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Michael Lee Jones — Cathedral of Faith, Houston

Convicted in 1998 of sex with a teenage congregant and placed on the Baptist General Convention of Texas's own list of convicted ministers — then founded a new Southern Baptist church in Houston.

Southern Baptist Convicted (1998)

Person
Michael Lee Jones
Role
Pastor; church founder
Institution
Cathedral of Faith, Houston (founded after his conviction)
Location
Houston, Texas
Status
Convicted (1998)
Sentence
As imposed in 1998 (see sources)

Case in brief

Tier 1 · Court-proven

Michael Lee Jones was convicted in 1998 for having sex with a teenage female congregant at a Southern Baptist church. The Baptist General Convention of Texas included him on its own list of convicted ministers. Afterwards, Jones started a Southern Baptist church, Cathedral of Faith Houston, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in December 2018.

The institution

The institutional record here has two halves: a state convention that did track and list convicted ministers — and a congregational system in which nothing in that listing prevented a convicted man from founding a new church in the same fellowship and leading it for two decades.

The record

Tier 1 · Court-proven

Status

Conviction of record (1998). Filed from the Houston Chronicle’s “Abuse of Faith” database reporting; docket-level detail will be added if obtained.

Records requested & responses

This archive has not filed records requests in this case. The file rests on the published sources below and will be updated if court or institutional records are obtained, or if that changes.

Sources

Filed October 18, 2026, from the published sources below. Minor victims are never named or identified in this file.

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