Chris Hodges Biography
Chris Hodges is the founding and senior pastor of Church of the Highlands with campuses all across the state of Alabama, United States of America.
Chris Hodges Church of the Highlands
Since the church opened in 2001, Church of the Highlands has grown to average more than 38,000 people that attend each weekend and is known for its life-giving nature and focus on guiding people to have an intimate relationship with God.
Hodges has a deep passion for growing leaders and planting life-giving churches. He was one of the co-founders of ARC (Association of Related Churches) in 2001, which has started hundreds of churches all around the USA.
Chris is also the founder of GROW, a one-of-a-kind experience that specializes in training and resourcing pastors and churches to support them overcome any barriers and reach their growth potential.
Additionally, he is the founder and President of the Highlands College, a ministry training school that teaches and sets students into full-time ministry careers.
Pastor Chris Hodges Early Life, Marriage
He was born on June 21, 1964, and entered the ministry in 1984 as a youth pastor at Bethany World Prayer Center outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Hodges married Tammy Hornsby in 1986. A year later the couple moved to Colorado Springs where Chris served as a youth pastor and senior associate pastor for the New Life Church.
He returned to the Bethany World Prayer Center in 1994 as an associate pastor. While there he hosted a daily television program called “Lifeline”.
Hodges relocated to Birmingham in 2000 with the express purpose of founding a new church. He organized the Association of Related Churches, a non-profit involved in church development and began recruiting leaders for the new Church of the Highlands.
The first service was held in February 2001 at Mountain Brook High School’s auditorium. The church became one of the fastest-growing congregations in the country and constructed its own campus in 2007.
Chris speaks at conferences worldwide and is the author of Fresh Air and Four Cups.
Pastor Chris Hodges Age and Birthday
Chris was born on June 21, 1964, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America. He celebrates his birthday on 21st June every year and his birth sign is Cancer.
Chris Hodges Height and Weight
The Church of the Highlands lead Pastor stands at an average height and moderate weight. He appears to be quite tall in stature if his photos, relative to his surroundings, are anything to go by. However, details regarding his actual height and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We are keeping tabs and will update this information once it is out.
Chris Hodges Family, Parents and Siblings
Chris was born to his parents (anonymous) in Baton Rouge, our efforts to find out more about her family came to no avail as no such information is publicly available. Thus, the identity of Shenseea’s parents is still unclear. It is also not known if she has any siblings. Nevertheless, this section will be updated as soon as it is available.
Chris Hodges Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $900,000 as of 2020. His wealth has majorly come from his preaching career. Despite his obvious riches, the Church of the Highlands lead Pastor prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.
Chris Hodges Salary
His annual salary could be estimated to be between $100 thousand and $500 thousand, however, there is no verifiable source to his exact salary, we will update you as soon as we get hold of this information.
Chris Hodges Books
- Fresh Air: What Happens When You Discover the Powerful Secrets of a God-Breathed Life
- Four Cups Participant’s Guide: God’s Timeless Promises for a Life of Fulfillment
- Sustainable Facility Management – The Facility Manager’s Guide to Optimizing Building
- Cuatro Copas=four Cups: Promesas Eternas de Dios Para Vivir En Plenitud
- The Daniel Dilemma Study Guide: How to Stand Firm and Love Well in a Culture of Compromise
- Fresh Air: Trading Stale Spiritual Obligation for a Life-Altering, Energizing, Experience-It-Everyday Relationship with God
- Fresh Air Group Experience Participant’s Guide: Trading Stale Spiritual Obligation for a Life-Altering, Energizing, Experience-It-Everyday Relationship with God
Chris Hodges Sermons
- The original location is in East Birmingham on Grants Mill Road
- Pastor Chris Hodges and his family are from Louisiana
- Some of their locations have five worship services on Sunday
- They have small groups that literally meet throughout the state of Alabama
- The Chapel campus is actually a part of the Grants Mill campus.
- The Growth Track has four steps
- They just celebrated their sixteenth anniversary as a church
- The worship team writes their own songs
- The online campus is convenient if you work on Sundays
- The McCalla campus is coming soon
Chris Hodges Quotes
- “We usually expect too much from people. Often we judge them based on their actions even as we judge ourselves based on our intentions.”
- “The problem with baggage is that it affects other people’s trips.”
- “Temptation is a test of your relationship, not your self-control.”
- “Paul was focusing on what was happening in him, not to him. Likewise, we can be sure that when something is happening to us, God is doing something in us–something that will shape us for eternity.”
- “You can’t make a difference unless you are different.”