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 Presbyterians by looking at the congregations past and present. Using a variety of data sources, this report tells First Presbyterians story in the context of the past fifty years at the crossroads of life. First Presbyterian Membership First Presbyterians membership trends over the past one hundred years provides an excellent starting point for understanding the congregations story (see Figure 1). In the early 1900s, First Presbyterians 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 congregations membership increased rapidly, rising from 2,694 in 1936 to 3,913 by 1948.

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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 Presbyterians 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 19 th 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, 1904-20093 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 2

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 Cliffs 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 34 First Presbyterians 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.

Figure 67 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

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 Presbyterians 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 Presbyterians membership declined between 1970 and 1994 and remained static in the following fifteen years, the congregations finances paint a more nuanced picture. Figure 7 shows First Presbyterians budget from 1925 to the present, as well as the budget adjusted for inflation using 2010 dollars. Looking at the inflation adjusted dollars, the churchs 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 congregations budget was due to impressive capital campaigns in the 1980s and in the late 2000s.

Figure 78 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. 7

Figure 89 Figure 9 shows First Presbyterians 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 Presbyterians budget to grow significantly in the past decade.

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Figure 1011 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.

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Figure 1213 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, percapita giving remained constant. Secondly, as noted earlier, non-pledging sources of account for a growing share of the churchs revenue since 1983.

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Figure 1415 Who is Your Neighbor? First Presbyterians 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 congregations 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 Presbyterians suburban membership. Of First Presbyterians 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 congregations 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 Presbyterians suburban membership.

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Figure 1516: Suburban Membership

Figure 1617: City of Dallas Membership

First Presbyterians 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 Dallass 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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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 Presbyterians membership in Dallas impacted by the citys changing racial and ethnic mosaic. Since the 1990 Census, Dallass population increased by 19%, rising from 1,006,555 residents to 1,197,816 by 2010. At the same time, the citys 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 Dallass 2010 White, Hispanic, and Black populations. Dallass 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. 14

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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). Figure 2122 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 Presbyterians 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 Presbyterians membership based on membership tenure (see Figure 25), one finds that a large number of members who have been with the congregation for 18

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 Presbyterians membership has remains steady, while the congregations 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 Dallass crossroads. 1. First Presbyterians staff and session should consider conducting an asset mapping exercise. Asset mapping was created by community development organizations as a way to determine a communitys 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 Presbyterians 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 Dallass population in the past twenty years has resulted in 62% of First Presbyterians membership living more than 5 miles away from the churchs 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 Peoples 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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First Pres Dallas

75201 75202 75203 75204 75205 75206 75207 75208 75209 75210 75211 75212 75214 75215 75216 75217 75218 75219 75220 75223 75224 75225 75226 75227 75228 75229 75230 75231 75232 75233 75234 75235 75236 75237 75238 75240 75241 75243 75244 75246 75247 75248 75249 75252 75253 75254 75287

Downtown East Downtown West Trinity East Old East Dallas Uptown/Park Cities M Streets Trinity West North Oak Cliff Bluffview South Dallas East West Oak Cliff West Dallas Lakewood South Dallas West Cedar Crest Pleasant Grove East White Rock Oaklawn/Uptown Bachmann Hollywood Auburn Jubilee South Oak Cliff Preston Hollow South Deep Ellum Buckner Terrace/Piedmont Scyene Ferguson Road Northwest Dallas Preston Hollow North Vickery Meadows Wynnewood Kiestwood Farmers Branch East Love Field Mountain Creek North Executive Airport South Lake Highlands Preston Estates South Singing Hills North Lake Highlands Midway North Baylor Munger UT Southwestern West Far North Dallas Mountain Creek South Renner East Rylie Kleberg Preston Estate North Renner West Other

9,409 1,666 15,721 26,279 23,061 36,248 9,648 30,171 12,955 7,482 68,953 24,884 32,950 14,648 49,416 79,750 21,665 21,535 41,891 13,947 34,034 10,213 3,506 55,029 66,077 31,571 29,265 37,052 27,935 14,043 3,873 17,177 17,426 16,941 30,483 24,296 26,903 55,406 9,571 2,770 468 33,395 13,373 24,112 17,767 22,604 49,731 182

1,043 225 9,359 7,292 1,385 10,253 1,740 21,931 2,595 2,060 56,938 16,656 7,131 2,037 15,207 51,160 4,657 7,335 33,157 9,909 20,477 376 1,309 32,393 32,839 13,484 5,056 16,084 7,312 7,586 2,248 11,310 7,438 2,302 8,966 14,264 2,474 14,190 2,760 1,547 73 4,546 4,334 3,563 10,345 8,485 10,385 35

6,239 1,089 774 13,437 20,242 21,204 3,314 6,568 7,548 70 6,237 479 23,031 872 1,121 6,095 14,845 10,793 6,808 2,094 3,345 9,418 1,345 5,176 16,318 15,972 20,364 9,634 1,280 1,317 1,134 2,786 1,906 527 15,626 6,418 419 14,007 5,697 679 210 23,925 2,006 14,176 5,170 8,253 22,691 117

1,591 270 5,427 3,614 312 2,271 4,508 1,251 2,367 5,316 4,788 7,358 1,702 11,590 32,839 21,955 1,527 1,906 1,386 1,710 9,488 112 631 16,726 14,485 1,016 2,231 8,263 19,184 5,018 262 1,981 7,368 13,949 4,785 2,538 23,827 22,539 658 456 176 2,837 6,529 2,585 2,038 4,414 12,053 15

421 59 46 1,672 766 2,130 68 198 355 17 653 280 767 45 71 178 423 1,295 338 133 554 260 186 474 1,893 889 1,362 2,728 28 61 202 1,003 605 76 908 922 52 4,208 338 58 5 1,784 406 3,561 73 1,229 3,882 4

115 23 115 264 356 390 18 223 90 19 337 111 319 104 178 362 213 206 202 101 170 47 35 260 542 210 252 343 131 61 27 97 109 87 198 154 131 462 118 30 4 303 98 227 141 223 720 11

23 3 0 26 69 33 0 28 24 0 12 0 151 2 19 4 50 39 12 10 6 63 3 9 44 36 45 26 6 1 8 2 0 0 68 5 1 41 11 0 0 12 0 7 0 9 7 1

0.244% 0.180% 0.000% 0.099% 0.299% 0.091% 0.000% 0.093% 0.185% 0.000% 0.017% 0.000% 0.458% 0.014% 0.038% 0.005% 0.231% 0.181% 0.029% 0.072% 0.018% 0.617% 0.086% 0.016% 0.067% 0.114% 0.154% 0.070% 0.021% 0.007% 0.207% 0.012% 0.000% 0.000% 0.223% 0.021% 0.004% 0.074% 0.115% 0.000% 0.000% 0.036% 0.000% 0.029% 0.000% 0.040% 0.014% 0.549%

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Share of First Dallas Membership 1.7% 0.2% 0.0% 1.9% 5.1% 2.4% 0.0% 2.1% 1.8% 0.0% 0.9% 0.0% 11.2% 0.1% 1.4% 0.3% 3.7% 2.9% 0.9% 0.7% 0.4% 4.7% 0.2% 0.7% 3.3% 2.7% 3.3% 1.9% 0.4% 0.1% 0.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 5.0% 0.4% 0.1% 3.0% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.7% 0.5% 0.1%

2010 Population

Zip Code

Hispanic

Name

Other

Black

White

Asian

FPD%

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Total

1,197,816

507,309

345,205

299,634

37,060

8,608

916

0.076%

68.0%

Appendix 2: First Presbyterian Dallas Membership by Dallas Suburb

First Presbyterian Dallas 2010 Population Share of First Dallas Membership
0.6% 0.4% 0.2% 0.2% 0.7% 0.7% 0.4% 1.0% 0.7% 0.1% 0.1% 1.7% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.3% 0.6% 1.0% 0.6% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.7% 1.0% 0.3% 0.6% 0.1% 0.1% 0.4% 0.2% 0.1% 0.3% 0.7% 0.6% 0.1% 0.4% 0.4% 1.7% 0.4%

Zip Code

Hispanic

Name

Other

Black

Asian

White

75001 75002 75013 75180 75006 75007 75010 75104 75019 75109 75020 75115 75116 75137 75119 75069 75022 75028 75126 75034 75035 75040 75041 75042 75043 75044 75050 75052 75054 75156 75077 75038 75060 75061 75062 75063 75067 75070 75149 75150 75181

Addison Allen Allen Balch Springs Carrollton Carrollton Carrollton Cedar Hill Coppell Corsicana Denison Desoto Duncanville Duncanville Ennis Fairview Flower Mound Flower Mound Forney Frisco Frisco Garland Garland Garland Garland Garland Grand Prairie Grand Prairie Grand Prairie Gun Barrel City Highland/Lewisville Irving Irving Irving Irving Irving Lewisville Mckinney Mesquite Mesquite Mesquite

12,414 63,140 30,347 23,031 46,364 51,624 21,607 45,373 38,666 3,658 21,872 48,877 19,669 18,861 26,601 34,108 22,545 42,226 33,396 72,723 47,553 59,406 30,700 37,881 58,094 40,811 41,041 88,996 5,053 14,580 35,330 27,802 45,980 53,442 44,537 35,090 60,982 74,734 56,065 58,730 25,908

3,223 8,016 2,196 10,539 21,691 11,562 2,678 8,455 4,368 303 1,713 5,907 8,346 5,134 9,445 11,904 1,704 3,665 5,357 9,998 5,292 24,954 17,481 19,460 16,185 7,730 20,738 29,923 837 967 3,514 6,378 25,553 33,486 18,898 4,107 18,262 7,992 18,424 19,971 6,514

6,523 42,235 20,046 6,426 17,232 27,227 10,662 11,703 25,541 3,071 17,243 8,504 6,256 6,211 13,988 17,572 17,357 33,075 23,346 49,561 30,618 19,132 9,689 9,404 25,029 19,987 13,202 26,252 2,138 13,053 27,359 6,303 14,646 13,229 15,589 12,392 28,840 54,590 23,419 25,492 9,630

1,452 5,563 1,567 5,422 3,320 4,204 2,351 23,320 1,694 176 1,802 33,216 4,425 6,906 2,741 3,351 527 1,457 3,597 5,383 4,124 8,437 2,558 3,731 12,166 5,286 5,283 22,094 1,378 188 2,103 7,062 2,478 4,457 5,341 5,092 7,201 6,270 11,615 10,273 7,896

921 5,515 5,658 194 3,339 7,237 5,334 893 6,120 22 157 445 337 300 109 589 2,493 3,031 428 5,700 5,986 5,836 502 4,587 3,443 6,789 1,030 8,618 556 63 1,505 7,152 2,432 1,519 3,598 12,416 5,007 3,889 1,414 1,772 1,250

295 1,811 880 450 782 1,394 582 1,002 943 86 957 805 305 310 318 692 464 998 668 2,081 1,533 1,047 470 699 1,271 1,019 788 2,109 144 309 849 907 871 751 1,111 1,083 1,672 1,993 1,193 1,222 618

8 6 3 3 10 9 6 14 9 2 1 23 5 5 4 1 2 4 8 13 8 3 2 1 10 13 4 8 1 1 6 3 2 4 9 8 2 6 5 23 5

0.064% 0.010% 0.010% 0.013% 0.022% 0.017% 0.028% 0.031% 0.023% 0.055% 0.005% 0.047% 0.025% 0.027% 0.015% 0.003% 0.009% 0.009% 0.024% 0.018% 0.017% 0.005% 0.007% 0.003% 0.017% 0.032% 0.010% 0.009% 0.020% 0.007% 0.017% 0.011% 0.004% 0.007% 0.020% 0.023% 0.003% 0.008% 0.009% 0.039% 0.019%

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FPD%

75023 75024 75025 75074 75075 75093 75154 75080 75081 75082 75087 75032 75088 75089 75189 75048 75182 75160 75056 75165 75169 75098

Plano Plano Plano Plano Plano Plano Red Oak Richardson Richardson Richardson Rockwall Rockwall/Heath Rowlett Rowlett Royse City Sachse Sunnyvale Terrell The Colony/Lewisville Waxahachie Wills Point Wylie Suburbs Total

45,452 36,039 50,926 44,622 33,262 47,187 36,041 44,009 34,156 21,182 28,145 27,986 24,712 30,251 22,406 20,328 5,118 23,627 47,852 37,966 14,644 48,197 2,343,925

6,131 2,704 3,658 16,615 5,420 3,558 7,657 9,223 5,246 1,387 2,825 5,260 3,956 5,197 4,677 2,829 446 5,289 9,860 8,724 1,307 8,608 563,447

29,906 19,388 29,285 18,093 22,487 32,116 19,179 27,897 17,509 12,225 22,835 20,007 16,302 17,280 15,923 12,962 3,190 12,877 28,460 24,467 12,327 30,723 1,209,210

3,741 2,506 3,149 4,987 1,822 2,716 8,305 2,434 4,463 1,400 1,200 1,501 2,720 4,621 1,084 1,770 294 4,814 3,494 3,947 593 5,122 314,190

4,487 10,270 13,268 3,803 2,755 7,528 183 3,509 5,920 5,569 698 713 1,168 2,427 207 2,234 1,049 228 4,582 170 125 2,421 201,500

1,187 1,171 1,566 1,124 778 1,269 717 946 1,018 601 587 505 566 726 515 533 139 419 1,456 658 292 1,323 55,578

13 1 4 7 6 23 2 29 10 11 9 9 12 4 2 2 5 2 5 6 2 7 431

0.029% 0.003% 0.008% 0.016% 0.018% 0.049% 0.006% 0.066% 0.029% 0.052% 0.032% 0.032% 0.049% 0.013% 0.009% 0.010% 0.098% 0.008% 0.010% 0.016% 0.014% 0.015% 0.018%

1.0% 0.1% 0.3% 0.5% 0.4% 1.7% 0.1% 2.2% 0.7% 0.8% 0.7% 0.7% 0.9% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.4% 0.1% 0.4% 0.4% 0.1% 0.5% 32.0%

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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). 34

George Sergeant, History of First Presbyterian Church (Dallas, TX, 1943). Endnotes
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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 Presbytery, Irving, TX; First Presbyterian Session Records, 1925-2010 First Presbyterian Archives, Dallas, TX. 13 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. 14 First Presbyterian Session Records, 1925-2010 First Presbyterian Archives, Dallas, TX. 15 2011 First Presbyterian Directory, First Presbyterian Archives, Dallas, TX. 16 2011 First Presbyterian Directory, First Presbyterian Archives, Dallas, TX. 17 2011 First Presbyterian Directory, First Presbyterian Archives, Dallas, TX. 18 2011 First Presbyterian Directory, First Presbyterian Archives, Dallas, TX. 19 US Census Bureau, PL-171 Data, 2010 Census (www.census.gov). 20 US Census Bureau, PL-171 Data, 2010 Census (www.census.gov). 21 US Census Bureau, PL-171 Data, 2010 Census (www.census.gov). 22 2011 First Presbyterian Directory, First Presbyterian Archives, Dallas, TX.

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