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First Baptist Dallas is a Baptist megachurch located in Dallas, Texas. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. It was established in 1868. The church is considered influential in Dallas and among evangelical Christians in the United States, because of its community involvement through 21 missions.The First Baptist Church of Dallas founded many former affiliating and existing notable ministries from Silent Friends to First Baptist Academy to Criswell College, several radio stations, and Dallas Life, a mission for the homeless on the southern edge of Downtown Dallas. In 2018, the church claimed 13,000 members. The current pastor is Dr. Robert Jeffress (2007), appointed after Pastor Mac Brunson (1999), who succeeded Pastor O.S. Hawkins (1993), who then succeeded Pastor Joel C. Gregory (1990). The preceding pastors before Dr. Joel C. Gregory were the esteemed Dr. W.A. Criswell (1944) and George Washington Truett (1897). History The First Baptist Church of Dallas was established on July 30, 1868, with eleven founding members. They convened in the Masonic Hall, located on Lamar Street near Ross Avenue. In 1872, the congregation pooled their funds together to purchase the first building, on Akard, in downtown Dallas. The cornerstone of the sanctuary that the congregation worships in today was laid in 1891. Since the 1970s, the church has established a number of ministries that are affiliated with the church. First Baptist Academy of Dallas and Criswell College (formerly Criswell Bible Institute) were formed to champion Christian education. In the mid-1970s, Criswell College purchased KCBI to be used as a Christian radio station. The station has resided on the lower frequencies of FM. Now at 90.9 FM, KCBI broadcasts as part of the Criswell Radio Network, and includes KCCE and KSAO of San Angelo, Texas, and KCBK of Frederick, Oklahoma. In 2013, Ted Cruz, invited by Robert Jeffress, attended the church and gave a speech on faith and the U.S. Constitution to the congregation. Jeffress praised Cruz as "a strong leader and a committed Christian".In 2013, a 3,000 seat Worship Center and expansion was built at the cost of $130 million, close to the historic building. The center has 178,000 square feet (16,500 m2) of space, and the older facilities were also renovated.In 2018, the church claimed 13,000 members. Senior pastors W. W. Harris was the first pastor and was followed by several others during the early years of the church. In 1897, the first of the two most notable pastors, George Washington Truett, accepted the position of Pastor and remained there until his death in July 1944. In 1944, Dr. W. A. Criswell became the pastor of the church. During his tenure, the church expanded to multiple buildings covering five blocks in Downtown Dallas, eventually becoming the largest Southern Baptist church in the world. Dr. Criswell became Pastor Emeritus from 1995 until his death in 2002. In 1990, Joel Gregory became pastor, followed by O. S. Hawkins in 1993, Mac Brunson in 1999, and Robert Jeffress in 2007. Facilities By the virtue of Dr. W.A. Criswell's Pastorship, in 2013, First Baptist Dallas completed another historically major renovation and expansion of their facilities, including construction of a new worship center. With a price tag of $130,000,000 it is the most expensive Protestant building project in modern history. In 2019 they announced another $35,000,000 expansion to the Horner Family Center and the addition of a new parking garage, growing the Family Center to 179,000 square feet from an original 98,500 preexisting square footage.FBC Dallas has a 3,000 seat worship center as well as a large skywalk. It also contains computer-synchronized water fountain playing music. Despite implosion of a large portion of their six-block campus, First Baptist retains the original worship center (in addition to its new worship center) as an ancillary venue for worship services, weddings and other events. Controversies W. A. Criswell Pastor W. A. Criswell never spoke in support of racial segregation in his sermons but was critical of the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education and of federal intervention against de jure southern segregation. In 1956 he made an address denouncing forced integration to a South Carolina evangelism conference. A day later, he addressed the South Carolina legislature remarking that he "strongly favored racial segregation" and charged that those who were attempting to integrate the white church were "infidels, dying from the neck up." He was particularly critical of the National Council of Churches and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. However, after his 1968 election as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, he said that his church already had many non-white members and was open to all regardless of race. In 1970, he remarked that he had "come to the profound conclusion that to separate by coercion the body of Christ on the basis of skin pigmentation was unthinkable, unchristian and unacceptable to God". He asserted publicly, "I don't think that segregation could have been or was at any time intelligently, seriously supported by the Bible.In September 1992, after 2 years of pastoring, senior pastor Joel C. Gregory announced his resignation, claiming it was due to the refusal of Pastor W.A Criswell to relinquish control of the church, despite Gregory being the senior pastor de jure. In 1994, Gregory published the book "Too Great a Temptation: The Seductive Power of America's Super Church", detaling his reasons for leaving. Robert Jeffress Since 2008, Pastor Robert Jeffress has been involved in numerous controversies, for hate speech against homosexuals, Muslims, Catholics, Mormons and president Barack Obama. In November 2008, Jeffress, in his sermon "Gay Is Not OK", stated that "What they [homosexuals] do is filthy. It [fellatio] is so degrading that it is beyond description. And it is their filthy behavior that explains why they are so much more prone to disease." In September 2010, Pastor Jeffress branded Islam as an "evil, evil religion", claiming that it "promoted pedophilia". And in December 2010, Jeffress established a "Naughty and Nice List" where businesses are identified based on whether or not they openly celebrated Christmas, saying "I wanted to do something positive to encourage businesses to acknowledge Christmas and not bow to the strident voices of a minority who object to the holiday." Also in 2010, he referred to Roman Catholicism as a "Satanic" result of "Babylonian mystery religion". In October 2011 at the Values Voter Summit, Jeffress branded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) as "a cult". He received widespread criticism for his statement, but he has not retracted it despite then U.S. presidential candidate and LDS church member Mitt Romney's request for him to do so. On November 4, 2012, the Sunday before the 2012 election, Jeffress said th.... Discover the O S Hawkins popular books. Find the top 100 most popular O S Hawkins books.

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