In a service Sunday morning, First Baptist Dallas plans to mark the anniversary of a July 19 four-alarm fire that destroyed its historic sanctuary. The 134-year-old sanctuary, located in the heart of ...

First Baptist Dallas leaders and congregants on Sunday marked the one-year anniversary of the devastating four-alarm fire that destroyed the downtown church’s historic sanctuary. Church officials ...

First Baptist Dallas Sr. Exec. Pastor Ben Lovvorn (left) holds a ceremonial plaque that was given the Dallas Fire-Rescue Deputy Chief Gill Peña by Pastor Robert Jeffress (not pictured) as the church ...

The shell of the burned out First Baptist Church is seen from the Dallas Regional Chamber office in downtown Dallas, June 24, 2025. Scaffolding is erected around the remaining structure as they are ...