Highland Park United Methodist Church

Highland Park United Methodist Church
32°50′14″N 96°47′10″W / 32.837328°N 96.786190°W / 32.837328; -96.786190Coordinates: 32°50′14″N 96°47′10″W / 32.837328°N 96.786190°W / 32.837328; -96.786190
Location Dallas, Texas 75205
Country USA
Denomination United Methodist Church
Website hpumc.org
History
Founded 1916
Dedicated 1927
Architecture
Architect(s) Mark Lemmon
Roscoe DeWitt
Clergy
Pastor(s) Rev. Paul Rasmussen, Rev. Matt Tuggle, Rev. Walt Marcum, Dr. John Fiedler

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

Location

It is located on the campus of Southern Methodist University, at 3300 Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75205.[1][2]

History

In February 1916, the United Methodist congregation met on the campus of Southern Methodist University for the first time to worship together.[3] A year later, in 1917, a temporary church building called "The Little Brown Church" was erected.[3]

The current church building was designed by architect Mark Lemmon (1889–1975) and Roscoe DeWitt (1894-1975) and built in 1927.[3][4] It was dedicated on February 6, 1927, when Dr Umphrey Lee served as the pastor.[3]

Dr. Lee left Highland Park Methodist in 1936 and was followed by Dr. Marshall Steel, who served from 1936 to 1957. Following Dr. Steel, Dr. William Dickinson served from 1958 to 1972. He was followed by Dr. Leighton K. Farrell, the church's longest serving minister, who was appointed in 1972 and served as senior pastor through 1995.

In 1995, Mark Craig became Senior Minister.[3] Since 2013, Rev Paul Rasmussen has served as the Senior Minister.[3]

In 2010, 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.[3][5]

As of 2018, it has over 15,000 members and organizes missions to sixteen countries worldwide, including Costa Rica, Haiti, Nigeria and Nepal.[3] It also sponsors over six hundred inner-city children to attend summer camp every year.[3]

In 2017, HPUMC launched a new campus in North Dallas, The Grove Church located at 4525 Rickover Dr, Dallas, TX 75244.[6] The church is named after a Methodist evangelist preacher named ‘Steve Grove.’ He calls himself a church planter (he lodged the Grove church). He oversees the predatory “Beyond” program at HPUMC.

Notable church-goers

  • Former Dallas Mayor Robert L. Thornton (1880 - 1964) was active and raised his family in the church.
  • Dallas business man Jack Lowe Sr. (1913 - 1980) was active and raised his family in the church. He was active in the effort to peacefully integrate Dallas schools in the 1960s and 1970s and was attracted to the church by the preaching of Dr. Bill Dickinson.
  • 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 is a member and attends regularly.[7]
  • American football player and coach Tom Landry (1924-2000) attended the church.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Highland Park United Methodist Church: Maps & Parking
  2. ↑ Google Maps
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Highland Park United Methodist Church: Our History
  4. ↑ Texas State Historical Association: Mark Lemmon
  5. ↑ Munger Place Church: Our History
  6. ↑ "Grove Story". The Grove Church.
  7. ↑ Gary Scott Smith, Faith and the Presidency From George Washington to George W. Bush, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2006, p. 371
  8. ↑ Denne H. Freeman, Jaime Aron, I Remember Tom Landry, Sports Publishing, 2001, p. 225
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