Organized in 1847 under the leadership of lawyer Joseph A. Clark, founder and administrator of the college now T.C.U., and farmer John F. Taylor, this church brought together 16 charter members of different faiths through Articles of Faith expressing their basic beliefs. Clark and Taylor were followers of the Campbell-Scott movement for Christian unity, and from its beginning the church was evangelistic in nature. Rev. Mr. Jordan, after relinquishing affiliation with the Baptist Church, became the first pastor and ministered not only to the new congregation but also to other settlements near and far. In the early 1850s, Rev. Carroll Kendrick became pastor, also emphasizing evangelism, and he urged Joseph Clark to join him in strengthening existing congregations, establishing new churches, and expounding the gospel. Interrupted only by the Civil War, this evangelistic work has continued ever since. The first church building, erected in 1859, stood at Poplar and Fannin streets; the second was built in 1884 at Houston and Crawford; the third, built in 1905, is now used as an educational building; and the present church was constructed in 1955.