The ministries of Woodridge Baptist Church have reached countless individuals in the Kingwood area and beyond in its over 30-year history.
A mission-minded church from the start, Woodridge Baptist Church was originally a church-plant of Kingwood First Baptist. The Sand Creek Mission, as it was originally called, first met in a local elementary school in 1988 with 24 members present at its first Sunday School meeting.
On April 22, 1990, Sand Creek Mission became an autonomous church with 55 charter members and changed its name to Willow Terrace Baptist Church. After the retirement of Reverend Bob Harris in May 1992, the congregation called Greg Wallace as its new pastor.
In 1993, Willow Terrace Baptist Church was changed to Woodridge Baptist Church as a merger with the existing Woodridge Baptist Church of Houston, which voted to donate its remaining assets to a new church to help it construct its first building. The newly named Woodridge Baptist Church of Kingwood still met in schools and other local church facilities until the completion of the building in 1994.
“What a great day to get onto this property and to build that first building,” said Pastor Emeritus, Greg Wallace. “It’s just been 30 plus years of people giving and committing to reach Kingwood and the world.”
With a quickly growing congregation, the church voted to build a 41,000 square foot education and recreation building in the spring of 2000.
“The campus here — we’ve seen it change dramatically,” said church member Roy Mace. “When we first joined, we were meeting in what’s now called the Shelter, and very quickly we started to move toward multiple services.”
Under the leadership of Dr. Jeremy Evans, Woodridge continued to grow and reach the community, becoming a beacon of hope during local disasters, such as Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
“Whenever there are disasters or recovery efforts that need to be put in place…we very quickly extend that out to the greater community,” Mace said. “We’ve seen that in Harvey and other natural disasters—by making the church, the gym, the kitchen facilities—a place where people could come and get a meal and where they can get some items to make it another day.”
Woodridge Baptist Church’s vision statement is “To see Kingwood renewed by a gospel movement that brings personal conversion and transformation, community development, and cultural renewal that spreads to the nations.”
As the church has continued to grow and minister, however, there has been a lack of space.
“Just in the last few years, we have seen almost 700 new members join our church family,” Dr. Jeremy Evans said in his campaign letter to the church family. “Upward Sports, our largest community outreach ministry, has more than quadrupled in size. Not to mention, we are in need of classroom space for our children, student, and adult ministries.”
In early 2025, Woodridge voted to start a campaign and building project entitled ‘For Christ & Our Future’. The project, based on Psalm 100:5, includes plans to demolish the current student space, called the Shelter, and construct a state-of-the-art, multi-court gymnasium to serve as a hub for fellowship, athletics, and events, while also renovating the existing gym into versatile classrooms to support discipleship growth and ministry.
“The hope is that once our project is complete, we will be set up for the next ten years of ministry together,” Evans said. “Today, I am inviting you to become a part of making this vision a reality.”
More information and pledge opportunities regarding the “For Christ & Our Future” campaign can be found at woodridge.org/future.