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About Us

Our Mission...
To let people know that Somebody Cares. Because Jesus cares, we, the church, care. As a result, through grass-roots efforts, communities are transformed and the church is uniting. This is unity with a purpose in action.

How It All Began...
The Somebody Cares concept began in 1981 when J. Doug Stringer founder of Turning Point Ministries International created a business card which read, "Somebody Cares. Call 24 hours a day.... 'A true witness rescues lives.' Proverbs 14:25."

Cooperative Efforts in the Body of Christ...
Over time, relationships formed with other area ministries and churches.  Joint outreaches soon developed which included prayer drives around the city, benevolence assistance, outreaches, holiday street feeds, and evangelistic outreaches. It was exciting to see the Church of Houston working together. A principle was in action. The kingdom of God is built on relationship and evangelism is the outcome of relationship. Networking grew with area ministries, particularly those working at a grass-roots level.  In early 1994 a group of ministry leaders met and the Somebody Cares Houston Project (SCHP) formed. In June of 1994 a group of ministers developed the Youth Guidance Consultants program (YGC) geared to train workers to deal with at-risk youth. As the church in Houston united, even the civil government was impacted. A Gang Identification and Intervention Handbook was written and adopted by the Mayor's Anti-gang Office as an effective method to reach at-risk youth. The response was tremendous and at an organizational breakfast meeting on December 6, 1995, 71 ministers came together. At the second meeting in early 1996, 110 ministers attended. The advisory committees for SCHP and the Somebody Cares Houston Area Ministers Association (SCHAMA) were also formed. The advisory committee is composed of front-line, inner-city ministry and church leaders from a variety of denominational and racial backgrounds. This is in keeping with the Micah 4 direction of the ministry to build the church, made up of all nations, tribes, tongues and backgrounds, into a strong nation. One year later in 1996, 300 pastors and ministry leaders came together for communion in preparation for forty days of prayer and fasting to cry out to God for the city. Area churches prayed and worshiped together at a location which became known as Houston Prayer Mountain.


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