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Highland Park United Methodist Church

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Location
  
Dallas, Texas 75205

Website
  
hpumc.org

Dedicated
  
1927

Architect
  
Mark Lemmon

Country
  
USA

Founded
  
1916

Phone
  
+1 214-521-3111

Denomination
  
United Methodist Church

Address
  
3300 Mockingbird Ln, Dallas, TX 75205, USA

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Highland Park United Methodist Church is a United Methodist church in Dallas, Texas.

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Location

It is located on the campus of Southern Methodist University, at 3300 Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75205.

History

In February 1916, the United Methodist congregation met on the campus of Southern Methodist University for the first time to worship together. A year later, in 1917, a temporary church building called "The Little Brown Church" was erected.

The current church building was designed by architect Mark Lemmon (1889–1975) and Roscoe DeWitt (1894-1975) and built in 1927. It was dedicated on February 6, 1927, when Dr Umphrey Lee served as the pastor.

In 1995, Mark Craig became Senior Minister. Since 2011, Rev Paul Rasmussen has served as the Senior Minister. That same year, after much restoration, the Munger Place Church located at 5200 Bryan St, Dallas, TX 75206 in the Munger Place Historic District, Old East Dallas became the East Dallas satellite of the Highland Park United Methodist Church.

As of 2013, it has over 15,000 members and organizes missions to sixteen countries worldwide, including Costa Rica, Haiti, Nigeria and Nepal. It also sponsors over six hundred inner-city children to attend summer camp every year.

Notable church-goers

  • Former American President George W. Bush attended the church from 1989 to 1995. He volunteered in a ministry to help low-income, mostly Hispanic families. He has attended since his Presidency concluded. He currently attends and is a member.
  • American football player and coach Tom Landry 1924-2000) attended the church.
  • References

    Highland Park United Methodist Church Wikipedia