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 First Presbyterian Church of Fort Worth Posted by:  QuesterMark
N 32° 44.894 W 097° 20.561
14S E 655266 N 3624591
This marker, in front of First Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth, recounts the story of how the Southern Presbyterian Church and the Northern Presbyterian church merged to work together.
Waymark Code: WM1QR8
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/25/2007
Views: 91
Index Entry: First Presbyterian Church of Fort Worth
Address: 1000 Penn St.
City: Fort Worth
County: Tarrant
Subject Codes: CH; PR
Year Marker Erected: 1992
Designations: na
Marker Location: 1000 Penn St., Fort Worth.
Marker Size: 27" x 42"
Marker Number: 1836
Marker Text:
The Fort Worth Presbyterian Church was organized in 1873 with ten charter members. Affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, U. S. ("Southern"), the congregation built a frame sanctuary at the corner of 4th and Calhoun Streets. In 1886 the name was changed to First Presbyterian Church of Fort Worth, and a new stone structure was built in 1890.
A Fort Worth congregation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church was formed in 1878. When the Cumberland Presbyterian Church affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. ("Northern") in 1906, the word Cumberland was dropped from the local church's name.
Desiring to work together to serve the community with worship and missionary programs, the two Fort Worth congregations united in 1916 to form a federation, the first such union in Texas. The members met together and shared one pastor, but maintained separate national affiliations. The congregation erected a new edifice at this site, opening it on December 23, 1956. The "Southern" and "Northern" denominations united in 1983 to form the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). (1992)
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