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HISTORY
 The
Roots of This Congregation
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church
has been in existence since 1862 when it was formed as
part of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. A group of
six families, led by a Presbyterian minister, the Rev.
R. R. Dunlap put down their spiritual roots in the frontier
town of Denton, Texas. At the time, there were no church
buildings in town, although both the Methodists and the
Baptists already had formed congregations.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church became Denton’s
third church to be organized. Through the years, St. Andrew
Presbyterian Church has been part of three denominations.
After its early identity in the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, it became part of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America when those two bodies voted to
merge in the early 1900s. In 1983, our denomination became
the Presbyterian Church (U. S. A.), as the two major streams
of Presbyterianism in this country became one.
Through the years, St. Andrew Presbyterian Church has grown from
its beginning of six families to a congregation of approximately
700 members, endeavoring to be faithful to Jesus Christ in proclaiming
the good news of salvation. People who have been touched by Christian
grace, reaching out to share Christ’s grace with others—that
has been and continues to be our calling and purpose. |
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