from God because of our sin nature, or our tendency to sin. Only by God’s grace are we saved from this separation. We cannot earn our way into heaven, but salvation occurs when we change our hearts toward God’s leadership in our lives and by faith in Jesus to forgive our sins.

  • Spiritual growth

    develops as a result of our desire to please God by building a relationship with Him. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control are “fruits of the spirit,” or indicators of spiritual development.

  • Prayer

    is our unique way of communication to God.

  • The Church

    consists not of buildings but of people acting as the body of Christ. There is one church universal composed of people who asked Jesus Christ for forgiveness of sins and made Him leader of their lives. As part of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A., Saint Paul is one of God’s vehicles for the betterment of society, when we care and serve those who are poor or oppressed with compassion and love. Presbyterians rely on a structure of self-government that stresses the active, representational leadership of both ministers and church members.

  • Worship

    results from our desire to celebrate God’s leadership in our lives and is practiced regularly, through many ways and forms of expression.

  • Relevance

    We reach people in part through relevant, modern forms of communicating the historic truths of our faith.

Our Church History

Saint Paul was founded in November 1955, meeting in local elementary schools before building its first sanctuary two years later in what was then the new Sharpstown subdivision.


As the neighborhood quickly grew, so did the church, calling its first pastor, the late Rev. Thomas Currie. The church continued its growth as Southwest Houston mushroomed throughout the 1960s and ‘70s. In 1978, a new sanctuary was built closer to the corner at Bellaire Boulevard and the Southwest Freeway (U.S. 59). The original sanctuary became a fellowship hall and in 1995 was renamed Currie Hall after Dr. Currie and his wife.

Church

In 2017, Saint Paul moved from its Bellaire Boulevard location to a temporary space at 7734 Mary Bates Blvd., Building A, next to a Buddhist temple. We are making plans to build a new church in the Highway 6 area of West Houston. We are currently worshiping temporarily at the sanctuary of St Martin’s Lutheran Church at 1123 Burney Rd, Sugar Land, TX 77498.


Today Saint Paul is a diverse congregation of African members and longtime Sharpstown and southwest Houston residents. The diversity shows in worship styles and music but remains rooted in historical truths about our faith.