Whole Truth Lunchroom

The Whole Truth is tucked off a busy street in an unassuming brick building surrounded by houses. Although it’s owned by the church next door, the restaurant caters to a larger community. One fan is Wilson’s mayor, Bruce Rose. But the biggest celebrity is Bishop Omega, the pastor and general overseer of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, whose picture hangs throughout the narrow dining room at the Whole Truth. Based out of the state, the bishop’s sermons are streamed on a monitor for the Wilson church to see, and twice a year, he visits the local congregation. For those homecomings, Wilder says at least three buses make their way to the church and restaurant. “[You] can’t count the cars,” she says. “You can hardly get in the neighborhood.”