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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