Posted: 10/3/03
SBTC building $3 million headquarters
GRAPEVINE–The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention is building a $3 million headquarters in an office corridor near Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
The Dallas Business Journal reported the facility will be two stories with 30,000 square feet of space. It will be located on a 4-acre tract at 4500 State Highway 360.
In April, the convention's Executive Board approved the building plans. Construction will be paid for using $3.3 million in surplus Cooperative Program funds collected through the end of 2002.
Gary Ledbetter, the convention's communications director, told the Dallas Business Journal the organization's 25 full-time staff members will make the move next spring, with plans to increase to 50 employees eventually.
“We're projecting this will handle our needs for at least 10 years into the future,” Ledbetter said.
The SBTC was formed five years ago as an alternative to the Baptist General Convention of Texas by fundamentalists who wanted the state convention to adhere more closely to the rightward turn of the Southern Baptist Convention.
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