Celebrating Churches: Meadowbrook Baptist builds tiny homes

Volunteers from Meadowbrook Baptist Church in Robinson constructed two tiny homes in the Creekside Community Village in Waco. Creekside Community Village is a development of Mission Waco, a nonprofit focused on serving people struggling with homelessness and poverty. The community, according to KCEN in Waco, is in phase one of construction, which includes 35 tiny homes, each about 200 square feet.

Elmo Johnson, pastor of Rose of Sharon Missionary Baptist Church in Houston’s Fourth Ward, has retired. After 42 years, he preached his last sermon as pastor of the church on Feb. 22. Johnson served as president of the African American Fellowship of Texas and is a Texas Baptists Christian Life Commission commissioner. Johnson led his church in establishing Uplift Fourth Ward, a community development organization that has built more than 100 homes in Houston’s Fourth Ward.