Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church
Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 3826 Wheeler Avenue in Houston, TX 77004. It is one of 2,528 churches in Houston, and one of 718 Baptist congregations in the city.
It is the mission of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church to be a worshiping, witnessing and welcoming congregation committed to a spirit of excellence in the praise of the Almighty God through Jesus Christ; the Christian Education of children, youth and adults for the maturation in the faith; and worldwid
Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church to be a worshiping, witnessing and welcoming congregation committed to a spirit of excellence in the praise of the Almighty God through Jesus Christ; the Christian Education of children, youth and adults for the maturation in the faith; and worldwide ministry for the promotion of peace and justice in every aspect of life.
Services in American Sign Language · Part of General Alumni Association
3826 Wheeler Avenue, Houston, TX, 77004Service times
- Sunday 8am
- Sunday 11:30am
Phone: (713) 748-5420 · Website: http://www.wheelerbc.org/
Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 7,375 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Texas — 71,350 across the United States on The Church Map.
Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.
Ministries at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church
- Children's Bible Study
- Recovery Ministry
- Marriage Ministry
- Domestic Violence Awareness
- Alzheimer's Support
- Cancer Support Group
- Called to Change Ministry
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Latest from Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church's YouTube channel: Wednesday Bible Study (all videos).
The community around Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 41.3% (31.3–59.3%)
- Poverty Rate: 40.3% (28.3–52.3%)
- Unemployment: 21.0% (11.9–30.0%)
- Depression: 24.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.4%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church
- Nehemiah Community Church — 0.2 mi away
- University Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- TSU Catholic Newman Center — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Luke the Evangelist Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Tsu Wesley Student Center — 0.3 mi away
- A.D. Bruce Religion Center — 0.4 mi away
- One Church at True Light — 0.4 mi away
- Love In Action Church — 0.4 mi away
- Riverside United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Loyal Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
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- New Providence Missionary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Christian Home Missionary Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away