The Church

HISTORY

Northeast Houston Baptist Church (NEHBC) began on 9.8.02 with Pastor Nathan Lino as her church planter. A local church 12 miles away gave 110 of her members and significant seed money to help launch NEHBC. NEHBC began meeting in an elementary school. Today, NEHBC owns 30 acres of prime land at a central location in the Kingwood-Humble-Atascocita community and has recently completed her second major building project. NEHBC ministers to over 1,000 people each week and has annual receipts of $2,500,000.

 

THEOLOGY/POLITY

NEHBC is a pastor/staff led, congregationally approved, Southern Baptist local church. NEHBC is uniquely aligned with the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention (SBTC) in Texas. NEHBC holds to the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 as her confession of faith and contributes 10% of her receipts to the Cooperative Program.

 

VISION/PASSION

NEHBC exists to make disciples by winning the lost and discipling the saved. (Matthew 28:18-20)

Winning the lost: From a proactive evangelism strategy locally, to planting significant, local churches across the northern arch of Houston, to ongoing ministry in the 5th Ward—Houston’s most populated ghetto, to 12 mission trips/year throughout the world, to long term church planting commitments in Estonia and Thessaloniki, Greece, to families surrendering to full time missions, to giving 23% of her annual receipts to missions, NEHBC has an undeniable passion to win the lost.

Discipling the saved: NEHBC believes the bible is central to discipleship. From the pulpit, where we practice verse by verse preaching through books of the bible, to the bible study class where the bible is studied book by book, to our Center for Biblical Counseling where we practice nouthetic counseling, we believe the bible is the final authority on all matters of faith and practice and sufficient for dealing with all life issues.

The Pastor

A fourth generation African, Pastor Nathan was born in South Africa, where he lived until he was 11 years old. Pastor Nathan earned his Bachelors Degree from Texas A&M University and then his Masters of Divinity with Biblical Languages at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina.  Pastor Nathan is in the final stages of completing a doctorate degree at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. Pastor Nathan and his wife, Nicole, have been married for 13 years.  Nicole was born and raised in Austin, Texas.  She and Pastor Nathan met at Texas A&M University where she earned a BA in Mathematics. Pastor Nathan and Nicole have four children:  Colton (2004), Campbell (2005), Cassidy (2007), and Chloe (2009).

In Southern Baptist life, Pastor Nathan serves on the Board of Trustees of the International Mission Board (IMB) where he has served as the Chair of the Personnel Committee and North Africa/Middle East Affinity Strategy Committee. In addition, he recently served on the Presidential Search Committee that called Dr. Tom Elliff as the current president of the IMB. In the past, he has served as First Vice President of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention as well as serving on a variety of committees in the SBC and SBTC. 

International trips, including mission trips and preaching engagements, have taken Pastor Nathan to 26 countries around the world. He has also received invitations to preach at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, The Criswell College, Truett-McConnell College, The Havard School for Theological Studies, and a variety of local churches.

In his free time, Pastor Nathan plays on a local tennis team and enjoys shooting handguns.  He also likes to take advantage of every opportunity he gets to watch Aggie football as well as the Houston Texans, Rockets, and Astros.

The Logistics

  • Monthly cash stipend: $1,300 payable bi-monthly
  • Housing: The apprentice is hosted in the home of an NEHBC empty-nester couple at no charge to the apprentice
  • Meals: Some breakfasts and dinners will be at the home of the intern’s host family. All of the apprentice’s lunches during work hours are covered by the church. Meals away from work and not provided by host homes are covered by the apprentice.
  • All work related mileage is reimbursed at the current IRS standard
  • The apprentice will receive a church issued PDA with unlimited phone and internet access, personal laptop, and NEHBC credit card for work related expenses
  • All travel with the senior pastor and church related work, both domestic and international, is covered entirely by NEHBC. This includes plane tickets, hotel rooms, on the ground transportation, and meals.
  • Personal time off:
    • The apprentice has three weeks paid vacation during the 12 month program. Vacation days are taken upon the approval of the Senior Pastor
    • One additional unpaid week may be taken by the apprentice upon the approval of the Senior Pastor
  • NEHBC does not pay school tuition costs for the apprentice