Who We Are

Servants of Christ was created out of four churches in Southeast Houston. In June of 2007 United Methodist Bishop Janice Riggle Huie created what was first known as the East End Parish. The parish was created after much study and concern over years of decline among the four churches. Bishop Huie’s decision to place the churches in a parish and to appoint Dr. Will Reed as Pastor in Charge, as well as three associate pastors, was welcomed with great hope for a new vision and a new future of making disciples and serving the city.

Initially, a group of persons representing the four churches and the collaborative community ministries that operated out of those churches met together as a “Compass Group” to plan and set the initial course for the parish. During that time, the mission of the churches working together was established as well as the core values that would guide its ministry. The Compass Group, after much study and conversation, focused on the words from I Corinthians 2:4 to describe the ministry of the parish in its Southeast Houston mission field. “Think of us as Servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries.” Our mission field is the diverse community of Southeast Houston. See "Our Community" for more information.

So, on September 23, 2007, the SERVANTS of CHRIST United Methodist Parish was formed during a joint Church Conference that unified the four churches (Epworth Parker, Garden Villas, Mission Milby and Park Place) with a plan that then elected a common set of officers, leaders and committees in order to establish one common budget, common policies, a common vision, and a common and unified program plan to serve the needs of the Parish and all its assets now held in common.

See Houston Chronicle article from June 2007 about the parish.