Where We Came From

In His great wisdom, GOD ordained that Temple Baptist Church would begin in the fall of 1977.  We don't know why He chose this time but we do believe that He directed it all.

In the beginning of that fateful year, a young preacher and his wife moved from Kentucky to the Dallas area expecting to assume the pastorate of a mission church.  When they arrived, they found the job for which they came was no longer available.  The preacher found temporary employment as a youth pastor in Richardson but knew that wasn’t all the Lord had in store for him in Texas.  So, he prayed, and the Lord said, “Start a church.”  He began searching for where to start.  …Plano? No.  …McKinney?  No.  Then, a man in McKinney told him about Lewisville.  He said Lewisville was about to start growing, that he should look there.

After weeks of searching through Lewisville for a place to start a church, Pastor Wallace finally located a store front in the Lakeland Plaza shopping center.  He began passing out fliers to advertise his new church.   The first Sunday service saw 11 people in attendance with a $12 offering.  Spectacular, no; but it was a start.  From that point, the church saw steady growth.  Soon they expanded into additional store front space.  Before long, they outgrew the storefront, and it was time to look for their own property.  The land was located, and they purchased a few acres on Bellaire Blvd which at the time was considered the outskirts of Lewisville.

The first building erected on the new property is known today as the Parish building.  It was small but God worked in big ways there.  Shortly after moving to Bellaire Blvd, Temple Christian Academy was born and shared the property with the church.  As the church continued to grow, they added “Temporary” buildings.  Temporary is a relative term; in this case temporary was 20+ years.  The Lord provided funds to build a gym.  The church thought the gym was for athletics, youth and school activities, but GOD knew it would eventually be used for worship as well.

The gym was functional as an auditorium but the church continued to grow and needed more space.  Again, the Lord had a plan.  He opened the door to purchase an existing church property on Milton Street in Lewisville.  The church would find more space there, and the school would continue to operate on Bellaire Blvd.

The Milton St. property provided more Sunday School space and a single purpose worship center.  The church prospered there for a while but was practically invisible to the public due to the location.

Pastor Wallace and the church prayed about this issue and soon the Lord led him to Main St. in Old Town Lewisville.  There in buildings that had once housed First Baptist Church, he found an open, roomy worship facility that served the church family well for several years.  But the neighborhood was changing…Street changes made access to classroom buildings dangerous.  It was time to move again.  They began searching.

Pastor Wallace formed a Building Committee to search for new property.  After significant effort, the Lord led them to Northshore Blvd in Flower Mound.  Acreage was available here, but there were no buildings.  An architect was hired, plans were designed, and construction began.  After almost three years of searching, planning and construction.  Temple Baptist Church opened its doors in Flower Mound.  That was over five years ago.

Now, the church is located in Flower Mound on 21 acres of property.  We have room to expand, room to do more, and room to reach more.  God is still at work after 31 years.  In fact, He’s only just begun.