[citation needed] The First Baptist Church of Dallas was established on July 30, 1868, with eleven founding members.

Now at 90.9 FM, KCBI broadcasts as part of the Criswell Radio Network, and includes KCCE and KSAO of San Angelo, Texas, and KCBK of Frederick, Oklahoma.

In 2013, Ted Cruz, invited by Robert Jeffress, attended the church and gave a speech to the congregation on faith and the U.S. Constitution.

[4] In 2013, a 3,000 seat Worship Center and expansion was built close to the historic building at a cost of $130 million.

[2] In 2013, by virtue of the Truett and Criswell Pastorships, First Baptist Dallas completed a major renovation and expansion of their facilities, including construction of a new worship center.

A day later, he addressed the South Carolina legislature remarking that he "strongly favored racial segregation" and charged that those who were attempting to integrate the white church were "infidels, dying from the neck up.

After his 1968 election as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, he said that his church already had many non-white members and was open to all regardless of race.

In 1970, he remarked that he had "come to the profound conclusion that to separate by coercion the body of Christ on the basis of skin pigmentation was unthinkable, unchristian and unacceptable to God".

[19] In 1994, Gregory published his book "Too Great a Temptation: The Seductive Power of America's Super Church", detailing his reasons for leaving.

[20][21][22][23] Since 2008, Pastor Robert Jeffress has been involved in numerous controversies, including hate speech against homosexuals, Muslims, Catholics, Mormons and president Barack Obama.

He received widespread criticism but he has not retracted, despite then U.S. presidential candidate and LDS church member Mitt Romney requesting that he do so.

[31] On November 4, 2012, the Sunday before the 2012 election, Jeffress said that Barack Obama was "paving the way for the future reign of the Antichrist.