First there was the gorgeous mother of the bride, Doria Ragland, with her beautiful locs spilling from her beret. Then American Bishop Michael Curry preached the house down teaching that the fire of true love can never be quenched. Not to mention the Pentecostal version of Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me” by Karen Gibson and the Kingdom Choir, filling St. George’s Chapel with chocolate and pastels. 19 year old, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, awed the world with his solo. He was like Dr. Dre on the Cello. They walked out to “This Little Light of Mine”. Ummm and Oprah was there!  Come on, Now you know this was a black wedding. Okay maybe not really. Let’s just say it was beautiful.
-IamPastorChris

First there was the gorgeous mother of the bride, Doria Ragland, with her beautiful locs spilling from her beret. Then American Bishop Michael Curry preached the house down teaching that the fire of true love can never be quenched. Not to mention the Pentecostal version of Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me” by Karen Gibson and the Kingdom Choir, filling St. George’s Chapel with chocolate and pastels. 19 year old, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, awed the world with his solo. He was like Dr. Dre on the Cello. They walked out to “This Little Light of Mine”. Ummm and Oprah was there!  Come on, Now you know this was a black wedding. Okay maybe not really. Let’s just say it was beautiful.
-IamPastorChris

#RoyalWedding

Okay, Straight up.
    Is it a coincidence that when you say ,Hip Hop Star', Lil Uzi Vert"s name fast in sounds like LUCIFER? Well once you see the flaming upside down cross on stage as he performs you would consider it devil worship. Tasha Cobbs recorded a song with Nikki Minaj who also walked out on stage with lucifer...oops , I mean Lil Uzi Vert, almost toppless. 
Tasha received loads of push-back from so many in the Christian community,. However, others like myself defended and still defend her "try". Nikki is grown and we can't hold Tasha accountable for Nikki's actions. She is truly doing what she was called to do. 

   While I urge you to be aware of the tricks of the enemy: I also employ the Body of Christ not to give up praying for Lil Uzi Vert , Nikki and so many others in the world, who have yet to find the peace that surpasses all understanding through Jesus Christ.

It's The "Christian Thing To Do"

_IamPastorChris
The Encounter Houston
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y  There is a breed of preacher that is starting to change the world of ministry. To see them in a suit or a pair of alligator shoes is a rarity. They normally wear tennis shoes and jeans. They might sport a t-shirt and fitted cap, but do not be deceived, they are definitely Men and Women of God ! O'Quine , Calvin Miller, Global Gospel ,Dubbfresh , Quincy , Dj. Blessed and long list of others hit the streets of Houston with a Powerful weapon ; The Gospel of Jesus Christ! 
   I recall the Children of Israel wandering around the desert for 40 years until the older, who were afraid to go into the new promised territory, died  off. Yes , there are still those in the church that feel as if these young men and scores of young women are not ordained to minister because  " THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE PREACHERS" , but perhaps those in disbelief are the very ones afraid to GO ! 
   There was a time that the children of Israel had not heard mention of the God of their fore Fathers. That means they knew nothing of it raining Manna, the splitting of the Red Sea or The Rock that followed them and gave water. There was a terrible break in communication between the generations that i believe we are experiencing today. 
   I thank God for this NEW GENERATION of preachers that speak the language of not only our youth, but of our today !
Don't be deceived, on the day of Pentecost each man heard the Word in their OWN tongue. Don't you think it's time that we did too?
​- IamPastorChris

    Your brand is possibly the best idea you have ever had. If only you could get it in front of the masses. But that takes advertising and advertising cost money. So whats an entrepreneur to do?
   Internet Radio has taken the world by storm and is outgrowing frequency radio rapidly by leaps and bounds. While your local radio station has numbers on a dial and covers the city, a small Internet radio station Broadcast to 175 countries. Yes listen from your cell phone, laptop , notepad or desktop.; And yes its true, you can pick up internet radio on an airplane. Can your favorite local station do that?
   The biggest difference is you can advertise your brand online at a fraction of the cost of frequency radio !
There are hundreds of Christian brands failing because they are trying to tap into the wrong market. I get it . You want to be mainstream, but do you have a mainstream promotional budget? One 60 second commercial play one time on 97.9 or 102 during prime time can easily cost almost $300. 
   However; $300 can get you a full month of advertising on GospelRadioNation.com . Your commercial will be professionally produced an aired several times a day, Your flyer will be placed on the website with hyperlink to your website, and your brand will be exposed to thousands of Christian Listeners who are your next clients and consumers.
     So why are Christian businesses failing? Because you are not advertising to the people of God , who can actually see an understand your vision. It doesn't matter which city or state you live in, Internet radio has the reach!

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Watching CNN, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel shares that he wants police to have even more power. The type of power that allows them to place someone in the "Crazy house " against their will based on the fact they decided it best. Do we trust the Police with this type of power? Able to not only arrest you, but also able to place you in a mental institution. I'm not feeling to comfortable with this idea.
NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch
" Crazy people shouldn't be allowed to own a gun"
Well who decides what crazy is?

Cause I Say Crazy is...

Someone who enslaves others (?)
Someone who shoots unarmed people (Police)
Someone who sells guns to anyone who will buy them (NRA)

SO PLEASE TAKE THE GUNS FROM THESE
"CRAZY PEOPLE"

​-IamPastorChris
​#StudentsStandUp

26 crosses are lined up outside of the church that lost so many loved ones. Plans are being made to tear the church down and a memorial in honor of those who were victims of the shooting.

Officer Julissa Guzman Diaz has been charged with evidence tampering and relieved of duty earlier today, HPD says.
Diaz was arrested but has been released on a $2,500 bond. Her next court appearance is set for November 13, 2017.
Diaz was sworn in as an officer in January 2006 and was assigned to the Clear Lake Patrol Division. She also served as a mentor at Teen and Police Service Academy

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo released this statement:
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Ms. Diaz's betrayal of the public trust and oath of office is inconsistent with the dedication of the men and women of the Houston Police Department (HPD) and their tireless, honorable service.  While we cannot overstate our depth of disappointment, we take solace in the fact the investigation that led to Ms. Diaz's arrest was conducted by men and women of the HPD, the same organization and co-workers she betrayed.  We look forward to working with the Harris County District Attorney's office to ensure she is held to the highest level of accountability under the law.  Ms. Diaz's peace officer powers have been suspended and she has been placed on administrative leave pending the completion of an internal affairs investigation.  I urge anyone with information regarding her criminal misconduct or misconduct by any member of the Houston Police Department to contact us.

     Clearly a pro-slave anthem, yet it still stands as the anthem of "The Leader of the Free world".
Written in 1814, by poet Francis Scott Key, calling it the “Defense of Fort M’Henry.” During the War of 1812. Printed in local newspapers, it caught on quickly. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed an executive order naming “The Star-Spangled Banner” as the national anthem, and it was confirmed by  the US Congress in 1931. (So Stop acting like it's always been our anthem)
     How can it be disrespectful not to stand for a song stating such evil? Some say "You are standing for the flag" , Well the flag remains while people sit after the song is finished. You should probably stay standing during the whole game. (scratches head)
        It may never happen, but I say change it, In Fact Let me write it!
By IamPastorChris


Four verses, origanally written 200 years ago by Key:
O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there,
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream,
’Tis the star-spangled banner—O long may it wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion
A home and a Country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash’d out their foul footstep’s pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their lov’d home and the war’s desolation!
Blest with vict’ry and peace may the heav’n rescued land
Praise the power that hath made and preserv’d us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto – “In God is our trust,”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.