WELCOME, AGAIN, TO OUR COMMUNITY OF CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS!
We are ready, called by Christ with joy, to be your faithful family!
About St. Stephen’s Faith Family
Fueled by solid worship, deep study, and active education, St. Stephen’s gathers those who would know Christ and out of that transformative journey seek to share Christ to the world. The result of finding Christ in ourselves and in our neighbors leads us to undertake life changing and lifesaving ministries in Huntsville and the surrounding communities. 

 

THE DEEP ROOTS OF THIS PARISH
As one of Huntsville’s oldest congregations, St. Stephen’s roots go back to the first meetings of Episcopalians at the courthouse with Missionary George Washington Freeman in 1849. Shortly after those meetings in 1854, St. Stephen’s parish was admitted to the Diocese. The first cornerstone for the first church building was laid in 1869. Those faithful Episcopalians in Huntsville kept meeting through several buildings and locations. Even after a fire destroyed their church, their faith persisted. With the ebb and flow of professional clergy, both priests and deacons alike, the faithful at St. Stephen’s continued to serve each other and the community. The year 2019 marked the 150th year since that first cornerstone was laid. We celebrated a jubilee not realizing what was coming next. Yet, even in our Covid-19 distanced-world we have adapted and continued to meet and serve like those faithful Episcopalians who laid both our physical and spiritual foundations here in Huntsville at St. Stephens Episcopal Church.
Beliefs, Values and Aspirations
OUR MISSION STATEMENT
To Know Christ and to Make Him Known to All People
OUR CORE VALUES
WE WORSHIP through prayer and sacraments
WE SHARE God’s love through His word
WE SERVE our local community, the greater church and the world
WE CELEBRATE joyfully sharing our lives together
OUR VISION AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
  • Continuing development of church grounds and implementation of a land use plan
  • Deepening our involvement in all aspects of our church community
  • Supporting participation by congregants in activities beyond worship services
  • Ministering to families with children and youth
  • Reaching out to new people and welcoming them into our church community
  • Providing opportunities for spiritual development across all stages of life
  • Expanding outreach ministries to provide direct services to those living on the margins of society.

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
St. Stephen's is a member parish of The Episcopal Diocese of Texas (epicenter.org), and a congregation of The Episcopal Church USA (episcopalchurch.org). 

 

We Episcopalians believe in a loving, liberating, and life-giving God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. As constituent members of the Anglican Communion in the United States, we are descendants of and partners with the Church of England and the Scottish Episcopal Church, and are part of the third largest group of Christians in the world.

We believe in following the teachings of Jesus Christ, whose life, death, and resurrection saved the world. We believe that God loves you – no exceptions.