Rev. William Lawson a long-time civil rights advocate and founder of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston, has died, ...
One service wasn’t enough to celebrate the life of a beloved community leader, civil rights trailblazer, founding Pastor ...
The Rev William Lawson, a veteran civil rights activist and founding pastor of a historically African American megachurch in ...
Although he was born in St. Louis, Mo., William Lawson was lovingly referred to as “Houston’s Pastor.” He came to the city in ...
Rev. William Lawson, a long-time civil rights advocate and founder of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston, has died, according to an obituary posted on the church’s website. He was 95.
Lawson is remembered as a champion for human and spiritual rights. Now, an eternal flame burns in his honor outside his church.