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Baptist |
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Great Hills Baptist
www.ghbc.org
(512) 343-7763
Mega-church on the north side of the city
(close to the Arboretum) with plenty of
singles Bible studies |
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Greater Mount Zion Baptist Church
www.gmzaustin.org
(512) 478-7578
Young contemporary church with practical
biblical teaching that deals with everyday
life. Music is contemporary with a
praise band and praise team in the heard of
East Austin.
Contact Konavis Smith (Class of 2009) for
more info. |
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Hyde Park Baptist
www.hpbc.org
(512) 459-6587
Vibrant, large church in the heart of
Austin, just north of UT campus |
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Park Hills Baptist
www.parkhillsbaptist.org
(512) 327-2500
Westlake Hills |
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Episcopal |
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St. David's
www.stdave.org
(512) 472-1196
Large broadchurch parish downtown. Has an
active young-adult's group that attends a
Sunday afternoon contemporary service.
Arguably the best liturgical music program
in town |
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St. James'
www.stjamesaus.org
(512) 926-6339
Small, welcoming, broadchurch, mixed-race
parish. Home to several of your favorite
professors including Reuben McDaniel and
Steven Tomlinson |
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Holy Trinity
www.holytrinityaustin.org
(512) 444-5311
Small, welcoming, evangelical parish |
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Latter-Day Saints |
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints
www.lds.org
There are many congregations in the
Austin and surrounding areas, including
congregations for Singles and Spanish
speakers. To locate the nearest
congregation, or to learn more about The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
(commonly called the Mormon Church), visit
www.mormon.org.
The site includes information about the
Church's teachings regarding the family, the
nature of God, and the purpose of life. You
can also view frequently asked questions or
ask a question of your own. You can also
learn more at
JesusChrist.lds.org.
All are welcome to attend weekly religious
classes such as Old and New Testament,
Building an Eternal Marriage, etc., taught
Monday through Friday at 2020 San Antonio
Street.
Contact Jason Larsen, Brent Jones, Stefan
Erickson, Nate Thurgood, or Ryan Sanders
(Class of 2009) for more info. |
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Lutheran |
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Christ Church
www.christaustin.org (LCMS)
(512) 442-5844
Christ Church's 10:45 service combines a
traditional liturgy with high quality
contemporary music (and an emphasis on
children's participation in Worship). |
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University Lutheran Church
www.utlutheran.org
(512) 472-5461
UT Campus. Has both ELCA and LCMS services |
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Methodist |
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Parker Lane UMC
www.plumc.com/
(512) 442-0996
Southeast Austin. Smaller congregation yet
very welcoming as well as biblical.
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University UMC
www.uumc.org
(512) 478-9387
Large, traditional, and practically on
campus just north of the Texas Union
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Wesley UMC
www.wesleyunited.org
(512) 478-7007
East Central Austin. Historic old Austin
church with invigorating worship and
preaching. |
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Non-Denominational |
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Austin
Stone Community Church
www.austinstone.org
Central Austin. Services are held at Austin
High School. The church is growing and has
approximately 4,000 people attending each
Sunday. Contemporary worship style with
great praise and solid teaching. Chris
Tomlin leads praise when he is in town, but
Andy Melvin leads praise most weeks and is a
great worship leader as well.
Contact Scott
Humphreys or Hannah
Lee (Class of 2009) for
more info. |
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Austin Chinese Church
www.austinchinesechurch.org
A
community of believers whose purpose is to
glorify God through worshipping God
in spirit and in truth, instructing
believers in the teachings and application
of the Bible, fellowshipping with
one another to promote love and good works,
and evangelizing the world by
proclaiming and modeling the good news of
Jesus Christ. |
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Calvary Chapel of Austin
www.calvaryaustin.org
(512) 719-4667
North Austin. Growing quickly and caters to
young and young-at-heart, with contemporary
worship. |
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First Evangelical Free
www.fefc.org
(512) 453-2682
South Austin. A popular place for
incoming MBA's. Has a traditionally had one
of the most active Singles' ministries in
town. |
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Gateway Community Church
www.gatewaychurch.com
(512) 837-2162
North-Central Austin. Diversity in its
worshipers with a superb rock band and
preaching. |
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Hope Chapel
www.hope.org
(512) 377-3900
Central Austin. A fairly large congregation
with a wide range of fun ministries,
including a unique ministry to artists and
emphasis on the arts. Worship is decidedly
contemporary and well executed |
Lake Hills Church
www.lhc.org
(512) 899-8333A great singles ministry
and a great college-aged ministry. It also
has some of the best music in Austin, and
that’s saying a lot for the live music
capital of the world. The Lake Hills
Church band has released several CDs and
they boast one of America’s best guitar
players. There is a terrific small group
Bible study program as well. Lots of
children’s activities and great people! The
church has approximately 4,000 people.
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Westlake Bible Church
www.wbcaustin.org
(512) 263-7701
West Austin. Located on Bee Caves Road in Westlake,
WBC is devoted to teaching and growing.
Strong message with contemporary praise and
worship style service. Spiritually
challenging yet laid back and family
friendly (you won't see any suits). Strong
Men's and Women's ministries. Many
young families and young couples.
Services at 9:30am, 11am, and 6pm.
Contact Joe Harvey (Class of 2009) for more
info. |
Westover Hills Church
of Christ
www.westover.org
(512) 345-6386Classes are at 9am on
Sunday and 7pm on Wednesday. Worship begins
at 10:20am Sunday. There are about 1200
active members so it’s a large congregation
with fantastic young professionals, young
married and young married with children
groups that meet for classes Sunday
mornings. |
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Presbyterian |
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All Saints
www.allsaintsaustin.org
West Austin. Services at 9am and 10:45am.
Contact Will Schoellkopf (Class of 2009) for
more info. |
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Redeemer Presbyterian (PCA)
www.redeemerpres.org
(512) 708-1232
Central Austin. Redeemer is a traditional,
reformed church that serves the University
Community and hosts the local
Reformed University Fellowship |
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Roman Catholic |
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St. Austin's (St. Augustine's)
www.staustin.org
(512) 477-9471
Paulist parish near campus |
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St. Mary's Cathedral
www.saintmaryscathedral.org
(512) 476-6182
East Central Austin. |
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St. Thomas More Catholic Church
www.stmaustin.org
(512) 258-1161
This
Northwest Austin church is a bit removed
from the campus area, but is much more
young-adult friendly than most of the
Catholic Churches in Austin. Convenient to
the Arboretum area, the congregation
consists of mostly 30-somethings and their
very young children and embraces a very
welcoming, open attitude towards visitors.
Mass and Sacraments schedule is available
online.
Contact Ryan Bragg (Class of 2009) for more
info. |
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University Catholic Centre (UCC)
www.utcatholic.org
(512) 476-7351
For those Catholics out there (and even
non-Catholics!) that are looking for a place
to call home, please come by and check us
out, we're just south of the main UT Tower
at the end of the South Mall (in front of
Little Field Fountain).
Contact Tiju Tom (Class of 2009) for more
info. |
