We've been with Dallas through thick and thin.
Dallas in the mid-1800s was one wild and reckless burg. Several Baptist churches were run out of town before eight women and three men formed our determined little congregation and put down roots in 1868.
Our first building, on Akard, cost a whopping $6,000. We soon outgrew it. The cornerstone of the historic sanctuary where we worship today was laid in 1890. The campus now covers six city blocks. That definitely puts us in the category of large churches; however, one thing our members have been able to do through the past century and a half is maintain the feeling of a warm, intimate community. We hear it over and over again: This doesn't feel like a huge church.
Through the years, First Baptist Dallas has been a downtown anchor and a nationally recognized beacon of Bible teaching, a tradition extended to a new generation with the call of Dr. Robert Jeffress as pastor in 2007.
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