Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church

What Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church does

Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church (MDPC) is a non-profit Presbyterian congregation established in 1955 and headquartered at 11612 Memorial Drive, Houston, Texas. The church serves a congregation of over 4,300 members across three language communities: English (services at 8:30, 9:45, and 11:15am), Spanish through its Fuente ministry (11:15am), and Portuguese through its affiliated Brazilian Presbyterian Church (BPC) ministry (6:00pm). It operates a broad ministry portfolio organized around four pillars — Community, Evangelism, Formation, and Outreach — including children's weekday schools (The Little School and The Yellow School), youth and young adult programs (H-Town Fellows, REACH Rec & Sports), adult discipleship and small groups, counseling and memorial services, and a local food pantry. MDPC also supports nearly 140 outreach partner organizations and runs global mission engagement through partnerships such as ICM (International Cooperating Ministries), Faith in Practice, Bridges to Life, and Be An Angel.

The church's service delivery is supported by a multi-channel digital infrastructure: a dedicated mobile app on iOS and Android, an online live-streaming platform (mdpc.online.church), an online giving portal (mdpc.onlinegiving.org), a digital sermon media library, and a Bible resource portal. Facilities include a sanctuary, fellowship halls, Ministry Center, Church Life Center, pickleball courts, and a cafe, with a Master Planning Committee currently studying campus expansion through 2030 (the church's 75th anniversary) using three Houston architectural firms. As a non-profit religious organization, MDPC operates without publicly disclosed revenue, relying on voluntary tithes and offerings from its congregation, planned/legacy giving programs (charitable bequests, gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts), and tuition from its weekday schools. The church is governed by its Session (Board of Elders) under Senior Pastor Alf Halvorson, with no parent company, outside ownership, or equity structure.

Name

Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church

Legal name

Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church

Website

https://mdpc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1955

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church is a 4,300+-member Presbyterian congregation in Houston, Texas offering multilingual worship (English, Spanish, Portuguese), weekday schools, counseling, outreach programs, and digital engagement through its mobile app and online giving platform.

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Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (81311)

akta.pro primary industry

Places of Worship & Religious Facilities Operations (Cemeteries, Retreat Centers, Pilgrimage Sites) (BPAGAJAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Denominational & Ecclesiastical Governance Bodies (Dioceses, Synods, Conferences) (BPAGAJAB)

Keywords

• Religious worship services
• Faith community programs
• Biblical discipleship education
• Multicultural ministry programs
• Community outreach services

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church (MDPC) is a Presbyterian congregation in Houston, Texas that provides Sunday worship services in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, along with comprehensive ministries for children, youth, adults, and seniors. The church operates weekday schools, counseling services, recreation programs, multicultural worship communities, and a food pantry, supported by an online giving platform and mobile app for engagement.

Product overview

Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church (MDPC) is a large Presbyterian congregation in Houston, Texas with a 4,300+ member congregation offering worship services in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. The church provides a comprehensive suite of ministries organized around four pillars: Community, Evangelism, Formation, and Outreach. Core offerings include Sunday worship services (English at 8:30, 9:45, and 11:15am; Spanish at 11:15am; Portuguese at 6pm), children's ministries (The Little School, The Yellow School, REACH Rec & Sports), adult ministries (Adult Discipleship, Adults 55+ Fellowship, Small Groups), youth and young adult programs, caring ministries (counseling, memorial services), multicultural congregations (Fuente Spanish-language and BPC Brazilian Portuguese-language), outreach programs including a Food Pantry, and online giving/giving management platforms. The church also operates community facilities including pickleball courts, cafe/food services, and weekday schools. Media offerings include live streaming, sermon series, and digital resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fuente: Spanish-language worship services and ministry at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church.
• BPC

Products and services

• Worship Services Sunday worship services offered in English (8:30, 9:45, and 11:15am), Spanish (11:15am), and Portuguese (6pm), with live streaming available through mdpc.online.church.
• The Little School Weekday school program for children, one of two weekday schools operated by MDPC serving young families.
• The Yellow School Weekday school program for children, one of two weekday schools operated by MDPC serving young families.
• REACH Rec and Sports Recreation and sports ministry serving children, adults, and relationships communities.
• Adult Discipleship Educational and spiritual formation program for adults focusing on biblical study and growth.
• Small Groups Weekly community groups providing connection, Bible study, and mutual support for members.
• Counseling Ministry Professional counseling services offered through the Caring ministry to support members and community.
• Fuente (Spanish Congregation) Spanish-language worship and ministry community meeting at MDPC.
• BPC (Brazilian Presbyterian Church) Brazilian Portuguese-language congregation meeting at MDPC.
• Food Pantry Food assistance program serving the local community with food distribution services.
• Pickleball Courts Recreational sports facilities available for community use.
• Online Giving Platform Recurring and one-time online donation platform enabling members to give securely, with text-to-give and e-bill pay options.
• Legacy Giving Program Planned giving and estate planning program including charitable bequests, gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, IRA charitable distributions, and life insurance gifts.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered major.

• ICM (International Cooperating Ministries)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 May 2026ICM partners with indigenous ministries worldwide to equip churches with permanent buildings and discipleship resources in their native language. MDPC supports ICM's mission to plant churches in unreached communities globally.
• Bridges to LifemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 October 2025Bridges to Life connects communities to prisons to reduce recidivism rates and enhance public safety. Their spiritual mission is to minister to victims and offenders to show them the transforming power of God's love and forgiveness.
• Be An AngelmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 August 2025Be An Angel improves the quality of life for children with multiple disabilities and/or profound deafness by providing needed adaptive equipment and select services, creating a world where every child with a disability can experience improvement in their personal quality of life.
• Faith in PracticemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 August 2025Faith in Practice improves physical, spiritual, and economic conditions of people living in poverty in Guatemala through short-term surgical, medical, and dental mission trips and health-related education programs. MDPC volunteers participate in mission trips.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• Second Baptist Church (Houston): One of the largest Baptist congregations in the Houston metro with multiple campuses, comparable scale to MDPC in city-level worship competition. Operates an extensive weekday school, sports, and global missions program analogous to MDPC's ministries stack, but denominational and brand model differ.

Broad incumbents

• North Point Community Church: Large Atlanta-area multi-site church known for digital media scale and a diversified program stack. Comparable as a large congregational peer seeking digital-first outreach, though non-denominational and non-Houston.
• Lakewood Church: The largest megachurch in Houston with a national broadcast footprint, comparable only by city-level religious-market participation. Lakewood's scale, media reach, and diversified programming provide a reference point for the upper bound of what a large Houston congregation can build.

Direct peers

• First Presbyterian Church of Houston: Denomination-aligned peer in the same Houston Presbyterian ecosystem, sharing tradition, governance (Session of Elders), and programming template. Most directly comparable peer given shared Presbyterian identity, governance, and city.
• Westminster Presbyterian Church (PCA): A multi-generational Presbyterian congregation with a long history, broad ministry stack, and Master Plan-style campus expansion history in a regional metro. Comparable in denomination-specific governance and programming, though not Houston-based.
• Chapelwood United Methodist Church: Houston-area United Methodist church with similar multi-generational, multi-program ministry model (weekday school, missions, counseling). Comparable in size and programming breadth despite denominational difference.
• St. Luke's United Methodist Church (Houston): Large mainline Protestant Houston congregation offering traditional and contemporary services, extensive weekday programming, global missions, and digital outreach. Direct parallel to MDPC in denomination style, programming breadth, and Houston-market positioning.

Others

• Bridges to Life: Houston-based prison-reentry nonprofit and named MDPC outreach partner. Comparable as a Houston-area faith-based organization operating in adjacent programmatic space.
• Faith in Practice: Named MDPC outreach partner running short-term medical/dental mission trips to Guatemala; comparable as a faith-based medical-mission nonprofit operating in the same Houston-area ecosystem.
• International Cooperating Ministries (ICM): Global church-planting partner explicitly named as one of MDPC's outreach partnerships; meaningful adjacent relationship as a downstream beneficiary and co-marketing partner for MDPC's global missions program.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/mdpcvideos
• Facebookfacebook.com/memorialdrivepresbyterianchurch
• Instagraminstagram.com/memorialdrivepc
• Xx.com/memorialdrivepc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/memorial-drive-presbyterian-church-mdpc

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Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries4 records

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