first presbyterian church of dallas report

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First Presbyterian Church of Dallas:

Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life

By Peter Bratt

Located in the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan region, the First Presbyterian Church

of Dallas (“First Presbyterian”) sits at the crossroads of many ways of life. Physically, First

Presbyterian is located on Harwood, Wood, and Young Streets and Park Avenue on the southeast

corner of Downtown Dallas. In a larger sense, the congregation is located on the border of North

and South Dallas, at the edge of Downtown Dallas and the surrounding residential neighborhood,

in a metropolitan region undergoing tremendous demographic and economic changes.

This report sees some possible future paths for First Presbyterian’s by looking at the

congregation’s past and present. Using a variety of data sources, this report tells First

Presbyterian’s story in the context of the past fifty years at the crossroads of life.

First Presbyterian Membership

First Presbyterian’s membership trends over the past one hundred years provides an excellent

starting point for understanding the congregation’s story (see Figure 1). In the early 1900s, First

Presbyterian’s membership more than tripled in twenty five years, jumping from 750 members in

1904 to 2,677 by 1926. In 1926, a sizeable number of members were dismissed by the church to

form Highland Park Presbyterian Church, a congregation which soon surpassed the mother

church in size and eventually became the largest Presbyterian congregation in the United States

after 1945. Despite this loss, membership numbers recovered within two years and remained

around 2,700 until 1937. Upon the arrival of Brown, the congregation’s membership increased

rapidly, rising from 2,694 in 1936 to 3,913 by 1948.

Figure 1

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With rapid population growth following WWII, the Presbytery of Dallas began planting churches

in the newly build developments on the outskirts of Dallas. First Presbyterian supported this

endeavor in earnest, encouraging congregants to join five newly formed churches: Preston

Hollow (founded in 1949), Wynnewood (1950), Glendale Heights (1952), John Calvin (1953),

and Casa Linda (1953).2 With the development of these congregations, First Presbyterian’s

membership dropped from 3,913 members in 1948 to 2,833 by 1953, a 27% drop. However,

membership eventually stabilized, rising from 2,822 in 1953 to 3,130 by 1958, and remained

around 3,000 members until the early 1970s. Membership declined for the next twenty years,

falling from 3,054 in 1970 to 1,481 by 1994, and has remained between 1,550 and 1,700 for the

past fifteen years.

PCUSA Congregations and Membership

First Presbyterian has been a flagship congregation in metropolitan Dallas since the late 19th

Century, and was the first Presbyterian congregation in the city. By 1904, First Presbyterian had

been joined by five other Presbyterian congregations, a number which grew to ten by 1930, 18

by 1955, and 47 by 1980. Figure 2 shows the rapid growth of the membership of these

congregations from 1904 to the 1980s, growth which was followed by steady decline after 1990.

Figure 2: PCUSA Membership, 1904-2009

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The growth and decline of Presbyterian Church of the United States America (PCUSA)

congregations is better seen by plotting the membership of the five largest congregations (as of

2010) from 1904 to 2009. Figure 3 shows that much of the overall post-1990 membership

decline has occurred in Highland Park Presbyterian, a large congregation that became smaller as

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a large percentage of its membership left to form Park Cities Presbyterian Church in 1991.

Preston Hollow likewise experienced membership decline since 1990, but much of the turnover

appears to be due to changes in pastoral leadership. Oak Cliff’s slow and steady membership

decline since 1958 is testimony to the changing demographics in South Dallas, as well as move

by the congregation which did not result in a resulting gain in membership. In contrast, First

Presbyterian experienced little membership decline since 1990, avoiding much of the turmoil and

strife that has convulsed many a Presbyterian congregation. However, as Carol Adams notes,

First Presbyterian experienced some turbulence in the late 1950s and early 1960s over a number

of issues, including race, the Vietnam War, and the changing American metropolis.

Figure 3

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First Presbyterian’s current membership is impacted by the location of other PCUSA churches.

As of 2010, there are 13 PCUSA congregations located in Dallas, three in Richardson, three in

Plano, two in Garland, and 14 other in suburbs surrounding Dallas. Figure shows that almost all

PCUSA churches are located in northern suburbs and on the north side of Interstate 30. In the

past 15 years, a number of congregations have been consolidated or closed in the past fifteen

years, many which were located in East or South Dallas.

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PCA Congregations and Membership

The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) was formed in 1973 as conservative congregations

in the Presbyterian Church United States (PCUS) left the denomination over its support of civil

rights, involvement in social issues long-considered to be outside the interest of the church, and

the perceived theological liberalization of the church. In metropolitan Dallas, John Knox (which

closed in 2001) was the first congregation to leave the PCUS in 1973, and was followed by

Lakewood (which had split from Northridge Presbyterian Church in 1957 over property issues

rather than theological concerns) in 1974, Casa Linda (which was renamed New Covenant) in

1981, and Park Cities in 1991. In addition to these churches, the PCA planted five congregations

since 1995, all which can be seen on the map in Figure 5.

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PCA congregations in metropolitan Dallas have seen steady membership growth, jumping from

100 members in 1973 to 5,853 by 2009. However, as Figure 6 shows, the initial boost in

numbers came from arrival of New Covenant in 1981, which promptly saw its membership

decline rapidly over the following decade. The formation of Park Cities in 1991 bought a swell

of new members to the denomination, as the congregation grew from 1,700 members in 1991 to

4,421 by 2003. Indeed, from 1991 to 2003, Park Cities accounted for 80% of the PCA total

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membership, a percentage that has dropped to 72% by 2009 as three new churches were planted

by Park Cities.

While many PCA and PCUSA congregations have seen a decline in membership since the early

1990s, First Presbyterian’s membership has remained constant, and shows signs of being among

the few Presbyterian congregations bucking the trend of declining membership.

First Presbyterian: Budget and Pledging

While First Presbyterian’s membership declined between 1970 and 1994 and remained static in

the following fifteen years, the congregation’s finances paint a more nuanced picture. Figure 7

shows First Presbyterian’s budget from 1925 to the present, as well as the budget adjusted for

inflation using 2010 dollars. Looking at the inflation adjusted dollars, the church’s budget grew

significantly after 1980, with a capital campaign (1983-1987) and the growth the First

Presbyterian Foundation, which was established in 1958. Much of the growth in the

congregation’s budget was due to impressive capital campaigns in the 1980s and in the late

2000s.

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Pledging figures show a slow but steady increase in giving since 1964 (when pledging figures

were first reported). Using inflation-adjusted dollars, Figure 8 shows that pledging has remained

above $1,500,000 following the conclusion of a major capital campaign in 1987, and began

climbing upwards after the mid-1990s. Even with the economic shocks in 2001 and 2008, which

reduced giving, did not bring First Presbyterian below 1987 pledging levels, even though the

congregation was slightly larger in 1987 than in 2008.

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Figure 8

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Figure 9 shows First Presbyterian’s annual budget and corresponding pledging figures from 1964

to 2009, while Figure 10 shows the same information adjusted for inflation. The large growth in

non-pledging income has allowed First Presbyterian’s budget to grow significantly in the past

decade.

Figure 9

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Figure 10

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According to PCUSA records, First Presbyterian has four major sources of non-pledging income.

Capital Funding denotes money raised specifically for a building campaign, and Figure 11 below

shows significant capital projects in 1985 to 1989, 1999-2001, and 2007 to the present.

Foundation income comes first the First Presbyterian Foundation, which provides a designated

amount of income to the congregation on an annual basis. Bequests are gifts given to the

congregation through a will, and often this money designated to specific programs. Other income

includes funds received from oil rights First Presbyterian owns. Figure 12 shows the same

information in Figure 11 but adjusted for inflation using 2010 dollars.

Figure 11

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Figure 12

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When pledging and budget totals are calculated using inflation-adjusted dollars on a per-capita

basis, a few trends emerge. First, despite a decline in membership between 1970 and 1994, per-

capita giving remained constant. Secondly, as noted earlier, non-pledging sources of account for

a growing share of the church’s revenue since 1983.

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Who is Your Neighbor?

First Presbyterian’s membership

is largely located within the City

of Dallas. As shown in Figure 14,

of the 1,347 members located in

metropolitan Dallas, 916 live

within the City of Dallas, and

account for 68% of the

congregation’s membership.

Another 431 members (or 32%)

live in suburbs surrounding the

city. Of the 431 suburban

members, 54 live in Plano (4.0%

of the total membership), 50 in

Richardson (3.7), 33 live in both

Mesquite and Duncanville (2.4%

each), 29 live in Garland (2.2%),

26 in Irving (1.9%), and 15.3% of

all members live in 39 other

suburbs. See Figure 15 below for

the breakdown of First

Presbyterian’s suburban membership. Of First Presbyterian’s membership within the City of

Dallas, 288 residents live in neighborhoods (such as Lakewood, M Streets, East White Rock,

Ferguson Road, and Hollywood Heights) defined as East Dallas, and account for 23.3% of the

congregation’s total membership. 213 members (15.8%) live in neighborhoods in the Preston

Hollow section of Dallas (which includes Preston Estates, Far North Dallas, Renner, Northwest

Dallas, and Preston Hollow), 135 members live in Lake Highlands (10.0%), 94 members live in

Downtown and nearby Uptown, Deep Ellum and Old East Dallas neighborhoods (7.0%), 69

members live in the Park Cities (5.1%), 46 members live in Oak Cliff (3.4%), 28 members live

in South Dallas (2.1%), 13 members live in Pleasant Grove (1.0%), and 30 members live in other

scattered sections of Dallas (2% of total membership). See Figure 16 below for the breakdown of

First Presbyterian’s suburban membership.

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: Suburban Membership Figure 1617

: City of Dallas Membership

First Presbyterian’s membership is mapped below in Figure 17. As shown on the map, it is

heavily concentrated in East Dallas and Preston Hollow. The data is also shown in Appendix 1,

which provides the population of each zip code in the City of Dallas, and also breaks down the

data by race and ethnicity (Appendix 2 does the same for Dallas’s suburbs). In each appendix,

for each zip code the percentage of residents who are members of First Presbyterian is listed in

the FPD% column. Preston Hollow South (0.61%), Lakewood (0.45%), Uptown/Park Cities

(0.29%), Downtown East (0.24%), East White Rock (0.23%), and South Lake Highlands

(0.22%) have the highest First Presbyterian membership share of the total populations. The

suburbs surrounding Dallas have much lower total population membership shares than

neighborhoods in the city, with Sunnyvale (0.09%), Richardson (0.06%), and Addison (0.064%)

being the highest.

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Figure 17

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Dallas Transformed: 1990-2010

As noted earlier, the decline of Presbyterians congregations in Dallas is due in part to the

demographic transformation of the city. Indeed, the location of First Presbyterian’s membership

in Dallas impacted by the city’s changing racial and ethnic mosaic. Since the 1990 Census,

Dallas’s population increased by 19%, rising from 1,006,555 residents to 1,197,816 by 2010. At

the same time, the city’s White population has declined by almost 30%. The Black population of

Dallas increased slightly from 290,879 in 1990 to 299,634 in 2010 (although it fell from its 2000

total of 304,641), and dispersed to different parts of the city. Between 1990 and 2010 the

Hispanic population of Dallas more than doubled, climbing from 210,235 in 1990 to 507,309

residents in 2010, and this rapid growth led to the expansion of Hispanic population into many

different city neighborhoods. Figures 18 to 20 below show the concentration of Dallas’s 2010

White, Hispanic, and Black populations.

Dallas’s broader racial and ethnic changes are the most visible in three key areas of the city. In

the southeast side neighborhoods of Buckner Terrance/Piedmont Scyene, Pleasant Grove, and

Kleberg Rylie, the Hispanic population grew from 22,271 in 1990 to 93,898 in 2010, which

resulted in its share of the total population jumping from 20.7% in 1990 to 61.6% twenty years

later.

While the non-Hispanic White population declined by 28% across the city of Dallas, the decline

is especially apparent in the neighborhoods of North and South Lake Highlands, East White

Rock, and Ferguson Road in northeast Dallas. The White population share in northeast Dallas

fell from 71% in 1990 to 35% by 2010 due to a population loss more than 48,000 people during

this period. At the same time, the Black population doubled and the Hispanic population

quadrupled.

Likewise, the core Black neighborhoods in South Dallas were not immune to demographic

changes. The Black percentage of the total population in the South Dallas East, South Dallas

West, Cedar Crest, Wynnewood, Executive Airport, and the Singing Hills neighborhoods was

74.4% in 2010, a drop from 87.4% twenty years earlier. Between 1990 and 2010 the Hispanic

population in these neighborhoods increased from 10,157 to 31,392 by 2010, while the Black

population dropped from 134,012 in 1990 to 106,705 in 2010.

Several neighborhoods were completely transformed over the past two decades:

Kleberg Rylie (75253) had 1,237 Hispanics in 1990, while twenty years later there were

10,345, resulting in a 47% increase in its population share of 11% in 1990 to 58% in

2010.

While Ferguson Road (75228) had 36,274 White residents in 1990, only 16,318 remained

in 2010.

Between 1990 and 2010, Cedar Crest (75216) lost 15,670 African American residents,

while North Lake Highlands (75243) gained 12,082.

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Generations and Tenure in Membership

Unlike many congregations, First Presbyterian has members of all ages. As shown in Figure 21,

38.2% of the congregation members are Baby Boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964),

21% are members of the Silent Generation (1925-1945), 18.5% are members of Generation X

(1965-1979), 15.1% are from the Millennial Generation (1980-2001), and 4.4% are members of

the Greatest Generation (1901-1924).

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The four largest

cohorts at First

Presbyterian (Baby

Boomer, Silent,

Generation X, and

Millennial) show

similar residential

patterns and a map of

each generation are

shown in Appendix 3.

Very few members of

the Silent Generation

live outside of East

Dallas or the Preston Hollow area, while a sizeable number of Generation X and Millennials live

in Uptown and Oak Cliff.

Membership tenure offers

another way to map

members. 10% of First

Presbyterian’s members have

been on the rolls for less than

5 years, 16% for between 5

and 9 years, 37% for 10 to 19

years, 26% for 20 to 39

years, and 12% of have been

members for 40 years of

more. When one maps First

Presbyterian’s membership

based on membership tenure

(see Figure 25), one finds

that a large number of

members who have been

with the congregation for

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less than 5 years live in the vicinity of Downtown, while very few come from the Preston Hollow

area or in the suburbs around Dallas. In contrast, most members with tenure of 20 years of longer

live in the East Dallas and Preston Hollow areas of Dallas. All the membership tenure maps may

be viewed in Appendix 4.

Recommendations

First Presbyterian has a diverse membership that hails from across the Metroplex. While many

Presbyterian churches have experienced significant membership decline in the past fifteen years,

First Presbyterian’s membership has remains steady, while the congregation’s pledging and

overall budget has increased.

For over 150 years First Presbyterian has worked in the heart of Dallas, serving its people and

community. When thinking about the next 150 years, First Presbyterian should consider four

strategies to better position itself at Dallas’s crossroads.

1. First Presbyterian’s staff and session should consider conducting an asset mapping

exercise. Asset mapping was created by community development organizations as a way

to determine a community’s resources and strengths to develop strategies and potential

programs to approach challenges. Asset mapping has been tailored to work effectively in

congregations as well, most notably by Alban Institute consultant Luther Snow, who

wrote the definitive The Power of Asset Mapping: How Your Congregation Can Act on

Its Gifts. Congregations throughout the United States have used this process to recognize

their assets and connecting the dots between their assets and potential outreach

opportunities. An asset mapping session should take no longer than a day.

2. First Presbyterian should consider performing a Public Value Calculation to determine

the value of all the varied ministries that the congregation runs or provides space at 408

Park Avenue. Public Value Calculation is a measure developed by Partners for Sacred

Places, a national, non-sectarian, non-profit organization which supports older and

historic sacred places by helping congregations and local communities sustain and

actively use their structure. While First Presbyterian’s work is known and respected by

residents of Dallas, determining and sharing the total public value that the church

provides would be illuminating and further show the unique values and reach the First

Presbyterian has within metropolitan region.

3. The growth and spread of Dallas’s population in the past twenty years has resulted in

62% of First Presbyterian’s membership living more than 5 miles away from the church’s

physical location. With the steady revitalization of Downtown Dallas, and the

neighborhoods bordering the church (including Old East Dallas, Oak Cliff, Uptown,

Oaklawn, and the Cedars), the church should consider outreach efforts to residents of

these neighborhoods. With very few Presbyterian congregations located within five

miles of First Presbyterian, this may be fertile territory for future efforts.

4. The congregation should consider supporting the development of other Presbyterian

churches in parts of Dallas that have experience a large growth in Hispanic population in

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the past twenty years. Areas such as Pleasant Grove and West Dallas may be suitable

sites for new church developments or partnerships.

Biography

A Michigan native, Peter Bratt is a graduate of Calvin College

(Honors BA, 2002) and the University of Michigan (Masters of

Urban Planning, 2008). The spouse of a Presbyterian minister, Peter

worked for two years in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the

University City District and the People’s Emergency Center as an

Urban Planner and Demographic Analyst. In 2010 he moved to

Dallas, Texas, and began working at the City of Dallas in the

Intergovernmental Services Department. A political junkie by birth,

a urban planner by training, and a Presbyterian by choice, Peter has

worked with a number of congregations to better understand their

membership and spatial context.

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Appendix 1: First Presbyterian Dallas Membership by Dallas Neighborhood

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75201 Downtown East 9,409 1,043 6,239 1,591 421 115 23 0.244% 1.7%

75202 Downtown West 1,666 225 1,089 270 59 23 3 0.180% 0.2%

75203 Trinity East 15,721 9,359 774 5,427 46 115 0 0.000% 0.0%

75204 Old East Dallas 26,279 7,292 13,437 3,614 1,672 264 26 0.099% 1.9%

75205 Uptown/Park Cities 23,061 1,385 20,242 312 766 356 69 0.299% 5.1%

75206 M Streets 36,248 10,253 21,204 2,271 2,130 390 33 0.091% 2.4%

75207 Trinity West 9,648 1,740 3,314 4,508 68 18 0 0.000% 0.0%

75208 North Oak Cliff 30,171 21,931 6,568 1,251 198 223 28 0.093% 2.1%

75209 Bluffview 12,955 2,595 7,548 2,367 355 90 24 0.185% 1.8%

75210 South Dallas East 7,482 2,060 70 5,316 17 19 0 0.000% 0.0%

75211 West Oak Cliff 68,953 56,938 6,237 4,788 653 337 12 0.017% 0.9%

75212 West Dallas 24,884 16,656 479 7,358 280 111 0 0.000% 0.0%

75214 Lakewood 32,950 7,131 23,031 1,702 767 319 151 0.458% 11.2%

75215 South Dallas West 14,648 2,037 872 11,590 45 104 2 0.014% 0.1%

75216 Cedar Crest 49,416 15,207 1,121 32,839 71 178 19 0.038% 1.4%

75217 Pleasant Grove 79,750 51,160 6,095 21,955 178 362 4 0.005% 0.3%

75218 East White Rock 21,665 4,657 14,845 1,527 423 213 50 0.231% 3.7%

75219 Oaklawn/Uptown 21,535 7,335 10,793 1,906 1,295 206 39 0.181% 2.9%

75220 Bachmann 41,891 33,157 6,808 1,386 338 202 12 0.029% 0.9%

75223 Hollywood Auburn Jubilee 13,947 9,909 2,094 1,710 133 101 10 0.072% 0.7%

75224 South Oak Cliff 34,034 20,477 3,345 9,488 554 170 6 0.018% 0.4%

75225 Preston Hollow South 10,213 376 9,418 112 260 47 63 0.617% 4.7%

75226 Deep Ellum 3,506 1,309 1,345 631 186 35 3 0.086% 0.2%

75227 Buckner Terrace/Piedmont

Scyene

55,029 32,393 5,176 16,726 474 260 9 0.016% 0.7%

75228 Ferguson Road 66,077 32,839 16,318 14,485 1,893 542 44 0.067% 3.3%

75229 Northwest Dallas 31,571 13,484 15,972 1,016 889 210 36 0.114% 2.7%

75230 Preston Hollow North 29,265 5,056 20,364 2,231 1,362 252 45 0.154% 3.3%

75231 Vickery Meadows 37,052 16,084 9,634 8,263 2,728 343 26 0.070% 1.9%

75232 Wynnewood 27,935 7,312 1,280 19,184 28 131 6 0.021% 0.4%

75233 Kiestwood 14,043 7,586 1,317 5,018 61 61 1 0.007% 0.1%

75234 Farmers Branch East 3,873 2,248 1,134 262 202 27 8 0.207% 0.6%

75235 Love Field 17,177 11,310 2,786 1,981 1,003 97 2 0.012% 0.1%

75236 Mountain Creek North 17,426 7,438 1,906 7,368 605 109 0 0.000% 0.0%

75237 Executive Airport 16,941 2,302 527 13,949 76 87 0 0.000% 0.0%

75238 South Lake Highlands 30,483 8,966 15,626 4,785 908 198 68 0.223% 5.0%

75240 Preston Estates South 24,296 14,264 6,418 2,538 922 154 5 0.021% 0.4%

75241 Singing Hills 26,903 2,474 419 23,827 52 131 1 0.004% 0.1%

75243 North Lake Highlands 55,406 14,190 14,007 22,539 4,208 462 41 0.074% 3.0%

75244 Midway North 9,571 2,760 5,697 658 338 118 11 0.115% 0.8%

75246 Baylor Munger 2,770 1,547 679 456 58 30 0 0.000% 0.0%

75247 UT Southwestern West 468 73 210 176 5 4 0 0.000% 0.0%

75248 Far North Dallas 33,395 4,546 23,925 2,837 1,784 303 12 0.036% 0.9%

75249 Mountain Creek South 13,373 4,334 2,006 6,529 406 98 0 0.000% 0.0%

75252 Renner East 24,112 3,563 14,176 2,585 3,561 227 7 0.029% 0.5%

75253 Rylie Kleberg 17,767 10,345 5,170 2,038 73 141 0 0.000% 0.0%

75254 Preston Estate North 22,604 8,485 8,253 4,414 1,229 223 9 0.040% 0.7%

75287 Renner West 49,731 10,385 22,691 12,053 3,882 720 7 0.014% 0.5%

Other 182 35 117 15 4 11 1 0.549% 0.1%

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Appendix 2: First Presbyterian Dallas Membership by Dallas Suburb

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75001 Addison 12,414 3,223 6,523 1,452 921 295 8 0.064% 0.6%

75002 Allen 63,140 8,016 42,235 5,563 5,515 1,811 6 0.010% 0.4%

75013 Allen 30,347 2,196 20,046 1,567 5,658 880 3 0.010% 0.2%

75180 Balch Springs 23,031 10,539 6,426 5,422 194 450 3 0.013% 0.2%

75006 Carrollton 46,364 21,691 17,232 3,320 3,339 782 10 0.022% 0.7%

75007 Carrollton 51,624 11,562 27,227 4,204 7,237 1,394 9 0.017% 0.7%

75010 Carrollton 21,607 2,678 10,662 2,351 5,334 582 6 0.028% 0.4%

75104 Cedar Hill 45,373 8,455 11,703 23,320 893 1,002 14 0.031% 1.0%

75019 Coppell 38,666 4,368 25,541 1,694 6,120 943 9 0.023% 0.7%

75109 Corsicana 3,658 303 3,071 176 22 86 2 0.055% 0.1%

75020 Denison 21,872 1,713 17,243 1,802 157 957 1 0.005% 0.1%

75115 Desoto 48,877 5,907 8,504 33,216 445 805 23 0.047% 1.7%

75116 Duncanville 19,669 8,346 6,256 4,425 337 305 5 0.025% 0.4%

75137 Duncanville 18,861 5,134 6,211 6,906 300 310 5 0.027% 0.4%

75119 Ennis 26,601 9,445 13,988 2,741 109 318 4 0.015% 0.3%

75069 Fairview 34,108 11,904 17,572 3,351 589 692 1 0.003% 0.1%

75022 Flower Mound 22,545 1,704 17,357 527 2,493 464 2 0.009% 0.1%

75028 Flower Mound 42,226 3,665 33,075 1,457 3,031 998 4 0.009% 0.3%

75126 Forney 33,396 5,357 23,346 3,597 428 668 8 0.024% 0.6%

75034 Frisco 72,723 9,998 49,561 5,383 5,700 2,081 13 0.018% 1.0%

75035 Frisco 47,553 5,292 30,618 4,124 5,986 1,533 8 0.017% 0.6%

75040 Garland 59,406 24,954 19,132 8,437 5,836 1,047 3 0.005% 0.2%

75041 Garland 30,700 17,481 9,689 2,558 502 470 2 0.007% 0.1%

75042 Garland 37,881 19,460 9,404 3,731 4,587 699 1 0.003% 0.1%

75043 Garland 58,094 16,185 25,029 12,166 3,443 1,271 10 0.017% 0.7%

75044 Garland 40,811 7,730 19,987 5,286 6,789 1,019 13 0.032% 1.0%

75050 Grand Prairie 41,041 20,738 13,202 5,283 1,030 788 4 0.010% 0.3%

75052 Grand Prairie 88,996 29,923 26,252 22,094 8,618 2,109 8 0.009% 0.6%

75054 Grand Prairie 5,053 837 2,138 1,378 556 144 1 0.020% 0.1%

75156 Gun Barrel City 14,580 967 13,053 188 63 309 1 0.007% 0.1%

75077 Highland/Lewisville 35,330 3,514 27,359 2,103 1,505 849 6 0.017% 0.4%

75038 Irving 27,802 6,378 6,303 7,062 7,152 907 3 0.011% 0.2%

75060 Irving 45,980 25,553 14,646 2,478 2,432 871 2 0.004% 0.1%

75061 Irving 53,442 33,486 13,229 4,457 1,519 751 4 0.007% 0.3%

75062 Irving 44,537 18,898 15,589 5,341 3,598 1,111 9 0.020% 0.7%

75063 Irving 35,090 4,107 12,392 5,092 12,416 1,083 8 0.023% 0.6%

75067 Lewisville 60,982 18,262 28,840 7,201 5,007 1,672 2 0.003% 0.1%

75070 Mckinney 74,734 7,992 54,590 6,270 3,889 1,993 6 0.008% 0.4%

75149 Mesquite 56,065 18,424 23,419 11,615 1,414 1,193 5 0.009% 0.4%

75150 Mesquite 58,730 19,971 25,492 10,273 1,772 1,222 23 0.039% 1.7%

75181 Mesquite 25,908 6,514 9,630 7,896 1,250 618 5 0.019% 0.4%

Dallas Total 1,197,816 507,309 345,205 299,634 37,060 8,608 916 0.076% 68.0%

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75023 Plano 45,452 6,131 29,906 3,741 4,487 1,187 13 0.029% 1.0%

75024 Plano 36,039 2,704 19,388 2,506 10,270 1,171 1 0.003% 0.1%

75025 Plano 50,926 3,658 29,285 3,149 13,268 1,566 4 0.008% 0.3%

75074 Plano 44,622 16,615 18,093 4,987 3,803 1,124 7 0.016% 0.5%

75075 Plano 33,262 5,420 22,487 1,822 2,755 778 6 0.018% 0.4%

75093 Plano 47,187 3,558 32,116 2,716 7,528 1,269 23 0.049% 1.7%

75154 Red Oak 36,041 7,657 19,179 8,305 183 717 2 0.006% 0.1%

75080 Richardson 44,009 9,223 27,897 2,434 3,509 946 29 0.066% 2.2%

75081 Richardson 34,156 5,246 17,509 4,463 5,920 1,018 10 0.029% 0.7%

75082 Richardson 21,182 1,387 12,225 1,400 5,569 601 11 0.052% 0.8%

75087 Rockwall 28,145 2,825 22,835 1,200 698 587 9 0.032% 0.7%

75032 Rockwall/Heath 27,986 5,260 20,007 1,501 713 505 9 0.032% 0.7%

75088 Rowlett 24,712 3,956 16,302 2,720 1,168 566 12 0.049% 0.9%

75089 Rowlett 30,251 5,197 17,280 4,621 2,427 726 4 0.013% 0.3%

75189 Royse City 22,406 4,677 15,923 1,084 207 515 2 0.009% 0.1%

75048 Sachse 20,328 2,829 12,962 1,770 2,234 533 2 0.010% 0.1%

75182 Sunnyvale 5,118 446 3,190 294 1,049 139 5 0.098% 0.4%

75160 Terrell 23,627 5,289 12,877 4,814 228 419 2 0.008% 0.1%

75056 The Colony/Lewisville 47,852 9,860 28,460 3,494 4,582 1,456 5 0.010% 0.4%

75165 Waxahachie 37,966 8,724 24,467 3,947 170 658 6 0.016% 0.4%

75169 Wills Point 14,644 1,307 12,327 593 125 292 2 0.014% 0.1%

75098 Wylie 48,197 8,608 30,723 5,122 2,421 1,323 7 0.015% 0.5%

Suburbs Total 2,343,925 563,447 1,209,210 314,190 201,500 55,578 431 0.018% 32.0%

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Appendix 3: Generations

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Appendix 4: Membership Tenure

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Appendix 5: Bibliography

Archival Material

Presbyterian Church in America, Membership Records 1974-2010, PCA Historical

Center, St. Louis, MO.

Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Membership Records 1904-2010,

Grace Presbytery, Irving, TX.

Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Membership Records 1904-1958, Grace Presbytery,

Irving, TX.

2011 First Presbyterian Directory, First Presbyterian Archives, Dallas, TX.

First Presbyterian Session Records, First Presbyterian Archives, Dallas, TX.

Books & Dissertations

Carol J. Adams et al., Holding Forth the Word of Life: The Witness of a Downtown

Church, 1856-2006 (Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing, 2006).

Tezzie J. Cox, The Christian Message in Stained Glass: Highland Park Presbyterian

Church (Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing, 1991).

Thomas W. Currie, On the Right Side of the Trinity: The History of Oak Cliff

Presbyterian Church, 1890-1990 (Austin, TX: Nortex Press, 1990).

Thomas W. Currie, The Gospel in Sermon and Symbol at Oak Cliff Presbyterian Church

(Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing, 1981).

Highland Park Presbyterian Church, History of Highland Presbyterian Church: Dallas,

TX 1926-1967 (Dallas, TX: Highland Park Presbyterian Church, 1967).

Hal Hyde, Urban Churches of Dallas, Texas (Louisville, TX: PCUS, 1952).

John McCoy, A Brief History of the First Presbyterian Church (Dallas, TX, 1914).

Millicent McCoy, A History of North Park Presbyterian Church, Dallas, TX (Dallas, TX:

North Park Presbyterian, 1996).

Everett Perry, The Presbyterian Church in Metropolitan Dallas: A Study (New York,

NY: Board of Missions, 1946).

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George Sergeant, History of First Presbyterian Church (Dallas, TX, 1943).

Endnotes

1 First Presbyterian Church, Dallas, TX, Presbyterian Church in the United States of America,

Membership Records 1904-2010, Grace Presbytery, Irving, TX. 2 Carol J. Adams et al., Holding Forth the Word of Life: The Witness of a Downtown Church,

1856-2006 (Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing, 2006), 116-153. 3 Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Membership Records 1904-2010, Grace

Presbytery, Irving, TX. 4 Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Membership Records 1904-2010, Grace

Presbytery, Irving, TX. 5 Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Membership Records 1904-2010, Grace

Presbytery, Irving, TX. 6 Presbyterian Church in America, Membership Records 1973-2010, PCA Historical Center, St.

Louis, MO. 7 Presbyterian Church in America, Membership Records 1973-2010, PCA Historical Center, St.

Louis, MO. 8 Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Financial Records 1983-2010, Grace

Presbytery, Irving, TX; First Presbyterian Session Records, 1925-2010 First Presbyterian

Archives, Dallas, TX. 9 First Presbyterian Session Records, 1964-2010 First Presbyterian Archives, Dallas, TX.

10 First Presbyterian Session Records, 1964-2010 First Presbyterian Archives, Dallas, TX.

11 First Presbyterian Session Records, 1964-2010 First Presbyterian Archives, Dallas, TX.

12 Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Financial Records 1983-2010, Grace


Archives, Dallas, TX. 13

Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Financial Records 1983-2010, Grace


Archives, Dallas, TX. 14

First Presbyterian Session Records, 1925-2010 First Presbyterian Archives, Dallas, TX. 15

2011 First Presbyterian Directory, First Presbyterian Archives, Dallas, TX. 16




US Census Bureau, PL-171 Data, 2010 Census (www.census.gov). 20



2011 First Presbyterian Directory, First Presbyterian Archives, Dallas, TX.

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