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Second Baptist Church Houston is a megachurch in Houston, Texas, USA affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention that has a membership of over 63,000. Its senior pastor is Dr. Ed Young.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Second Baptist Church )〕 Second Baptist Church is aligned with the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, which broke away from the Baptist General Convention of Texas in 1998. A 2008 survey by Outreach magazine gave attendance at 23,659.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Outreach Magazine )〕 In 2009 average weekly attendance was 22,723, making it the largest Baptist church in the country and the 5th largest church. ==First campus== The church was founded in 1927.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Second Baptist Church )〕 In 1946 the church sponsored foundation of the Second Baptist School as a self-supporting agency.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About SBS: Past Present and Future )〕 The school occupies a campus in the Memorial area and is open to students without regard to race, religion, or economic background.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Second Baptist School )〕 In 1957, Second Baptist moved west to the current main location at 6400 Woodway Drive in Houston.〔 The Woodway church boasts a pipe organ with 192 stops and 10,412 total pipes, one of the largest in the world.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The World's Largest Pipe Organs Ordered by number of ranks )〕 In 1979 the church launched a weekly broadcast of worship services on local television. In 1982 a local radio program began, as well as national TV broadcasting. Since then this has expanded into international television, radio and internet distribution of the church's message.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Second Baptist Church: Ed Young )〕 The church participates in the ''Faith Comes By Hearing'' Audio Bible listening program. In 2010, Second Baptist Church brought on the best selling Christian book author, Gary Thomas, as a writer in residence. Thomas also serves on Second's teaching team.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.second.org/en/Woodway/Media/Videos.aspx )〕 On Easter day in 2012 the church began Spanish-language services, hiring a California man named Alfonso Gilbert to lead in worship.〔"(Second Baptist will launch Spanish service on Easter )." ''Houston Chronicle''. April 6, 2012. Retrieved on May 3, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Second Baptist Church Houston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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