Bobbie Houston

Bobbie Houston
Born	(1957-01-16) 16 January 1957 (age 67) New Zealand
Occupation	Pastor
Spouse	Brian Houston
Children	3
Website	bobbiehouston.com

Roberta Lee Houston^[1] (born 16 January 1957), better known as Bobbie Houston, is a New Zealand-born Australian of Tongan descent and a Pentecostal pastor in the Australian Christian Churches.^[2] Houston and her husband, Brian were the Senior Pastors of the Hillsong Church in Baulkham Hills, Sydney, Australia^[3] prior to the latter's departure in 2022.

Personal life

Bobbie and her husband, Brian Houston moved to Australia in February 1978, serving at Sydney Christian Life Centre, Darlinghurst, under Brian Houston's father, Frank Houston. In the early 1980s, Brian and Bobbie Houston started a church on the Central Coast, and a church in Liverpool. In 1983, they moved to Sydney's north-western suburbs and hired the Baulkham Hills Public School hall to start a new church, Hills Christian Life Centre.^[4] The first service was held on Sunday 14 August 1983 and is today Hillsong Church.^[5] Hillsong Church is located in major cities around the world.

The Colour Your World Women's Conference is hosted annually by Houston and the Hillsong team in Sydney, London, the US, Cape Town and Kiev.

Ministry

Houston ran the weekly women's ministry of Hillsong. In 1997 she also started the annual Colour Your World Women's Conference.^{[citation needed]}

The Colour Sisterhood is a foundation set up by Hillsong Church through Hillsong Women, the women's ministry of the church.

Houston was made redundant on 8 April, which concluded her employment at Hillsong Church following her husband's resignation, according to husband Brian Houston’s Instagram post.^{[citation needed]}

Bibliography

Bobbie Houston has written several books. Below are details about her bibliography.

Title	Year	ISBN	Notes
Heaven is in This House	2001	ISBN 095773364X
"I'll Have What She's Having	2008	ISBN 0849919770
The Sisterhood	2016	ISBN 1455592498
Stay The Path	2017	ISBN 1455592528

References

1. "Laura Toggs on Instagram: "Unlocked now on @thesecretgardentv EP018 🖤🌹 This is Roberta Lee Houston, affectionately known as @bobbiehouston and to me "Mum"! She is everything kind, selfless, thoughtful, hard-working and world-changing! It's safe to say..."". Instagram. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
2. Masters, Kim (12 February 2014) Rough Seas on 'Noah': Darren Aronofsky Opens Up on the Biblical Battle to Woo Christians (and Everyone Else). Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved on 8 November 2015.
3. "Biblical profits". Sydney Morning Herald. 18 February 2005. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
4. Australian Story – Interview with Bobbie Houston Archived 22 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine. Abc.net.au (1 August 2005). Retrieved on 8 November 2015.
5. "About Hillsong". myhillsong.com. Retrieved 9 March 2012.

External links

• Brian and Bobbie Houston's website Archived 1 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
• Hillsong Sisterhood's website
• Hillsong Church website
• Houston, Bobbie (1957–) at The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia