Chris Becker (they/them) became the pastor at Houston Mennonite in March of 2025. Originally from California, Chris moved to the Twin Cities of Minnesota with their family in 2015, where they co-pastored a Mennonite church. Chris stepped down from the pastorate in 2022 to take another job. At the time Chris thought the world already had too many white, cis, male pastors.

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Not sure if they would pastor again, Chris (and family) moved to Austin, TX in 2023 where their then spouse became the full-time pastor at Austin Mennonite Church. Chris took a job working for Mennonite Disaster Service. A little over a year passed and Chris began questioning their life choices, wondering if they might ever pastor again. As it turned out, they would!

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And that issue of the world having too many white, cis, male pastors became a non-issue as Chris had come to the realization that they are queer. 

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Chris spends much of their spare time listening to or playing music. Chris is very musical, playing several instruments and writing original music. In fact, they have a couple of albums streaming on all the major streaming platforms. Look them up. You might even like it.

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As a progressive Mennonite pastor, Chris loves preaching challenging sermons and queering theology, confronting archaic dogma and traditions, and hoping to be a part of the real change the church needs today. Chris preaches full inclusion of all humans in God's family. Come check out Houston Mennonite Church. There is a place for you here!

 

The email contact for the HMC pastor is pastor@houstonmennonite.org.