First Baptist Church of Dallas has announced plans for the largest building program undertaken by a single congregation.
Plans for the $130-million building program were announced during Sunday services. The church, which has been located in downtown Dallas for more than a century, will have a new 3,000-seat sanctuary, a six-story religious education building, and an acre of green space. FBC's pastor, Dr. Robert Jeffress, says the campaign is more than a renovation. "For 140 years, First Baptist Church Dallas has been in the heart of one of America's greatest cities, but we have felt the need to not just renovate our facilities, but completely recreate our facilities [and] turn [them] into what I'm calling 'a spiritual oasis' in the middle of downtown Dallas," illustrates Jeffress. All buildings, except the sanctuary from 1890, will be torn down for the project. Dr. Jeffress says more than $60 million has already been pledged or given. The focus, however, is not on the scope of the project, says Jeffress. "This new campus is simply the means to achieve the true dream," the pastor begins. "The true dream is seeing people come from all over the metroplex to be transformed into disciples of Christ." Groundbreaking is scheduled for next summer. Jeffress reports that it will take at least two years to complete the project. FBC Dallas, with a membership of about 11,000, is one of the country's largest Southern Baptist congregations.
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