Pastor Chris and his wife, Niela Harrison, have been married since 2004. They met and married while living in New Orleans. Their union has been blessed with two wonderful children (Azariah and Caleb Harrison).
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Pastor Christopher D. Harrison
Senior Pastor
Pastor Chris is determined to teach the people of God to live a life of “Greater Faith”.
Pastor Christopher D. Harrison has been preaching since the age of 17. Pastor Chris (as he is affectionately called) is the third of four children born to Tanya Harrison and the late Pastor L.D. Harrison Sr. He knew, since the age of 9, that there was a special calling on his life to teach the Word of God. After confessing his call to the ministry he preached his “first sermon” here at Firnat Missionary Baptist Church. It has been spoken over Pastor Chris’s life that he would not be “Just another preacher”; but he would, indeed, teach the Word of God with Conviction and Authority.
It was not until 1998 when he left Houston, to “RUN” away from the church, that he encountered the Holy Ghost at New Home Family Worship Center in New Orleans East. After being filled with the Holy Ghost and tapping into his “Untapped Potential” he served as armor bearer to Bishop R.C. Blakes Jr. and later became the Campus Pastor of the church’s Houston location. It was from the unction of the Holy Ghost and the teachings of Bishop Blakes that he made a decision to dedicate his life to living by example and encouraging men and women to live up to their full potential, through faith, in Jesus Christ.
Pastor Chris has a unique anointing to teach the Word of God which enables him to reach others with humor, warmth, transparency and strength. Many have said that he is an effective communicator of God’s Word and he reaches the people where they are. Under the leadership, of Pastor Chris, Firnat Missionary Baptist Church has started and revamped several ministries in the church and the surrounding communities (i.e. Feed and Seed, Transportation, etc.). The church is beginning to grow and has a sense of spiritual renewal and restoration.