DALLAS — Four buildings of First Baptist Church, Dallas will be imploded Oct. 30 to make way for a $115 million campus plan to recreate the downtown church’s facilities.
The 143-year-old church raised more than $115 million in a six-month capital campaign in what consultants said is the largest ever pledged for a Protestant church building program in the United States.
The campaign was launched last fall with a $130 million goal, but plans for the complex were pared down to limit cost. Highlights of the new campus will include a 3,000-seat worship center, a new education building, a fountain plaza with a water tower topped by a cross, hundreds more parking spaces and a sky bridge that will tie together different parts of the new campus.
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