Frank Houston

Frank Houston
8th General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God in New Zealand
In office
December 1965 – June 1977
Preceded byR R Read
Succeeded byJim Williams
Senior Pastor, Sydney Christian Life Centre
In office
June 1977 – 10 May 1999
Preceded bynew title
Succeeded byBrian and Bobbie Houston
Personal details
Born(1922-04-22)22 April 1922
Whanganui, New Zealand
Died8 November 2004(2004-11-08) (aged 82)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Spouse(s)Hazel Scott
(m. 19??; died 2004)
Children5, including Brian Houston

William Francis "Frank" Houston (22 April 1922 – 8 November 2004) was a Pentecostal Christian pastor in the Assemblies of God in New Zealand and Australia. Frank Houston founded Sydney Christian Life Centre, which would eventually come under the leadership of his son Pastor Brian Houston before merging into Hillsong Church. In the last years of his life, Frank Houston’s conduct of child sexual abuse was exposed.