Rev. Bill Lawson, founder of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, dies at 95

Rev. Bill Lawson not only founded Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Third Ward, but generations of Houstonians knew him as a trailblazer for equality.
Read more: abc13.com/14813655/

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  • @sheilahrenee6730
    @sheilahrenee673020 күн бұрын

    Sending our prayers and condolences to the Lawson family and Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, whom I watch on Sunday morning from TN.

  • @user-fr9cj3ub4g
    @user-fr9cj3ub4g20 күн бұрын

    What a life he lived and shared his knowledge and helped our people. Thanks to the Lawson Family.

  • @shontaetaylor-broadway3144
    @shontaetaylor-broadway314418 күн бұрын

    prayers for this family and church family

  • @RicardoVillarreal-zb2er
    @RicardoVillarreal-zb2er20 күн бұрын

    My heart goes out to the family

  • @cw4545
    @cw454520 күн бұрын

    Prayers for you Melanie Lawson...Channel 13 News Reporter!!🙏❤

  • @PHelm
    @PHelm20 күн бұрын

    A true spiritual giant! Rest faithful servant. Prayers for his family.

  • @diannamills2797
    @diannamills279718 күн бұрын

    So sorry to hear of his passing. May GOD comfort the Lawson family during this time.

  • @sandrad.6827
    @sandrad.682720 күн бұрын

    My sincere condolences to the Lawson Family & the Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church Family.🙏🏽🙏🏽😇🕊️💔🕊️🌹🌹

  • @tarabennett444
    @tarabennett44419 күн бұрын

    Praying for his family and Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church. I'm a member of the Wheeler Where-ever.

  • @kimberlybowens1694
    @kimberlybowens169419 күн бұрын

    Sending my PRAYERS🙏🏽🙏🏽& Condolences to the Lawson Family, WABC Family, and the City of Houston💐from Ohio.

  • @electronicbuff1
    @electronicbuff119 күн бұрын

    Sending prayers and condolences to my Christian family in Houston from Brooklyn, NY. Our hope is built on nothing least than Jesus blood and righteousness. Our faith and hope let us believe that we will all meet again.

  • @comorabrock2771
    @comorabrock277119 күн бұрын

    My CONDOLENCES TO THE LAWSON FAMILY. May Pastor Lawson rest peacefully🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽I loved him and never personally knew him🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

  • @liftedtolifebydannab
    @liftedtolifebydannab19 күн бұрын

    Prayers to the Family and all the members of Wheeler Avenue

  • @klebervieira4234
    @klebervieira423420 күн бұрын

    Our prayers 🙏 for his family

  • @maryreynolds2944
    @maryreynolds294419 күн бұрын

    My sincere condolences to his family and the WheelerAvenue Baptist Church. Praying.

  • @chooselove4307
    @chooselove430720 күн бұрын

    Rest in peace Rev. Bill Lawson. Prayers to his family, friends, and ABC13 Houston his preaching and his church Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church has been a staple in Houston, TX for many years. 🙏🏾💔

  • @stevenwilliams9006
    @stevenwilliams900619 күн бұрын

    God bless Rev. Lawson and his beautuful family.

  • @user-ek1ke7dz8b
    @user-ek1ke7dz8b19 күн бұрын

    Much love to the Lawson’s Family😘🙏🏽

  • @cw4545
    @cw454520 күн бұрын

    My Deepest Sympathy Goes To Rev.Bill Lawson Family and His Amazing Church Family...Wheeler Ave. Baptist Church!!🙏

  • @jerinbrowder2468
    @jerinbrowder246819 күн бұрын

    Prayers to Melanie Lawson! 🙏

  • @turkeyschild
    @turkeyschild18 күн бұрын

    Beautiful life. Strong legacy.

  • @polywoodtruckingllc
    @polywoodtruckingllc20 күн бұрын

    Rest in Peace Rev Lawson 🕊️

  • @patriciam7862
    @patriciam786220 күн бұрын

    Shalom rest in power

  • @glendagranville4584
    @glendagranville458419 күн бұрын

    Ray and I send our condolences and love from Lexington KY

  • @Homeykiwir
    @Homeykiwir20 күн бұрын

    My prayers and condolences are sent to all who knew and loved Pastor Lawson. 🙏🏾💐

  • @byrolyn8182
    @byrolyn818220 күн бұрын

    Praying for his family and friends. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @maryjohnson7584
    @maryjohnson758420 күн бұрын

    I SENT MY PRAYERS. AND CONDOLENCES TO THE LAWSON FAMILY, AND THE WHEELER AVENUE CHURCH FAMILY.

  • @Youtubeguru05
    @Youtubeguru0518 күн бұрын

    Sad? He was 95...what an amazing life! Celebrate that God saw him fit to stay on his earth for 95 years. This is not sad, this is a glorious win!!!

  • @marysemien2900
    @marysemien290020 күн бұрын

    My Condolences to his Family 🙏🙏

  • @stephanieschaeffer3263
    @stephanieschaeffer326320 күн бұрын

    Prayers and condolences to the Lawson family the Wheeler family!

  • @robpshow2234
    @robpshow223420 күн бұрын

    Sending prayers and condolences to the family🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @angeljackson-qi9rm
    @angeljackson-qi9rm20 күн бұрын

    Lord rest his soul well done thy good and faithful servant

  • @steveboudreaux7933
    @steveboudreaux793317 күн бұрын

    Deepest condolences to the Lawson family including the Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church family.

  • @valeriemay9600
    @valeriemay960020 күн бұрын

    Offering my prayers and condolences to the Lawson family 🙏🙏 God bless WABC!!

  • @yvettefrancois8192
    @yvettefrancois819220 күн бұрын

    My condolences to the church & family..... He was just in church on Sunday always smiling

  • @josephcollinssr.4440
    @josephcollinssr.444019 күн бұрын

    My prayers and condolences to the Lawson family as well as the Wheeler Ave family

  • @angeliapatterson
    @angeliapatterson20 күн бұрын

    Condolences to the Lawson family!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @maureencora1
    @maureencora120 күн бұрын

    A Good Man, Heaven is for Heroes. May He R.I.P.

  • @pkp6791
    @pkp679119 күн бұрын

    Prayers and condolences to the Lawson family. I grew up in the same community and saw Rev Lawson’s efforts to desegregate a very staunchly rigid and very racially polarized Houston. His efforts even continued into the early 1990s in this regard. My family shopped at Weingarten’s grocery on Almeda ( cited in this video as the site of the first student sit-in to desegregate Houston). That location is now a U.S. Post Office- which should be named in Rev Lawson’s honor. His death marks the end of his very illustrious life that was well traveled in helping to spiritually elevate our society. May God Bless his soul for all eternity!

  • @darlenedavies999
    @darlenedavies99914 күн бұрын

    Rest in peace Pastor Lawson❣️ Love, prayers and strength to the Lawson family and Wheeler Avenue church family❣️let the life we live speak for us❣️Pastor Lawson's life spoke for him❣️A life well PLEASED in God's sight❣️ Thank God for blessings the World with Pastor Lawson❣️🙏🏿❤️

  • @shayla2421
    @shayla242120 күн бұрын

    Rest in peace Rev. Lawson...Rest in peace.

  • @constancescott9717
    @constancescott971717 күн бұрын

    Rest in peace, Rev. Lawson 🙏

  • @bev3229
    @bev322919 күн бұрын

    May he rest in peace!My condolences to his family and church members 🙏🏿❤️

  • @charleswilliams8248
    @charleswilliams82483 күн бұрын

    Rest in peace mighty man of God. May God Almighty comfort his family with His presence.

  • @klebervieira4234
    @klebervieira423420 күн бұрын

    WATCHING FROM BRAZIL 🇧🇷

  • @AT-zl6dk
    @AT-zl6dk19 күн бұрын

    Beautiful Legacy 🕊️🤍✨

  • @kaharold
    @kaharold9 күн бұрын

    BLESS HIS HEART, May HE Rest In Peace...

  • @BOBBIEHARRIS-fg5vi
    @BOBBIEHARRIS-fg5vi20 күн бұрын

    Rest in Peace from Centreville MS

  • @dorisriley6447
    @dorisriley644720 күн бұрын

    The family is in my thoughts and prayers 🙏

  • @johnpeeler4950
    @johnpeeler495019 күн бұрын

    Rest In Peace Reverend Lawson.

  • @malcolmpalmer569
    @malcolmpalmer56920 күн бұрын

    Deepest condolences to the Lawson family 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @ruthiebanks5099
    @ruthiebanks509920 күн бұрын

    So sorry for your loss 😢🙏🙏

  • @NyoBude-xd1jp
    @NyoBude-xd1jp18 күн бұрын

    Rip. Rev. William Lawson,🥹 Legendary Houston Pastor

  • @sharjones9902
    @sharjones990220 күн бұрын

    Prayers for his family. 🙏🏽

  • @86mjackson
    @86mjackson20 күн бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @debrawiley3368
    @debrawiley336820 күн бұрын

    Oh my. A true warrior. May you Rest in Peace. WELL DONE😢❤

  • @gwenstevens1963
    @gwenstevens196320 күн бұрын

    Sending heartfelt condolences 💐 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @doriswilliams8551
    @doriswilliams855119 күн бұрын

    My condolences to his family an his wheeler family's

  • @trulisacobb3294
    @trulisacobb329420 күн бұрын

    Sending my condolences to the family

  • @debbiebethel74
    @debbiebethel7419 күн бұрын

    Thanks for leaving footprint so that many can walk in the print you leave behind

  • @sandrahayes3392
    @sandrahayes339220 күн бұрын

    So sad to hear of the transition of Rev . Lawson. That will be a void that no one will be able to fill. Blessings to the Wheeler Ave. Baptist Church.

  • @lloydwilliams3738
    @lloydwilliams373820 күн бұрын

    My deepest condolences to the family

  • @Marchelette
    @Marchelette20 күн бұрын

    Rest in peace faithful servant 🙏🏾🤍🕊️

  • @ritanewon9794
    @ritanewon979420 күн бұрын

    🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @norajamison9577
    @norajamison957718 күн бұрын

    Sending condolences He was an icon for the country True Man of God and great leader 😢

  • @r.a.brownjr.4436
    @r.a.brownjr.443617 күн бұрын

    🙏🏾💚

  • @kathyturner9752
    @kathyturner975220 күн бұрын

    😭🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🥺

  • @jessiestaten641
    @jessiestaten64120 күн бұрын

    🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

  • @alphaandomega1332
    @alphaandomega133220 күн бұрын

    🙏🏾.

  • @harmonymoody
    @harmonymoody20 күн бұрын

    🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽💚

  • @j.robinson4092
    @j.robinson409218 күн бұрын

    🙏 🙏

  • @doletharoberson5407
    @doletharoberson540719 күн бұрын

    🙏🏿💙

  • @monicabridges6700
    @monicabridges670019 күн бұрын

    🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @Giuseppi9820
    @Giuseppi982018 күн бұрын

    🕊👑

  • @doriswilliams8551
    @doriswilliams855119 күн бұрын

    RIP PASTOR LAWSON

  • @companyconfidential6624
    @companyconfidential662418 күн бұрын

    This church just started popping up in my algorhythim. You all have lost a great one. As he joins the chorus of the ancestors and the great cloud of witnesses I hope to join the chorus one day.🕊

  • @itzmetrinity8601
    @itzmetrinity860119 күн бұрын

    All of our giants are being called to an higher place and higher purpose....its time to teach our children young and old black history ....if we dont ....who will?!.....

  • @pgmpgm5222
    @pgmpgm522220 күн бұрын

    Rest in power King

  • @YAH-1

    @YAH-1

    19 күн бұрын

    King 🤔

  • @Save-money1
    @Save-money120 күн бұрын

    ❤❤️🪦🙏❤️

  • @YAH-1
    @YAH-119 күн бұрын

    Oh Really 🥴

  • @paulokrausche7284
    @paulokrausche728419 күн бұрын

    All that and that ni didn’t change anything

  • @patrick8198
    @patrick819819 күн бұрын

    I don’t understand why these prominent pastors don’t speak out to our President of United States; defending their God against gay marriage………… If you are a man of God, you should defend God at all cost.

  • @josephinefreeman5145
    @josephinefreeman514520 күн бұрын

    Deepest sympathy ❤️you Melanie.

  • @margarethewittdrayton1299
    @margarethewittdrayton129920 күн бұрын

    My Condolences go out to the families, friends and the wheeler families. Rip.🪦.

  • @racecombat
    @racecombat20 күн бұрын

    Men lead not females 💯

  • @YAH-1

    @YAH-1

    19 күн бұрын

    🥴

  • @Lifeisgoodtootherpeople
    @Lifeisgoodtootherpeople20 күн бұрын

    🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽