Millions of dollars have gone to foreign fields from this church. He taught us all to love missions and to give until it hurt. Brother Wood traveled for several years until he became very ill and passed away November 12, 1998. In 1995 he retired and the church called Bro. Because he had a desire to build the building debt free, it took seven years to complete the project. We bought that property and soon started building an even bigger building on the corner of Victory and Vogel. After praying and dealing with the owner of property, God gave us a green light. Wood gathered the men on Saturday night to pray for the corner lot that was next to us. It was not very long until the new church building on Vogel began to fill up so for several years, Bro. The church bought Inwood Baptist Church on 7330 Vogel in 1985. The church began to grow and after remodeling the building several times, it was decided the church would move to a larger facility. Jack Wood was called in as pastor in the summer of 1974. The first church was located at 2104 Bevis in Houston, Texas. Shady Acres Baptist Church was founded over 100 years ago in the edge of a neighborhood called the Heights.
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