La Prada Drive Church of Christ - Texas Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

The La Prada Drive Church of Christ is located at 2724 La Prada Drive in Mesquite.

Marker Number: 11830 Marker Text: This congregation first met in members' homes at the end of the 19th century. In 1907 three trustees of the church - Chester Williams, G. M. Purcell, and Claude Hocker - purchased property near what would become Fair Park. An existing white frame building was used for 47 years, with the name of the church changing in accordance with street name changes. Members helped form the Ewing Avenue Church of Christ in Oak Cliff in 1949. Moving to a new site on Bruton Road in 1954, the congregation contributed their money, time, and talents to construct a red brick sanctuary, which served for many years. By the 1970s many members had moved to the northeast Dallas suburbs. In 1976 elders purchased more than four acres of land on La Prada Drive. Due to the rapid sale of the Bruton Road facility, services were held in a Mesquite school until a new church building was completed in December 1979. In keeping with the traditions of its founders, the church is guided by elders and deacons; male members do all speaking and teaching. There is no Sunday School. Singing without instruments is practiced. The congregation is active in foreign and domestic missionary service and community outreach. (1998)

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