Good Shepherd Episcopal Church seeks to be a sanctuary for equipping and empowering people to deal with the issues of life in an atmosphere of love, security, and support. We find sanctuary in the person of Jesus Christ. We are called to model sanctuary for others in the community and the world.

In the beginning, there were fifteen sheep and one shepherd. The first service of Good Shepherd was held on Palm Sunday, 1959, in the auditorium of the old Friendswood High School on Spreading Oaks. Five months later, ground was broken on five acres of Galveston County prarie and soon after, a small church, what is now Shepherds Hall, was built on Winding Way and was dedicated by then-Bishop John E. Hines. With advent of the space program, the quiet little Quaker town of Friendswood grew, and so did Good Shepherd. In 1966 and 1967 a new church school wing and church offices were added. In 1977, Good Shepherd attained Parish status, and a new nave was built in 1980. In the last five years, a new parish hall and classroom building was added, the office building was remodeled, and currently the nave is undergoing a rebirth.
     Good Shepherd has been fortunate to have had three rectors. The Rt. Rev. Bill Sterling was rector for 23 years and was then elected Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Texas. Sadly for us, but joyfully for Bill, he was called home to be with his Lord in June, 2005. His loving care and vitality was a joy to all who knew him, and he will be sorely missed. Our second rector was The Rev. Robert Wareing, who was rector for 10 years and is currently vicar of All Saints, Stafford. The current rector, The Rev. Jim Nelson, came to us in 2000.

The Episcopal Church in the Anglican Communion is a global community of 70 million Anglicans in 500 dioceses in 164 countries. 

The Episcopal Church in the United States is a community of 2.5 million members in 120 dioceses in the Americas and abroad.

The Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Texas is one church of 160 mission-minded congregations, in the eastern quadrant of Texas, whose focus is on the unchurched.  It is a community of Miraculous Expectation, under the leadership of Christ, welcoming all sorts and conditions of God's people.