Highland Park Presbyterian Church, Gothic church in University Park, Texas
Highland Park Presbyterian Church is a church building with Gothic architecture featuring stone walls, pointed arches, and ornate stained glass windows throughout. The structure includes multiple spaces designed to accommodate various congregation activities and gatherings.
The building was designed by architect Mark Lemmon in 1926 and opened its doors in 1928 with an initial congregation of roughly 290 members. Its construction reflected the growth of religious institutions in the region during that period.
The church's name comes from its Highland Park setting, and its congregation founded daughter fellowships: All Nations in February 2001, started by Pastor Cyprian Kimathi, the church's first black member, for African immigrants and their children; a Mandarin Chinese Church launched in April 2011 under Rev. Ben Wang, a Tsinghua graduate recruited from Los Angeles; and Peak Street Church, planted in 2018 in Old East Dallas by Cameron Beaty.
The church stands at 3821 University Boulevard in University Park, with a Dallas postal address; the surrounding streets are residential, so most visitors arrive by car. Services follow a Presbyterian Sunday pattern, and the campus is busiest on Sunday mornings. Check the church's own listing for current service times before travelling.
In May 1991 a vote to leave the PC(USA) won a simple majority, 2,563 to 2,001, but fell short of the two-thirds required, so the church stayed; a dissident group left and formed what is now Park Cities Presbyterian Church. The 2013 vote passed with 89 percent, and a $7.8 million settlement with Grace Presbytery followed in 2014.
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