Highland Park United Methodist Church

Highland Park United Methodist Church
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) Paul Rasmussen

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]

In 1995, Mark Craig became Senior Minister.[3] Since 2011, Rev Paul Rasmussen has served as the Senior Minister.[3] 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.[3][5]

As of 2013, 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]

Notable church-goers

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. ↑ Gary Scott Smith, Faith and the Presidency From George Washington to George W. Bush, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2006, p. 371
  7. ↑ Denne H. Freeman, Jaime Aron, I Remember Tom Landry, Sports Publishing, 2001, p. 225

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