FIRST -- Baptist Church in Dallas, Dallas TX
N 32° 47.072 W 096° 47.984
14S E 706059 N 3629543
The First Baptist Church of Dallas is, not surprisingly, the first Baptist church in Dallas
Waymark Code: WMR3WM
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/09/2016
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One of the first megachurches in Texas, First Baptist Church of Dallas has 11,000 members and over 7000 people attend weekly services.
The state historic marker on the 1890 sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of Dallas reads as follows:
"FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
(The First Baptist Church in Dallas)
Organized 1868; first building (1871) on this site was one-room frame structure, which members financed by weaving rugs, making hominy, preserves, and cheese to sell at fairs near Dallas, then a frontier town of 2,500.
Section of Victorian-style, red brick building was erected 1890; is only downtown Dallas church still on original site. George W. Truett, noted minister, was pastor here 47 years and was succeeded by W. A. Criswell, 1944.
Recorded Texas Historic Lamdmark - 1968"
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1868
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