The News
We need to be rescued. In living for ourselves in rebellion against God we deserve death.
The Gospel saves us. The Christian life is founded on and flows from the great news that Jesus Christ has come to this earth, lived among us perfectly, and died in our place. It is through his death that our sins have been paid for and we are made at peace with God. We are saved when we, through the power of God’s Spirit embrace Christ’s work on our behalf and trust in him as Lord.
The Gospel changes us. When we embrace Jesus as Lord, our lives are marked by a continual turning away from our sin and turning to Christ, not out of guilt or obligation, but out of thankfulness for the forgiveness we have received.
The Gospel changes everything.

The Name
“Covenant” The Bible teaches that before time God decided to build up a people for himself who in his mercy and kindness would redeem from sinfulness through the gospel. They will be my people and I will be their God. God has covenanted with us to love us faithfully. Covenant Community Church recognizes that God has redeemed us to serve him as Lord together. We also wish to live lives of commitment to one another in which we faithfully live out our obedience to God toward one another and our community.

The Place
We will be planting a church in the rapidly growing community of Pearland just south of Houston on Hwy 288.

The Need
Why Church Plant?

• There are 195,000,000 non-churched people in America, making America one of the top four unchurched nations in the world.

• In spite of the rise of megachurches, no county in America that we know of has a greater church population than it did 10 years ago.

• During the last 10 years, combined communicant church membership of all Protestant denominations declined by 9.5% while the national population increased during the same time by 11.4%.

• Each year 3500-4000 churches close their doors forever, while only as many as 1500 new churches are planted.

• There are now nearly 60% fewer churches per 10,000 persons in American than there were in 1920. (1920 - 27 churches for every 10K Americans, 1950 - 17 churches for every 10K Americans, 1996 - 11 churches for every 10K Americans).

• Today, of approximately 350,000 churches in America, four out of five are either plateaued or declining.

• One American denomination recently found that 80% of its new converts came in churches that were less than two years old.

• “The single most effective evangelistic methodology under heaven is planting new churches.” - Peter Wagner

• Greater Houston Area 5.3 million people with less than one million Evangelical Christians.

• Pearland is the 34th fastest growing suburb in America having grown 61% in the last six years.

• Pearland is the fastest growing city in Brazoria County, positioned on a growth curve that extends well into the 21st century, fueled by an enviable location.