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This page is usually updated Fridays. Wilshire’s 75th anniversaryWilshire will mark its 75th anniversary this year, culminating in a festive June weekend. 75th anniversary weekend• Saturday, June 13 — Homecoming Celebration4:45–7:30 p.m. | Catch up with friends,...
Celebrating 75 Years: A Wilshire Timeline
Wilshire was born on June 14, 1951, when a group of dedicated Baptists gathered in a Lakewood home to organize a new church. We are grateful for the vision of those founders, for the generations who have sustained it over the past 75 years, and for those who will...
I Am Wilshire 75th Anniversary Special: Charlene Law
What Wilshire has given to me ... A high school group that made me feel welcome. Some are still close friends today. I joined Wilshire in October 1960 with my parents, Charlie and LuFan Watson, and sisters, Evelyn and Mitzi. I was in the ninth grade. In the summer of...
Preparing for Worship: June 14, 2026
By Heather Mustain Today marks 75 years of Wilshire’s faithful witness and presence to our community, our neighborhood and our world. We have spent the last few months remembering and reflecting on memories and milestones, ministry and mission, and although our...
Prayer Notes
Wilshire Prayer Notes — June 5, 2026 Hospital/Rehab/HospiceHaidynn, Shirley, Larry OthersEdith, Jan, Deborah, Jerry, Martha, Donna, Neil, Montgomery, Marilyn, John, Brenda, Donna, Ella, Owen, Emily Friends and Family Concerns• Pam’s mother, Wilma, in hospital• Julie’s...
Forty years of faithful presence in South Dallas
By Keri Mitchell The paradox of the Baptist church in South Dallas called “Cornerstone” is that its original building wasn’t supposed to have a foundation. Cornerstone’s roots grew out of Second Baptist Church, established in 1888 at Ervay and Corinth. Seventy years...
Wilshire on mission: 75 years of showing up
From its earliest days, Wilshire understood missions not simply as charity, but as participation in God’s work of justice, compassion and beloved community. At its founding in 1951, the church committed to giving at least 10 percent of undesignated offerings to...