Upcoming Events at The Ballroom at Bayou Place
Thu Jan 17, 12:00 PM - Thu Jan 17, 2:00 PM
500 Texas Street, Houston, TX 77002
Community: Downtown Houston
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Join us in honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with special guests Rev. Dr. Bill Lawson and American's Got Talent Finalist Christina Wells. Please RSVP by Tuesday, Jan. 15. Guests are $50. Rev. Dr. William A. “Bill” Lawson Biography Rev. Dr. William A. “Bill” Lawso
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Join us in honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with special guests Rev. Dr. Bill Lawson and American's Got Talent Finalist Christina Wells.
Please RSVP by Tuesday, Jan. 15. Guests are $50.
Rev. Dr. William A. “Bill” Lawson Biography
Rev. Dr. William A. “Bill” Lawson was born in St. Louis, Mo., and reared by Walter and Clarisse Lawson Cade in Kansas City, Kansas, where he graduated from Sumner High School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology at Tennessee A&I State University in Nashville. He returned to Kansas City to attend Central Baptist Theological Seminary, which conferred upon him the Bachelor of Divinity and Master of Theology degrees.
While in seminary, he was married to the love of his life, the late Audrey H. Lawson of St. Louis. They were married for 62 years. The Lawson’s have four children, Melanie Lawson, Cheryl Lawson, Eric Lawson, and Roxanne Lawson. Son-in-laws are John Guess and Thomas Carter. Grandchildren are Robyn Troup and Raven Troup, and grandson-in-law is Alex Koby.
Rev. Lawson came to Houston after graduation from seminary to serve as director of the Baptist Student Union and Professor of Bible at the new (eight years old) Texas Southern University. He served in that position for ten years, also becoming director of Upward Bound, a pre-college program for high school students on the TSU campus. During his years at TSU, a number of residents of the neighborhood persuaded the Lawson’s to establish a church near the university.
Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church was established in their home in June, 1962. The congregation has grown to over 5,000 members, with many outreach programs, and is much respected in the community. Since the church was born and lived its infant years during the Civil Rights Movement, Rev. Lawson has been deeply involved in advocacy activities for minorities and the poor. Rev. Lawson was a central figure in working with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to turn around the Houston community during those tumultuous years.
In 1996, the Houston community honored him with the creation of a non-profit advocacy agency called WALIPP, the William A. Lawson Institute for Peace and Prosperity. That agency has gone before public officials and bodies on behalf of the underc
Please RSVP by Tuesday, Jan. 15. Guests are $50.
Rev. Dr. William A. “Bill” Lawson Biography
Rev. Dr. William A. “Bill” Lawson was born in St. Louis, Mo., and reared by Walter and Clarisse Lawson Cade in Kansas City, Kansas, where he graduated from Sumner High School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology at Tennessee A&I State University in Nashville. He returned to Kansas City to attend Central Baptist Theological Seminary, which conferred upon him the Bachelor of Divinity and Master of Theology degrees.
While in seminary, he was married to the love of his life, the late Audrey H. Lawson of St. Louis. They were married for 62 years. The Lawson’s have four children, Melanie Lawson, Cheryl Lawson, Eric Lawson, and Roxanne Lawson. Son-in-laws are John Guess and Thomas Carter. Grandchildren are Robyn Troup and Raven Troup, and grandson-in-law is Alex Koby.
Rev. Lawson came to Houston after graduation from seminary to serve as director of the Baptist Student Union and Professor of Bible at the new (eight years old) Texas Southern University. He served in that position for ten years, also becoming director of Upward Bound, a pre-college program for high school students on the TSU campus. During his years at TSU, a number of residents of the neighborhood persuaded the Lawson’s to establish a church near the university.
Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church was established in their home in June, 1962. The congregation has grown to over 5,000 members, with many outreach programs, and is much respected in the community. Since the church was born and lived its infant years during the Civil Rights Movement, Rev. Lawson has been deeply involved in advocacy activities for minorities and the poor. Rev. Lawson was a central figure in working with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to turn around the Houston community during those tumultuous years.
In 1996, the Houston community honored him with the creation of a non-profit advocacy agency called WALIPP, the William A. Lawson Institute for Peace and Prosperity. That agency has gone before public officials and bodies on behalf of the underc
