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 and their spouse, Kim, co-pastored a Mennonite church. Chris stepped down from the pastorate in 2022 to take another job, which allowed Kim to become a full-time pastor. 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 Kim and family) moved to Austin, TX in 2023 where Kim 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 splits their time between Houston and Austin (where the family lives). 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.