Other Information of Interest
- Rev. Ron Henderson – Senior Pastor - Custer Road UMC. This church is the largest UMC in the nation with a cross-racial Senior Pastor appointment.
- In 2005, Highland Park UMC ranked 2nd in the nation for number of church members and 6th for worship attendance. Five churches in the conference were within the top 25 membership UMCs in the nation. Eight North Texas Conference churches were with the nation's top 100 UMCs for worship attendance. (Only the Texas, North Georgia, and Florida conferences had more churches within the top 100 for worship attendance.)
- In 1968, the North Texas Conference hosted the meeting in Dallas, Texas in which the Evangelical United Brethren Church merged with The Methodist Church to form the United Methodist Church.
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