It was originally built on the corner of McKinney and Harwood, to a considerable degree north of Dallas's business and residential community.

The Main Campus facility located at 3966 McKinney Ave, with the exception of the Great Hall and school building, was constructed in a neo-Gothic style.

The south transept also contains a large stained glass window depicting Jesus as the "Good Shepherd".

The Good Shepherd window backs up to the organ chamber, which prevents natural light from illuminating it, so it is lit artificially from behind.

The large console of the Noack organ faces away from the chancel, requiring the use of either a television monitor or a series of mirrors for the organist to see the conductor below.

The Gothic facade speaks directly across the space, and the chamber extends straight back to the same depth as the south transept (obscuring the stained glass).

The chamber takes up the entire square space on the southeast corner of the main church.

The outside ambulatory aisles are separated from the nave by a row of Gothic pointed arches, so they do not bisect the pews.

Also under the gallery is the baptistry, which cuts a square area out of the pew space on the north side of the nave.

Outside and on the south side of the nave is a single cloister which connects the narthex with the hallway leading through the center of the church campus.

In 2017, a new stained glass window was installed above the altar, created in collaboration with Canterbury Cathedral Studios[5][6][7] in 13th-century style artistic design and craftwork.

The chancel area is separated from the nave by a large Gothic arch, behind which is a set of curtains which can block off that space when the chapel is being used for functions other than worship, though they are rarely used as such.

The organ is situated on the back wall, with the largest pipes of the pedal division flanking the west door.

The baptistry in the chapel is located adjacent to the entrance from the main hallway on the north side of the nave.

A few of the identifying practices seen in the parish include the celebration of Choral Evensong (including the use of incense), the hearing of private confessions, the invocation of the Virgin Mary and other saints for the purpose of intercession, a limited Marian devotion, and the "high-church" liturgy used in the traditional services.

The choir and lay servers wear black cassocks and full-length surplices, the vergers wear cassocks and black vergers' gowns, and the assisting clergy vest as the choir with the addition of a stole (or tippet for the priest who is preaching).

Dettra assumed the position in August 2012 after serving as organist of Washington National Cathedral.

Kit Jacobson currently serves as the director of music,[8] assisted by organist Owen Reid.

For choral evensong, which is held each Sunday from September through May, the choir takes after the English cathedral and collegiate tradition in following the rite set forth in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.

The choir has made several pilgrimages to the United Kingdom, a practice which began in 1998 with a residency at Chichester Cathedral.

The church's previous location at McKinney and Harwood contained a two manual, 19 stop organ built in 1910 by the Pilcher Organ Co. of Louisville, Kentucky The church's contemporary music program consists of a praise band-style group of instrumentalists, under the direction of Wendell Kimbrough.

In total, the parish has dozens of different outreach ministries, and there are two permanent staff positions exclusive to the department.