Established: It was during the summer of 1916, at the request of three Methodist believers. Mrs. M. M. Noble, Mr. Arthur Simon, and Mr. J. W. Carter, that the Rev. D. C. Lacy and J. W. Warren authorized the organization of a new Methodist Church in the Queen City Community of South Dallas.

 

The name Warren Chapel Methodist Church was selected in honor of Bishop H. W. Warren of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The congregation grew under the leadership of Rev. Strait and became a part of the West Texas Conference.

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Rev. I. H. Pierce, who succeeded Rev. Spencer, saw the need for a larger building for a growing membership. The building located on Oakland and Peabody streets (current location) became available for sale.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The West Texas Conference and Board of Missions of the Methodist Church, along with Dr. I. B. Loud, Conference Treasurer/Leader and Dr. Marshall T. Steele of Highland Park United Methodist Church came to the rescue and the Forest Avenue Baptist Church was purchased at the cost of $87,000.00. 

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The current location was opened on July 24, 1955, during the administration of Rev. C. D. Owens. His brother, the Rev. J. G. Owens succeeded him as pastor in 1958. Warren United Methodist Church is the second oldest African American United Methodist congregation in the city which includes being a planning site and rally center for the Freedom Riders as they orchestrated Sit-ins within the city. It was also a meeting site for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) as it made preparations for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s trip to Dallas. 

 

In August 2001, the church building was destroyed by fire and the congregation relocated to share the facility with Oak Cliff United Methodist Church. During the following four years, these two congregations united together in worship and other shared projects. 

 

In September, 2005 with its return to the current site at the corner of Malcolm X Boulevard and Peabody Streets. In 2020, Warren was hit with the Pandemic; then in 2021 Warren’s building took another blow, the building flooded due to a devastating winter storm. 

 

In 2022, Warren Re-Entered its newly renovated facility. Currently an average of 45 worshippers weekly.