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April 24, 2000






 Churches with top baptisms 1999
Rank*
Baptisms
Church
Pastor
City
1
1,156
Fellowship
Edwin B. Young
Grapevine
2
1,154
Second Houston
H. Edwin Young
Houston
3
884
First Dallas
Mac Brunson
Dallas
4
739
Prestonwood
Jack N. Graham
Plano
5
615
Sagemont
John D. Morgan
Houston
6
564
Memorial
Joe D. Rich, Jr
Killeen
7
550
Castle Hills First
George Harris
San Antonio
8
437
Fellowship Of The Woodlands
Kerry G. Shook
The Woodlands
9
430
First Euless
Claude L. Thomas
Euless
10
424
Brookhollow
Ralph D. West
Houston
11
403
Hyde Park
J. Kie Bowman
Austin
12
340
Champion Forest
Damon Shook
Houston
13
338
Lake Pointe
Steve Stroope
Rockwall
14
311
First Sunnyvale
Charles L. Wilson
Sunnyvale
15
261
Brentwood
Joe S. Ratliff
Houston
16
225
Sugar Creek
Fenton Moorhead
Sugar Land
17
223
Metropolitan
Sal Sberna
Houston
18
207
San Jacinto
Stan Coffey
Amarillo
19
197
Houston's First Baptist
Houston
20
195
First Midland
Gary D. Dyer
Midland
21
193
Forest Cove
David Lino
Kingwood
22
192
Immanuel
Rix W. Tillman
El Paso
23
184
First Sachse
James R. Everidge
Sachse
24
183
Fielder Road
Gary A. Smith
Arlington
25
181
Green Acres
David O. Dykes
Tyler
26
180
Bible Way
W R Smith, Sr
Dallas
27
173
Theo Avenue
Efraim R. Diaz
San Antonio
28
170
South Post Oak
Remus Wright
Houston
29
169
St. Agnes
Gene A. Moore, Sr
Houston
30
166
First Odessa
Ernest L. Easley
Odessa
31
165
Glen Meadows
A. L. McCurdy
San Angelo
32
159
Fellowship Of The Metroplex
Craig White
Grand Prairie
33
155
Mobberly
Laney L. Johnson
Longview
33
155
First Pearland
Rick Scarborough
Pearland
35
152
First Katy
Charles J. Wisdom
Katy
36
149
First Universal City
David Lindow Jr
Universal City
37
145
Baptist Temple McAllen
Rex Holt
McAllen
38
144
Alamo City Christian Fellowship
David C. Walker
San Antonio
39
142
North Richland Hills
Tommy Teague
North Richland Hills
40
136
First Wichita Falls
Robert J. Jeffress
Wichita Falls
41
135
Parkhills
Robert R. Welch
San Antonio
42
132
Bear Creek
Stephen L. Peace
Houston
43
128
Clearpoint
Blake McKenzie
Pasadena
44
120
First Carrollton
Brent Taylor
Carrollton
44
120
First Arlington
Arlington
46
118
Gardendale
Steve Bain
Corpus Christi
46
118
Lake Arlington
J. David George
Arlington
48
117
Kingsland
Gene Smith
Katy
49
115
Park Cities
James C. Denison
Dallas
49
115
First Lewisville
Stephen G. Hatfield
Lewisville
49
115
Seoul Church Of Houston
Young G. Choi
Houston
52
114
The Heights
Gary W. Singleton
Richardson
53
112
Calvary Beaumont
Nathan Cothen
Beaumont
53
112
Woodforest
John A. Brady Sr
Houston
55
110
First Lubbock
D. L. Lowrie
Lubbock
55
110
Mims
Gene P Kendrick
Conroe
55
110
Riverbend
Gerald E Mann
Austin
58
108
First Pasadena
Charles A Redmond Jr
Pasadena
59
106
First Sugar Land
Scott Rambo
Sugar Land
60
104
Trinity
Buckner Fanning
San Antonio
60
104
Oakwood
Ray B. Still
New Braunfels
62
103
Great Hills
Harold O'Chester
Austin
62
103
First Coppell
Coppell
62
103
Tallowood
Duane Brooks
Houston
62
103
Houston Northwest
Steven E. Wright
Houston
66
102
Travis Avenue
Michael D. Dean
Fort Worth
67
101
Bacon Heights
Charles B. Murray
Lubbock
68
98
Coulter Road
Larry A. Payne
Amarillo
68
98
Southcrest
David Wilson
Lubbock
70
97
South Main Pasadena
Ron Lyles
Pasadena
70
97
Burning Bush
J. E. Brown
Dallas
72
94
First Amarillo
Howard K. Batson
Amarillo
72
94
First Cisco
Chris Craig
Cisco
74
93
First Lake Jackson
John A. Hatch
Lake Jackson
74
93
Northwood
Bob Roberts, Jr
Keller
76
91
First Lindale
Denny Autrey
Lindale
76
91
Church On Rush Creek
Russell Barksdale
Arlington
78
90
First Forney
Jimmy D. Pritchard
Forney
78
90
Indiana Avenue
Jim Gerlt
Lubbock
80
88
Calvary
Richard Jones
Longview
81
86
High Pointe
Charles Bullock
Austin
82
85
First Richardson
Brian L. Harbour
Richardson
82
85
First Denton
Jeff R. Williams
Denton
84
82
First McKinney
Jeffrey Warren
McKinney
84
82
Christian Bible
Rudolph White Jr
Missouri City
86
80
Paramount
Gil D. Lain
Amarillo
86
80
Woodlands Parkway
Stephen Bradley
The Woodlands
86
80
Clear Creek (Mission)
Bruce R. Wesley
League City
89
79
Plymouth Park
Kenneth W. Branam
Irving
89
79
First Kerrville
Dave McFadden
Kerrville
89
79
Immanuel
Mark D. Riley
Odessa
89
79
University Clearlake
R. Robert Creech
Houston
89
79
Bethlehem
Billy Joe Harris
Farmersville
89
79
Mission Mt Vernon (Mission)
Van B. Patton Sr
Mount Vernon
95
78
Robinwood
Wes Brown
Seagoville
95
78
Bannockburn
James W Abington
Austin
95
78
United
Walter Kahler
Splendora
98
77
First Snyder
Martin T. Akins
Snyder
98
77
Crescent Park
John F Dickerson
Odessa
98
77
First Maud
Timothy L. Brown
Maud
98
77
Great Commission
Douglas E. Brown
Fort Worth
98
77
Lakeview (Mission)
Jerry High
Madisonville
103
76
East Paris
Mike Fortenberry
Paris
103
76
Highland
Barry Camp
Waco
105
75
First Rockwall
Stephen K. Swofford
Rockwall
105
75
First Plains
William L. Wright
Plains
105
75
First Redwater
Stephen L. Rice
Redwater
105
75
Southside
Palestine
105
75
Yorktown
Samuel K. Douglass
Corpus Christi
___* Source: 1999 Annual Church Profiles; compiled by research & information
___services, BGCT. Pastors listed in parentheses left the church during the year.

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