First Baptist Dallas members mourn after devastating fire at historic sanctuary

Heartbreak and grief continue for a Dallas church congregation after a massive fire destroyed their historic sanctuary.

[@burtcooper612]

The building is gone, but the church lives.

[@MadamHedge]

insurance companies will keep it alive

[@gawainethefirst]

@@MadamHedgea church isn’t the building. It’s the people. But also, the brick facade remains mostly intact.

[@vianneymclaughlin5024]

⁠​⁠@@gawainethefirstyes , but don’t be a Pharisee , it’s a place where believers meet and worship.

[@Mike-y3q]

+ The Lord's way to have you decide on changing this important location into a homeless temp. shelter and clinic ; .... times are different now; precious memories belong in a USB drive nowadays.❤

[@SheepdogSmokey]

To paraphrase a Marvel movie, "the Church is not a place, it's a people." Absolutely the Church lives, and will not be stopped!

[@dwaynestomp5462]

If the French can rebuild Notre Dame, we can surely handle this...

[@MadamHedge]

with insurance after investigation

[@kiddadd]

Stop comparing yourself to France, it's odd.

[@SheepdogSmokey]

Yes, it will be rebuilt, but it still hurts to lose that history.

[@MarySilvers-l2b]

Dear Dr. Jeffries and congregation I'm so sad for you all. Thank goodness no one was hurt. God protects. I can't tell you how much I depend on your ministry. I watch it everyday. Thank for all you do. Mary

[@Owlshadow.]

You need a psychiatrist

[@rosedagostino4153]

Really????

[@ReneRoberson-tr4sj]

We are praying for you and your congregation!! I am so thankful the children were gone for the day from Vacation Bible School and they are safe! We are the church and we will continue to worship our Lord Jesus. It is hard to lose our beautiful places of worship. Our God is Good all of the time!!

[@michaelangelo-the-singer-br549]

[@ghostpacas7600]

Where was your sky fairy ? Let me guess “god works in mysterious ways” “who knows the mind of god” 😂 what other excuses do you guys have for your nonsense ? That’s right the go to “personal experience” 😅

[@Kee2Oz]

He will not be mocked. That is all you need to know.

[@SuperEholmes]

@@ghostpacas7600 Praying for you.

[@scottbrewer2903]

​@ghostpacas7600 you need a real life dude.

[@patsysummitt8618]

This Broke my heart , it was a Beautiful Church , may God help you all during this time of broken hearts . GOD BLESS YOU ALL 😥🙏✝️🙏❤

[@ghostpacas7600]

Where was your sky fairy ? Let me guess “god works in mysterious ways” “who knows the mind of god” 😂 what other excuses do you guys have for your nonsense ? That’s right the go to “personal experience” 😅

[@LAFITZ10]

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SPEAK OUT AGAINST GOD IN A HOUSE OF GOD - GOD IS LOVE - STOP SPEAKING OUT AGAINST HOMOSEXUALS WHO LOVE - IT'S SPEAKING OUT AGAINST GOD HIMSELF & GETS YOUR CHURCH BURNED TO THE GROUND AS WE WITNESS

[@LAFITZ10]

WE REAP WHAT WE SOW GOD WILL NOT BE MOCKED - it's a Mockery to condemn LOVE in a House Of God - Homsexuals LOVE DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU SO YOU CONDEMN LOVE ??? THAT'S CONDEMNING GOD HIMSELF

[@MooJoo]

​@@LAFITZ10Well, you're right about one thing. God will not be mocked. Your denial of his Word that clearly says homosexual sex is wrong, will be your downfall. Repent and be saved by the God who loves you!

[@brickman26levi15]

@@LAFITZ10 Should you condemn an adulterer because they love different than most?

[@reneestaples4963]

I attended that church as a young teen. I will always have sweet memories of the people and friends I met there. So sorry to see it gone.

[@janettaylor6859]

God is here throughout this too. Prayers for next steps toward answers. Attacks are proof, at times, that God's people are doing something right, else evil wouldn't present itself so vehemently.

[@myunknownland9272]

Yes he supported Trump. Look at the enemy

[@LJHLU]

Our hearts and prayers go out to all the people that make up this church. Praise God no one was in there and the kids camp was over. Remember the church is just a building God lives inside of all of us. So sad no matter what but God will be with you all and you will find and see His GRACE!!! God Bless.

[@sstarkey1695]

How very sad. I was born and raised in Dallas. Spent a great deal of time downtown. A major Dallas icon. Prayers for all grieving.

[@Owlshadow.]

Maybe your congregation will quit "going downtown" on children

[@sstarkey1695]

@@Owlshadow. Another uninformed judgment transmitted via keyboard from an invisible source.

[@malissahendricks6862]

What a beautiful Church! Sending prayers for the Church family!!

[@JeffF-gc3df]

Sad, especially watching people express their life memories that were lived out in this great place. Maybe it's like everything else here, a reminder that this is a temporary place.

[@karenwarren1241]

Very very sad on so many levels. All glory to God in all things. All know God has bigger and better things planned for His house! Stand strong and be of good courage. God bless and be safe. God bless you and your church Dr. Jeffress.

[@Owlshadow.]

Hilarious

[@karenwarren1241]

@@Owlshadow. I lay you at the feet of Jesus.

[@jareds2253]

Your can see the pain in the pastors eyes

[@Owlshadow.]

Beautiful isn't it..

[@cathykrueger4899]

If the church I grew up in up in burned down I would be devastated. This is not just the loss of a building. This is heartbreaking.

[@Owlshadow.]

It's uplifting to sane people

[@rogercarlson2319]

Fortunately, The Church is not in a building. It's in the hearts of Believers.

[@athenaparish72]

Praying for this congregation

[@lorrainekelton6425]

My prayers are with you.

[@bethmorton5794]

Praying for First Baptist Church. God will restore.

[@jekku4688]

Have been to this church, and my cousin still attends. So incredibly heartbreaking. I know the church is the people - the body of Christ - but seeing this beautiful historic building go literally up in smoke is difficult. So glad no one was hurt! 😭🙏😭🙏😭🙏

[@JamesWeaver-n4t]

So sad, I really like Robert Jeffress. I can't believe all the haters posting EVIL.

[@JeffF-gc3df]

Yep. Me too. I guess it's what can be expected on line from a mass audience of people.😐

[@JamesWeaver-n4t]

@@JeffF-gc3df I believe that they're demon possessed. I don't find joy in anyone's misery or loss. Thanks for your comment 👍💯

[@lindagordon1660]

My 🙏 Prayers are with All. I got Touched by this, to see this happen and to see pastor Robert Jeffress brought to tears by the Grace of God no one got hurt . I declare All things will work together for Good as it is written for the leading Pastor All Ministers of this Church, Members , partners and the Entire Ministry as we Must Continue to Advance the Kingdom, Expand the Kingdom, Changing Lives with the word of God , Winning Souls into the Kingdom and Continuing Kingdom Business.I 🙏 Pray what ever need is needed for All will be met and they will continue to be a blessing in JESUS MIGHTY NAME. May the Lord's Blessings Continue to Bestow Upon All the Entire Ministry and their Entire Families and Love One's. God bless🙏🤲 ❤️

[@Owlshadow.]

I bestow a psychiatrist appointment on you

[@nicholausbuthmann1421]

It will absolutely need to be "REBUILT" in its "Original Style" and not made to look Modern.

[@brickman26levi15]

@nicholausbuthmann1421 My understanding is that's a requirement due to its landmark satus.

[@nicholausbuthmann1421]

@@brickman26levi15 Good !

[@MT-if1jr]

Dallas destroys history. Sadly, it will not be rebuillt

[@jackieredmond3085]

Great message this morning Ben!!!

[@philiptweet5970]

Sad but it’s just a building, the church is the people, Christ died for you not a building.

[@tracyipsen743]

Prayers for the church. They will go on strong ❤

[@Arcenia13]

🙏 Prayers said for the congregation of Dallas Baptist Church!!

[@terrymoffett1356]

Prayers for all concerned❤. God is still in control. He will turn this to good.

[@Owlshadow.]

See a psychiatrist

[@Joanla1954]

Praying for you all!

[@coreydarr8464]

Jesus is not in the building but in the hart!

[@ghostpacas7600]

Where was your sky fairy ? Let me guess “god works in mysterious ways” “who knows the mind of god” 😂 what other excuses do you guys have for your nonsense ? That’s right the go to “personal experience” 😅

[@fromsuncity1]

@@ghostpacas7600 you brain is just too tiny to COMPREHEND the Concept and Reality of God! So Sad!

[@Owlshadow.]

Bless your can't spell hart

[@Arvak777]

​@@ghostpacas7600 you do know that getting made fun of because you're a Christian CONFIRMS our faith even more? Jesus said it would happen. Please be nice and try to debunk us by showing a better way to live.

[@bfields1448]

You can find the most caring loving kindest people at a good Baptist kjb believing church.

[@Owlshadow.]

You need serious psychological help

[@rubberduky1829]

I attended that church before the new additions. My heart breaks to Dr. Jeffress in tears. I miss Dallas for sure.

[@KennyNash-sb9sh]

The beautiful church has served it's purpose & will never go away... the church is within each member. 😇 ❤

[@Owlshadow.]

I hope they can spell "within"

[@KennyNash-sb9sh]

@@Owlshadow. I hope you can get a life besides KZbin. Kinda of pathetic.

[@Blenduu]

​@@KennyNash-sb9sh 😂❤ I concur. SUCH a troll. Why do they even come on here? Oh that's right. #Insecure #Pathetic #Trauma

[@KennyNash-sb9sh]

@Owlshadow. did you get a life yet?

[@kateM.1409]

this is the church i attend as a teen. so sad to see it go up in flames. :( though, the church is the people inside the building and not the building itself.

[@mariahalmagean-kp3pn]

Lord bless all the people

[@Owlshadow.]

Especially the ones sexually abused by your followers

[@Caocao8888]

Prayers for Bishop Jeffries and his congregation.

[@brendamosley1549]

This was so sad about this church

[@andrewczski1969]

Sure would be nice if the news would become news again, rather than factless, emotional mess.

[@lablaine1981]

Agreed💯...been 👀 BBC since 1955, oh how they changed,local news last 40+ yrs: were in your living room" were family"... Same old formula, national,local...but I don't have any ideas...just 🗣️

[@jwbjpb1338]

You mean like FOX which is a shrill for right wing nonsense?

[@donald9469]

Sorry for your loss praying for you all stay strong in Christ

[@dfogarty1897]

I haven’t been keeping up with this, but was this an accident, bad wiring, or arson?

[@lyntomkins1624]

So sad for you all I watch you always on KZbin God bless you all 🇦🇺

[@angloaust1575]

The church is the people!

[@MichPrigo-qt1qz]

I was passing through there on Thursday and was admiring its beauty and size. What a lost...;(

[@michelleslack9985]

Praying

[@nenaaa1444]

It’s gonna be alright keep the faith.

[@mitmitization]

Blessing! 🙏💭🙏

[@michellejessup6618]

I grew up in that church third generation pastor dr. wa Criswell was the best pastor ever!! My heart breaks for that scared building ⛪️😭🙏🏻😭🙏🏻

[@robertyoung3992]

God Speed on your recovery and rebuild

[@therooster6104]

🙏🏼🕊️✝️❤️🇺🇸 Blessings my fellow children of Jesus Christ 🌹

[@journeybrook9357]

Did the Library survive? Are the records safe?

[@CheeseMiser]

All the stained glass is ruined

[@sushmagorrela1669]

God is the glory and the later glory will be greater than former glory. Remember the temple of Jerusalem

[@Owlshadow.]

Remember your psychiatrist appointment

[@freedomtrucker2332]

Heartbreaking ..

[@vanillafunk6627]

I told my parents when I was in my early teens that I would be married in that church. My current wife did not want to be Wed in a church due to previous traumas. We have been going through a divorce for the last year, and now the most endearing part of Dallas, the monument I saw as union and commitment, has burned. It feels like a sign. But maybe I'm just another crazy old man.

[@drmichaelshea]

😢 So sad. Those old buildings add a lot to the metropolitan landscape, let alone the emotional and spiritual cost to the congregation.

[@gailjames6489]

I'm confused as to why they are meeting at a convention center when it was just stated that they moved into the new place 13 years ago🤔

[@robinhughes6892]

Probably the rest of the campus is involved in the investigation as well…

[@thrithgolden2748]

heartbreaking.. 😭

[@fanboyhex1555]

Who set the fire?🤨

[@wilmbch]

Your mom 👩

[@fanboyhex1555]

@wilmbch go to bed kid, I'm asking adults.

[@AlbertHess-xy7ky]

God the all powerful.

[@Owlshadow.]

Gawd is never rong

[@johnpaulwebb3440]

God is sending them a message.

[@brickman26levi15]

What do you think that is?

[@michaelangelo-the-singer-br549]

🤣🤣

[@andrewbrendan1579]

Maybe Satan is working against the church because of the way they are following Christ.

[@johnpaulwebb3440]

@@andrewbrendan1579 No way a God would allow that.

[@brickman26levi15]

@johnpaulwebb3440 I believe their point is that Satan is unhappy with how well the church is following Christ and it attempting to attack it. It's not gonna work. If anything, it's only gonna be motivation to work harder.

[@Thefloorsspeakyiddish]

It’s never a synagogue or a mosque is it?

[@brickman26levi15]

@Ndw1995 Would the enemy attack religions that he knows aren't a threat?

[@shanemontgomery1358]

Yep there is absolutely zero attacks on Muslims or Jews yep zero…y’all racist and religious bigots are not doing your faith any favors

[@Frank-st6gd]

I pray that wasn't Arson. ❤❤❤

[@Owlshadow.]

Gawd don't need no help

[@christophercotton9048]

And that building housed a beautiful pipe organ that dedicated by Diane Bish.

[@myunknownland9272]

So sorry

[@eddielane9569]

I would not be surprised if arson is the cause but with all of the water that has flooded through that basement the evidence is likely washed away. The reason I think arson is because they had just closed the doors after VBS and then shortly afterwards the fire starts. Someone either stayed behind and hid to start the fire or broke in and then pored and accelerant in the basement to start that fire. I hope that didn't happen but as a retired Paramedic/ Firefighter I usually am pretty good at figuring some of these things out.

[@ceceliajones9927]

One of your sister churches: First Baptist Church of Atlanta prayed for you Sunday July 21st 2024 to be continued I'm sure

[@Buildyourinheritance]

I hope there’s insurance on this landmark

[@judydean399]

It's a building. Just think of all the people suffering in Palestine.

[@Owlshadow.]

Why would the mentally ill think of reality ?

[@sharondoan1447]

The building was not the Church.

[@wilmacobb8379]

So tragic 😪

[@jamesburton1050]

Oh no!!

[@frekigeri4317]

Wonder how those people reacted to Notre Dame burning.

[@36terraplane57]

Gods will.

[@herusantoso1221]

Nothing is eternal in this world…

[@encubierto4930]

I'm sure Trump will donate lots of money to rebuild the church!

[@ceceliagray-alsay8212]

Even the organ the musical organ was also damaged to pipe organ

[@ReznaQay]

VERY SAD

[@andreipalmer8470]

😢

[@coleymoke6709]

So sad.

[@grace-LJ9]

😭😭😭😭

[@kylehonea5599]

“Take it easy!!!” - Tony Soprano

[@Owlshadow.]

Jackson Browne

[@binaryflat]

This shows masonry is highly flammable.

[@CheeseMiser]

Incorrect

[@brickman26levi15]

I'm not sure if this is sarcastic or not. The entire room is filled with carpet and wood pews. The roof that collapsed is also made of wood.

[@mchl1985]

Ohhhh nooo 😭

[@MaryAnnFlaus]

Smelling the smoke the day after 🤔 GOD IS WITH YOU ALL OUR SAVIOR IS ALREADY REBUILDING

[@SB-ey5yd]

@ghostpacas7600, what a sad and miserable life you must have. I see you responded w the same mean msg to multiple people. You can still be a good person whether you believe in a higher power or not. You have chosen, instead, a path of anger and a need to lash out w bitterness as a way to ease your pain. Go to therapy.

[@garyteague9555]

So sad

[@Retrorick642]

Are we beginning to see the smoke of Babylon burning?

[@barbaraclack9166]

💜🛐. God's Words and his people lives on

[@CarrieMcComas-yw4cq]

Please, please PLEASE! Do not tear it down!! The last masonry art. Don't yOu see? Standing on the cornerstone of Christ? Please do not destroy!! Satan is begging you to just that!

[@Owlshadow.]

See a psychiatrist

[@SmoothMoove-j1z]

I mean the fact only the church was on fire and supposedly started around sixish they said so around close to the same time the pastor left or a few minutes after at least that what i thought i heard from both sides someone is gonna have to correct me on it but that tells me someone lit the match lol. Or did they🤔?

[@robertbolton9450]

Mabey the kitchen in the basement caught fire gas stovest

[@jbwade5676]

😢😢😢😢

[@Collateralcoffee]

Wow... ATF has an obesity problem, too.... Is there any official organisation in the US that does not?

[@AlbertHess-xy7ky]

Have you been to church?

[@dmjack2921]

YT hates My comments.

[@DanielJewel-e2t]

Can't these folks simply pray for a new building?? I screams insurance scam

[@robertbolton9450]

Psalm 42 verse 11

[@Owlshadow.]

James 316 🤡

[@SIGNALFREQ]

Dam…Real estate developers getting desperate 🔥✌🏽

[@willhenderson3602]

Rebuild it will take time. U fall u get back up

[@aaronsanchez3141]

Oh well

[@fluxfaze]

The supreme being making a statement about organized religion?

[@Owlshadow.]

With all the insane asylums closing it's a shame to lose another one

[@robertbolton9450]

Matthew 5 verse 4

[@Owlshadow.]

James 316 😅

[@robertbolton9450]

@@Owlshadow. envy and stŕife can destroy.

[@Pamela-se3lc]

WOW i live in Dallas