Central Houston Conference

Central Houston Conference

Our synod is divided into conferences that establish new opportunities for our deans to lead and serve. Conferences meet for mission purposes, working together on mission, leadership development, campus ministry, stewardship, and global and local mission.

Central Houston Conference Dean: Rev. Ashley Dellagiacoma

The Central Houston Conference consists of congregations and one campus ministry inside Beltway 8.

Advent Lutheran Church

5820 Pinemont Drive, Houston, TX, USA
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Office: 713.686.8201

Augustana Lutheran Church

2001 Wheeler St., Houston, TX, USA
[email protected]
Office: 713.522.8142

Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston

2353 Rice Blvd., Houston, TX, USA
[email protected]
Office: 713.523.2864

Faith Chinese Fellowship

4600 Bellaire Blvd., Bellaire, TX, USA
[email protected]
Office: 713.664.3048

Faith Lutheran Church, Bellaire

4600 Bellaire Blvd., Bellaire, TX, USA
[email protected]
Office: 713.664.3048

Holy Cross Lutheran Church

7901 Westview Dr., Houston, TX, USA
[email protected]
Office: 713.686.8253

Iglesia Evangelica Luterana El Buen Pastor

2314 Cochran, Houston, TX, USA
Office: 713.222.1726

Kindred Community

2515 Waugh Dr., Houston, TX, USA
[email protected]
Office: 713.528.3269

Memorial Drive Lutheran Church

12211 Memorial Dr., Houston, TX, USA
[email protected]
Office: 713.468.9443

Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Houston

Worship: 4040 West Bellfort Avenue, Houston, TX, USA
Mailing Address: 5300 N Braeswood Blvd, Suite 4-248, Houston, TX, USA
[email protected]
Office: 713.723.3509

St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church

1602 W. 43rd St., Houston, TX, USA
[email protected]
Office: 713.686.1577

St. James/Santiago Apóstol

1602 W 43rd St, Houston, TX, USA
[email protected]
Office: 713.686.1577

Umoja Church

12211 Memorial Dr., Houston, TX, USA
[email protected]
Office: 713.468.9443

Zion Lutheran Church, Houston

3606 Beauchamp Ave., Houston, TX, USA
[email protected]
Office: 713.869.1493

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As it is, there are many parts, but only one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you.”

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Born and raised in Taiwan, moved to Houston in 2014, Evangeline speaks Mandarin, Taiwanese, and English. She joined Faith Lutheran Church in Bellaire in 2015, moved to Berkeley for seminary in 2018, and recently returned to Houston after one year internship in Torrance and obtained her MDiv degree with Evangelism and Justice concentration. She had multiple work experiences for administrative tasks, including part-time assistant in TEEM office at PLTS. She embraces diversity, has passion for justice and service work, and commits to support the ministries of the Church.

Evangeline will begin her work with us on October 1.

Chris is passionate about networking and identifying new ways to support individuals and congregations as they grow a deeper, bolder, more consequential faith. Chris maintains the LEAD website, supports LEAD's signature coaching, and collaborates on the 10 Minute Toolbox.

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Peggy Hahn serves as the Executive Director for LEAD, aligning passionate leaders, resources, and practices to grow Christian leaders who grow faith communities in our world. Peggy is a frequent speaker and author who is never without a pile of books to read and seeks coaches and mentors for herself in an ongoing quest to learn and grow. Peggy is committed to listening to pastors and leaders of all ages for insight into the ways they are growing in their own faith and what LEAD can do to support them in their development as leaders.

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Lizbeth began her work in the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod in the fall of 2014 as the gift planner with Lutheran Foundation of the Southwest.

Lizbeth received her undergraduate degree at Texas State, and master degree and doctorate from the University of Houston. She resides in Houston with her husband Gary and has one daughter, son-in-law, and two grandchildren living in San Antonio. As deployed staff living in Magnolia, she participates in worship at a different synod church each Sunday.

The ministry is partnered with the ELCA Foundation to help congregation establish new revenue streams through endowments that provide a quarterly distribution for ministry. The gift planner helps to build the endowment with the generosity of congregation members who leave legacy gifts for ministry in their wills or estate planning. The gift planner facilitates tax-advantaged ways to bless family and the church.

Resources from Lutheran Foundation of the Southwest
Gift Planning Bulletin Insert
Ways to Give During Challenging Times LFSW Webinar 4.21.2020 - Watch | Download

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Aimee has had the opportunity to serve the Lutheran Church in various volunteer positions including council president, Sunday school teacher and VBS director, and as a LYO sponsor. She has worked in several congregations in administrative roles.

Aimee has lived in Texas for most of her life. She and her husband Daryl have two adult children; outside the office Aimee enjoys reading, sewing and spending time with family and friends.

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A native Houstonian, Chris graduated from Concordia University in Austin and went to seminary in Berkeley. His first call was in Philadelphia. In 2003, he moved to New Orleans to serve as Mission Redeveloper for House of Prayer in Harvey. Following Hurricane Katrina, Chris relocated to Houston where he was called as Mission Developer and founding pastor of Celebration in Cypress, where he served for over 7 years. Chris is a member of the Order of Lutheran Franciscans. He enjoys traveling and joining friends for trivia at local venues.

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Prior to serving on Synod Staff, Tracey Breashears Schultz served Zion Lutheran Church in Houston, Texas. Prior to that, she served at MacArthur Park Lutheran Church in San Antonio. A graduate of The University of Arkansas, Tracey received her Masters of Divinity from Wartburg Theological Seminary, and her Doctor of Ministry from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.

Before her journey toward ordained ministry, Tracey was a Spanish teacher and a trainer for a medical software company.

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Serving as bishop of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America since 2007 is an honor, a challenge, and a joy. It has given me the opportunity to work with many gifted pastors and committed people of faith. We’re creating communities that make disciples who serve the world in Jesus’ name.

For information updated weekly (sometimes daily) on news, events, ideas, books, schedules, and so on, visit my blog.

Evangelism is one of my passions, and our synod’s highest priority. Evangelism is making fully devoted followers of Christ, who taught love of God and neighbor as the greatest commandments. Every congregation is a mission, and every pastor is a missionary.

Together we plant new congregations, send missionaries, prepare rostered leaders, support companion synods, camps, campus ministries, and more. Our vision is to be a network of growing, Christ-centered, outwardly-focused congregations passing the faith to the next generation.

Biographical Information

Born: August 2, 1961, Columbus, Ohio

Wife: Susan

Children: John and Yuliana

Parents: Warren and Patricia Rinehart

Undergraduate studies: Bachelor of Music in organ performance from Valparaiso University, a Lutheran university in northern Indiana, 1983

Seminary: Masters of Divinity from Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio, 1988.

Calls:

St. Paul Lutheran Church, Davenport, Iowa (1988-1994)
Christ Lutheran Church, Charlotte, North Carolina (1994-1997)
Grace Lutheran Church, Conroe, Texas (1997-2007)
Bishop, Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod (2007-present)

Currently Serving:

Texas Lutheran University Corporation Board
Houston Coalition for Immigration Reform
Board of the Houston Coalition for Mutual Respect

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