Our Story

Shady Acres Baptist Church was founded over 100 years ago in the edge of a neighborhood called, “The Heights”. The first church was located at 2104 Bevis in Houston, Texas.

Jack Wood was called to be pastor.

The church began to grow. After remodeling the building several times, it was decided the church should move to a larger facility. The church bought Inwood Baptist Church on 7330 Vogel Road. It was not very long until the new church building on Vogel began to fill up; so for several years, Bro. Wood gathered the men on Saturday night to pray for the corner lot that was next to us. After praying and dealing with the owner of property, God gave us a green light. We bought that property and soon started building an even bigger building on the corner of Victory and Vogel. Because Pastor Wood had a desire to build the building debt free, it took seven years to complete the project.

Bro. Wood had to have open-heart surgery. The next year, he developed diabetes.

Bro. Wood resigned and the church called Bro. Danny Farley (his son-in-law) to be their pastor. Missions was always Bro. Wood's heartbeat. He taught us all to love missions and to give until it hurt. Millions of dollars have gone to foreign fields from this church. It continues to be our main objective.

Brother Wood traveled for several years until he became very ill and passed away November 12, 1998. Brad Witbracht was saved in 1998 in Portland, Oregon.

God called Bro. Brad Witbracht and his family to come serve at Shady Acres.

Our church fulfilled Bro. Wood’s dream of giving over $1,000,000.00 to missions in a fiscal year. We had pledged around $800,000 in Faith Promise but gave over one million in actual giving.

On Sunday, January 21, 2024, Pastor Farley resigned and turned the church over to Pastor Brad Witbracht. Bro. Farley continues to be an assistant and member of our church.