First Baptist Church of Dallas, where Dr. Robert Jeffress is the senior pastor, was forced to hold its Sunday services at the Dallas Convention Center after a four-alarm fire tore through the 134-year-old Historic Sanctuary of the church on Friday.
It took 100 firefighters to keep the fire contained, but the damage to that chapel building was severe.
VIDEO: Aerial footage of the fire at First Baptist Church in downtown Dallas, Texas.
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Pastor Clint Pressley of Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte, N.C. posted, “If the SBC (Southern Baptist Convention) had a Notre Dame it would be FBC Dallas. This is heartbreaking. Praying the Lord is merciful.”
If the SBC had a Notre Dame it would be FBC Dallas. This is heartbreaking. Praying the Lord is merciful. https://t.co/FfE0IayzOe
— Clint Pressley (@pastorclint) July 20, 2024
The building that burned dates back to 1890. The rest of the campus, which spans six blocks in Dallas, was preserved.
While mourning the severe damage to the Victorian-style structure, Pastor Jeffress stated, “It’s not the building, it’s what that building represents: it represented the bedrock foundation of God’s Word that never changes… We are going to
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