Experience the New Campus

The new 1.5 million square feet, state-of-the-art First Baptist Church Dallas will be LEED certified and include a 3,000-seat worship center and an expansive four-floor education building. At the heart of the campus will be a fountain plaza that will add one acre of new green gathering places and an oval pool with a stone water tower topped with a cross.

Across from the new First Baptist Church Dallas worship center and connected by a sweeping glass concourse, will be an expansive four-and-a-half-floor education building for the preschool, children and youth ministries; including play areas, an expansive gymnasium and an outdoor patio. An adjacent, enclosed parking structure with 500-plus spaces will provide convenient drop-off for young families.

During the Nov. 1, 2009 worship services, Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert leads a prayer for the future of First Baptist Church Dallas and the city of Dallas as Dr. Robert Jeffress, Pastor, kneels beside.

Dr. Robert Jeffress, Pastor of First Baptist Church Dallas, reiterates the need for a church campus that highlights the splendor and majesty of God for the people of Dallas during the Nov. 1, 2009 worship services. The new state-of-the-art plan will help to maintain the historic elements of the First Baptist campus, including the original sanctuary, while establishing new, energy efficient buildings that can become a part of Dallas’ future for generations to come.

First Baptist Church Dallas congregants pray, prior to the new campus presentation, during the First Baptist Church Dallas Nov. 1 worship services.

Mark Lovvorn, chairman of the First Baptist Church Dallas Planning and Development Committee, and Dr. Robert Jeffress, Pastor, recognize the 16-members that worked for 21 months to help develop the plans of the 21st Century, state-of-the-art campus during the Nov. 1, 2009 worship services.

The current historic sanctuary of First Baptist Church Dallas, first built in 1890, will remain a vital part of the new state-of-the-art campus.

On Nov. 1, 2009, the congregation of First Baptist Church Dallas overwhelmingly affirmed recommended plans to proceed with a $123 million capital campaign to build an expansive new 1.5 million square foot, state-of-the-art campus, making it the largest church building program in modern history, according to church fundraising experts.

During the Nov. 1, 2009 worship services, Dr. Robert Jeffress, Pastor of First Baptist Church Dallas, shares the vision of the new 21st Century, state-of-the-art campus as it relates to the recent downtown Dallas revitalization, emphasizing the need for a spiritual oasis in the heart of the City.

Mark Lovvorn, chairman of First Baptist Church Dallas’ Planning and Development Committee, recaps the 21-month process of researching and developing the new 21st Century campus plans to the First Baptist congregation on Nov. 1, 2009.

On Announcement Sunday, May 16, Mark Lovvorn, Chairman of the church's Planning & Development Committee, announces that congregational response totaled $115,062,000 - enabling First Baptist Dallas to recreate its downtown campus.

Planning & Development Committee Chairman Mark Lovvorn, Pastor Jeffress and Mayor Tom Leppert countdown right before pushing the ceremonial detonator.

With a series of ear-piercing pops, nearly 200 pounds of dynamite brought down the Burt, Christian Education, Ruth Ray Hunt and Veal Buildings Saturday morning, Oct. 30.

As dust clears from the implosion site, the morning sunlight shines unobstructed on the historic sanctuary steeple for the first time in 83 years.

Witnesses were awestruck by this obvious sign of God's protection and favor upon our 142-year old congregation.