Worship
Exalting God in Spirit and in Truth, worshiping Him with sincere and joyful hearts.
John 4:24Who We Are
A family of faith where Ethiopian heritage and the Gospel of Christ meet in Houston.
About Us
Houston Ethiopian Kalehewot Church is a warm and welcoming congregation devoted to exalting God, growing in His Word, and serving our city. We gather to worship in spirit and truth, to encourage one another, and to share the love of Christ with all who come through our doors.
We are a home for the Ethiopian community of faith and for all who seek Christ. Families, students, newcomers to Houston, and lifelong believers all find a home here.
Our Roots
We stand in the living heritage of the Ethiopian Kale Heywot — the “Word of Life” — Church.
Born out of a powerful missionary movement in Ethiopia in the early twentieth century, the Kale Heywot Church has been devoted to spreading the Gospel, equipping believers, and planting churches. We share that same evangelical, Christ-centered faith and carry it forward here in Houston — proclaiming Christ, making disciples, and building a community that transforms lives.
“ወልድ ያለው ሕይወት አለው”He who has the Son has life · 1 John 5:12
Why We Exist
To proclaim Christ, disciple believers, and build up a community of faith through gospel-rooted teaching, prayer, fellowship, and spiritual growth.
To be a gospel-centered community that equips and mobilizes believers for discipleship, service, and ministry — in Houston and beyond.
What Guides Us
The convictions that shape our life together as a church.
Exalting God in Spirit and in Truth, worshiping Him with sincere and joyful hearts.
John 4:24Growing in the Word and in Christ, becoming more like Jesus each day.
2 Peter 3:18Serving God, our church, and our community, using our gifts in love.
Galatians 5:13Statement of Faith
We hold to the same statement of faith as the Ethiopian Kale Heywot Church — the historic, biblical convictions of the Christian faith.
We believe in one God — self-existent, eternal, all-knowing, all-powerful, and the Creator of all things — who exists eternally in three co-equal Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Deuteronomy 6:4 · Matthew 28:19We believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God — fully God and fully man — born of the Virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life, died as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of all people, rose again on the third day, and ascended into heaven.
John 1:14 · 1 Corinthians 15:3–4We believe the Holy Spirit is God, who convicts the world of sin, comforts and leads believers into all truth, and empowers the Church to carry on the work of Christ on earth.
John 16:8, 13 · Acts 1:8We believe the Bible, both the Old and New Testaments, is the inspired Word of God — infallible, inerrant, and the ultimate and final authority for all that we believe and how we live.
2 Timothy 3:16 · Psalm 119:105We believe salvation is a free gift of God, received through repentance and faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ — never earned by works — and shown in baptism and a life surrendered to Christ.
Ephesians 2:8–9 · Romans 10:9We believe the Church is the gathering of all who have come to faith in Jesus Christ, called to the Great Commission: to preach the Gospel and make disciples of all nations.
Matthew 28:19–20 · Acts 2:42We believe water baptism by immersion is a public declaration of one's faith in Jesus Christ — a testimony of dying to sin and rising to new life in Him.
Matthew 3:16 · Romans 6:4We believe in the Lord's Supper — partaking of the bread and the cup in remembrance of the broken body and shed blood of Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 11:23–26We believe every Christian is called to glorify God by obeying His Word and living a holy, fruitful life in the power of the Holy Spirit.
1 Peter 1:15–16 · John 15:8We believe marriage is a holy covenant established by God between one man and one woman — a lifelong union that reflects His design for the family.
Genesis 2:24 · Matthew 19:4–6We believe that Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly in glory, bringing the resurrection of the dead and the final judgment.
Acts 1:11 · 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17All Are Welcome
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