Archive for December, 2009

About Pastor Craig Houston

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Craig Houston, Pastor of Westside Baptist Church in Bremerton, Washington was born and raised in a in Astoria, Oregon where he received his early education graduating from Astoria High School.

Being blessed to grow up in a  fourth generation Christian home Craig was converted to Christ and baptized at a young age at Bible Baptist Church. Craig later joined Bayview Baptist Church where at the age of 19, he surrendered to the call to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. He graduated from the Bayview Baptist Bible Institute in December 1997 and was ordained to the gospel ministry by Bayview Baptist Church. Since then, he has continued his education, graduating from Sound Baptist Bible College with a Bachelor of Theology.

During Craig’s 12 years of pastoral ministry, he has served as a church planter in Oregon and since 2002 as the pastor of Westside Baptist Church in Bremerton, Washington.  Pastor Houston has a heart and passion for the Glory of God, expository preaching, reaching the lost and restoring the Christian home. He and his beautiful bride Emily (Grogan) are the parents of ten wonderful children.

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Welcome to Sound Pulpit

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Welcome to Sound Pulpit.com!

Sound Pulpit exists to communicate sound doctrine in an age of uncertainty through the preaching, teaching and writing ministry of Craig Houston, Pastor of Westside Baptist Church in Bremerton, Washington where I have been privileged to serve since 2002.

Sound Pulpit will include both recent Sunday Morning and Evening Sermon series as well as archived sermons from the church, family conferences, mens retreats, and couples retreats.

Since sound doctrine should impact all of life I will seek to write blog post that deal with a variety of topics to include devotional thoughts, theological articles, book reviews, sermon recommendations, as well as personal musings on family and life.

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