RECAP + STORIES

“Ryan grew up with only a cultural affiliation with Christianity, as a young adult he found himself isolated and depressed. During this time he tried to turn to God but did not come to fully know him until moving to Houston and coming to Seven Mile Road. It was there that he came to understand the gospel for the first time and gave his life fully to the Lord.”

“One of our baptisms was a man named Josh. Josh was one of my original students when Creek's End was planted back in '04. After High School he joined the military and his life began to spiral away from God in many ways. He got to some very dark places mentally and spiritually.

He recently moved back to town and attended our Men's retreat in early March. He felt that God was moving but did not know what to do with it. As we began Awaken Houston, several men began to pray for Josh and one even wrote his name on our "Dead Shall Rise" prayer wall. In the last several weeks, Josh placed his trust fully in Christ, started to read God's word for the first time, and was baptized on Easter Sunday!”

“All of these individuals are people who were far from God. One gentlemen was about to commit suicide several months ago but God changed his life as he surrendered his life to Jesus Christ and began to live in biblical community at one of our Wake Houses.”

“Carson is a young man who was hostile to a belief in God a few years ago. Through his mother's patience, his church's faithfulness, and God's providence, he placed his faith in Christ.”

“Against all odds a young couple (20 & 19) from across town found our church of (at the time) mostly older white people online and started joining us. They have been Gospel sponges, haven't missed a Sunday, and signed up for baptism the first day we announced it. They have helped breakdown walls relationally, and their testimonies breathed life into our church. God has now multiplied those relationships and is leading others to interest in faith and baptisms soon.”

“A gentleman who had participated in one of our Missional Communities’ Bible Study for over two years had stopped attending, and we lost contact with him for about a year. Unexpectedly, he showed up at Resonate during a Sunday service, expressing his desire for Christian fellowship. After attending for roughly a month, he made the decision to devote his life to Christ and be baptized!”

“A woman from a muslim background was baptized. My next door neighbor I've been discipling and has been attending our church for 3 years came to faith and was baptized. Another person came to faith in the service and was baptized.”

“We were planning on 13 people being baptized at our Sunrise Service. God was at work with bigger plans! The line kept growing and we kept going! It’s amazing to see God a work. A church’s size does not determine it’s Kingdom impact. Each of us must be obedient with the people God brings so that God receives the glory.”

“Bonfire Chapel held a Candlelight Vigil in Pearland Hs Stadium parking lot to remember the life of one of our students passing. Through his death it allowed life to come to a lot of his friends and strangers. Two hundred people showed up that night 16 baptized and 12 saved. Glory be to God.”

Before knowing Jesus, my life felt directionless and uncertain. I was searching for meaning, but often turned to things that didn't bring true peace or fulfillment. I didn't understand the love and hope that could come from God. I was baptized as a kid but never truly understood the meaning behind it. I would attend church, but I didn't fully grasp who Jesus was or what He had done for me. It wasn't until I joined Houston Northwest that I really came to know Jesus. Through this church, I learned about His love, His sacrifice, and how to have a personal relationship with Him. This understanding changed everything for me.

“Levi was gifted a bible and began to read many of the stories in scripture for himself. He was amazed by the stories of Gods power. Through conversations with his parents about what He was reading, he came to a clearer understanding of what it meant to be saved, and wanted it for himself. He gained clarity on his sin nature and the work that Jesus accomplished for him, and placed his faith in Jesus”

“For as long as I could remember, I always doubted if Jesus was the son of God. It wasn't until February 2 where I asked Carol, one of the prayer team members of the church to pray for me in my discernment over this. When she did, I felt something I have never felt before. I was saved, I let Jesus in my heart that same day. I then also began my sobriety journey, and I have never looked back since. I have been baptized before, but it was with the hope that Jesus would save me afterwards. Now I know that baptism is a symbol of my faith, and I want more than ever to give all Glory to God and celebrate being saved.”

“Hope and Rodney had been having serious marital problems for several months. After a horrible blow up, they began considering calling it quits. Not really wanting to lose their marriage, they decided to give it one last try. They reached out to pastor Terrence for counsel, who officiated their wedding in October 2022. They visited Growing Faith in February 2025, and realized the root of their problem was self-centeredness, and more importantly, the solution to this was to put Christ in the middle of their marriage. As a couple they decided to go public with their faith in April 2025.

After tragically losing their 6 months old son to SIDS, from a place of brokenness and pain, Raul and Brooke visited Growing Faith in January 2022 looking for hope. The following year, April 2023, they both decided to follow Jesus. In January 2024, they welcomed their second son into the world. In April 2024, Raul invited his aunt Rosalinda to Growing Faith for the child's dedication to the Lord. Being a devote Catholic all her life, Rosalinda could not help but feel like there's something more. Driven by a hunger for more of the word, she decided to come back to Growing Faith the following Sunday. In late 2024, she made Growing Faith her church home. In April 2025, Rosalinda said with tears in her eyes, "It's time." She decided to follow Jesus and be identified with Christ in baptism!”

“Growing up I was always raised to believe in the word of Christ and have done exactly that. I walked in his word until October 5th 2018. That day my mother passed, leaving me to question my faith in everything I knew. For years I felt lost and hopeless not knowing how to reconnect to our lord. That was until I woke up one morning to a scripture posted which was from Psalm 34:18. I started crying and thanking him for everything he has done for me even when it felt like he wasn't there. Later that day I went to hear his word after 6 years and felt so welcomed, heard, and loved by him. He showed me how to be fearless and forgiving in not just others but in myself as well. He has guided me into his rightous path. Because of him I am no longer lost and empty, but strengthen and loved. For I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds, Psalm 9:1-2.”

“My life before Christ ...whew where do I began? Well, I grew up in church and I've always known who Christ is and I've always been involved in the church, however even with that being said I didn't have a real personal relationship with Christ. I always found it hard to accept that he could and did love me based off of the life I had, growing up with an absent father and a both verbally and physically abusive mother , I didn't feel loved, protected, wanted, seen heard, understood or anything and in turn found myself searching for that love and validation in other places.

My true salvation story I would say really starts In 2023. I went through a heartbreak and although it wasn't my first, it blindsided me so bad and broke me down. I was desperate for healing and just to feel better.

One day my kids brought home a flyer from school, it was from The West Church inviting the community to come out to the Easter celebration that was being thrown. I didn't want to go but they begged me, so we showed up and had a good time. The following Sunday we attended church, we walked in and the very first person that we met was Ayo, he greeted us with a smile and a very warm and welcoming energy. Listening to the praise and worship team, tears poured out of my eyes almost instantly and I felt something of a hug and heard the words "welcome home" in my spirit . At this time I hadn't attended a church in over 6 years but I was welcomed by Christ and by the West as if I had been present all along.

My current walk with Christ has not been easy, over the past year or so he has revealed so much to me , one of the main things I've been shown are the trauma's that I suppress that he wants me to release to him. In my walk I have grown to learn Christ more and ask that he continues to show his face to me, I see in real time how he hears my prayers and petitions and comes to me when I'm in some very low places in my life, how I can cry out , yell etc and still be met with his love even when I personally don't feel worthy of it has truly changed my life. I understand now that I can't do this life on my own, I've tried! but I see he is where I've found quiet in the chaos, peace in warfare and rest in the restless places , with that being said I find it very fitting that I re-dedicate my life to him , thanking him publicly for what he is doing for me privately, for saving me when I didn't even know I needed to be saved.”

“Jazmin always believed in God and had a peripheral understanding of some things about him. But over the years, feelings of lostness and isolation become more and more pronounced. In a moment of true desperation, she turned to God for the first time. In that moment, she felt Gods presence in a way that she never had before. This lead her into church community which helped clarify her newfound faith and her opportunity to be baptized.”

“Sam has been coming to our church for the past six years. He sings and worships the Lord with all his heart in our Sunday Gatherings. For him to affirm his trust in Christ and decide to be water baptized on Easter Sunday was an absolute joy.”