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In 2006 Pastor Shannon Frazier started a bible study in his home. After years of volunteering and serving the community through outreach, the Lord directed Pastor Shannon to start an outreach ministry named Connect Ministries. Connect Ministries had a major impact in the community where many souls were led to Jesus Christ. In 2011, while serving as Minister of Music for a local church, Pastor Shannon began to pray and seek God about his call to Pastor.  In October of 2012, Encouragers Church International was established. Encouragers Church International held Sunday services in Huffman, Texas and Wednesday Night Bible Study in Pearland, Texas.  After 3 years of pastoring Encouragers Church International (ECI), Pastor Shannon merged his congregation with the Abiding Faith Church in Baytown located in Baytown, Texas and became the Lead Pastor of that ministry on January 1, 2016. On January 1st, 2024 Pastor Shannon released a word to the congregation declaring that 2024 would be The Year of Unlimited Favor and that Abiding Faith Church of Baytown would be rebranded to Encouragers Church International (ECI). As of today, Encouragers Church International is in full renovation and rebuild mode. Pastor Shannon believes in encouraging the discouraged and the lost, bringing them to Jesus Christ. His vision is to bring in community resource organizations and allow community leaders and businesses to secure ECI's business offices to conduct kingdom business on a daily basis. Pastor Shannon believes that the "church building" should be open 7 days a week offering aid and assistance to the local community.