Steve Capper is the executive director for Mission Houston, working with leadership of pastors developing relationships with other church leadership in Houston. Steve wanted to clarify that there is a lot happening in Houston that is not being done through Mission Houston. Mission Houston is a part of what is going on with the community in Houston.
Mission Houston started in 1996 with visions of what the churches could do together. Two hundred out of five thousand came together in 1997 for a prayer summit. From the beginning Mission Houston thought that pastors had the key role. They focused on prayer based relationship building. Groups shared ministry of meeting social and spiritual needs of the community. They saw that they were loosing ground among the influence and saved, and Mission Houston thought the pastors would want to give up.
Phase 2 looked at what would need to happen if the senior pastors wouldn't lead the change. How can people get a taste of blessing in the community. It led to one day projects that developed into a city wide effort that involved good works combined with a party. They started school projects all over the city, asking the schools where they could help. This involved a ten year commitment to public schools in forty-five communities with three schools per area. They asked for a commitment of one hundred mentors per school and a $10,000 a year. The program included annual campus improvement and prayer every day for every mentor. It was an opportunity to see social and spiritual transformation.
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