On September 12, 1900, the St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church was organized by committed group of servants in Humble, Texas under the pastoral leadership of the Reverend R. F. Skinner.  The first sanctuary was located in the city of Humble, behind the Lindsay Lumber Co.  After almost thirty years of faithful service in this location, late one night, the white citizens of Humble held a town meeting.  The result of that meeting was a unanimous decision to ask the black citizens of Humble to relocate to an undeveloped location on the outskirts of town.  That area soon became known as “Bordersville,” a community with a rich and often untold story.

Bordersville began its development in 1927 when the Humble sawmill closed and blacks that had worked there were forced to leave.  Edgar Borders opened a mill nearby, hired some of the unemployed and provided housing for them as well.  In the early part of the 1930’s, St. Luke was moved to the Bordersville community.  A mule team provided by Ellis Hearn moved the church building and the land was donated by Arthur and Hattie Holland who owned a local grocery store.  St. Luke quickly became not only a physical resource, but also a spiritual reservoir to the developing community.

St. Luke has attempted to not only impact the community spiritually, but socially as well.  Many of the members led voter registration drives as well as campaigns to insure that Bordersville residents had equal access to city and state resources.  Though attention to these needs was not met immediately, the members didn’t give up and eventually succeeded.  Despite the adversity of the 1960’s, Laura M. Hill, a St. Luke member, became one of the first black female principals in the Aldine Independent School District.

Throughout the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s, St. Luke continued to thrive in ministry and would soon face one of her toughest challenges.  On November 7, 1990, the church was destroyed by fire.  The church immediately united to begin the rebuilding process.  On September 20, 1992, almost two years after the fire, St. Luke celebrated its 92nd church anniversary in a new sanctuary.

Over the years, St. Luke has enjoyed a long history of pastoral leadership.  However, the church has definitely been tried by the fire of crisis.  In the early part of 2001, St. Luke found itself without a pastor.  With a strong faith in God, the St. Luke family entered a prayerful period of seeking God’s divine guidance.  In May of 2002, God answered those prayers and Dr. Timothy W. Sloan responded to the call to become the Senior Pastor.  Not only did God send a Pastor concerned with spiritual healing, but also a First Lady concerned with medical healing in Sonya Sloan, M.D.

Upon arriving at St. Luke, Pastor Sloan immediately began articulating God’s vision for the church as a holistic ministry meeting the needs of members and the community through: Spiritual Development, Social Witness, Economic Empowerment and Health Awareness. In 2006, Pastor Sloan led the church in the purchase of 21.7 acres of land on South Houston Avenue in Humble. In 2009, St. Luke paid off the property in full and now owns the land outright. In 2010 St. Luke began the building of a new facility that would tremendously increase the ministry capacity of the church.  In September of 2011, The Luke moved into its brand new facility.  By the grace of God, the church is experiencing overflow in growth with more than 5500 members.

The Luke continues to do local and global ministry with the intent to build bridges for future generations.