Roberta Lee Houston (born 16 January 1957), better known as Bobbie Houston, is a New Zealand-born Australian Pentecostal pastor in the Australian Christian Churches.Masters, Kim (12 February 2014) Rough Seas on 'Noah': Darren Aronofsky Opens Up on the Biblical Battle to Woo Christians (and Everyone Else). Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved on 8 November 2015. Houston and her husband, Brian were the Senior Pastors of the Hillsong Church in Baulkham Hills, Sydney, Australia prior to the latter's departure in 2022.
Personal life
Bobbie and her husband, Brian Houston moved to Australia in February 1978, serving at Sydney Christian Life Centre, Darlinghurst, under Brian Houston's father, Frank Houston. In the early 1980s, Brian and Bobbie Houston started a church on the Central Coast, and a church in Liverpool. In 1983, they moved to Sydney's north-western suburbs and hired the Baulkham Hills Public School hall to start a new church, Hills Christian Life Centre.Australian Story – Interview with Bobbie Houston . Abc.net.au (1 August 2005). Retrieved on 8 November 2015. The first service was held on Sunday 14 August 1983 and is today Hillsong Church. Hillsong Church is located in major cities around the world.
The Colour Your World Women's Conference is hosted annually by Houston and the Hillsong team in Sydney, London, the US, Cape Town and Kiev.
Ministry
Houston ran the weekly women's ministry of Hillsong. In 1997 she also started the annual Colour Your World Women's Conference.
The Colour Sisterhood is a foundation set up by Hillsong Church through Hillsong Women, the women's ministry of the church.
Houston was made redundant on 8 April, which concluded her employment at Hillsong Church following her husband's resignation, according to husband Brian Houston’s Instagram post.
Bibliography Bobbie Houston has written several books. Below are details about her bibliography. Title Year ISBN NotesHeaven is in This House2001 "I'll Have What She's Having 2008 The Sisterhood2016 Stay The Path2017
References
External links Brian and Bobbie Houston's website Hillsong Sisterhood's website Hillsong Church website