page_title: Cathedral of Hope (Dallas)
section_title: Pastors
hierarchical_section_title: Cathedral of Hope (Dallas) / Pastors
caption_attribution_description: English: 2019 The cathedral of hope in dallas church
context_page_description: The Cathedral of Hope, a member congregation of the United Church of Christ, is an historically and predominantly LGBT congregation located in the Oak Lawn area of Dallas, Texas, in the United States. The Dallas Cathedral of Hope is said to be the world's largest inclusive "liberal Christian church with a primary outreach to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons", with a membership of over 4,000 local members.
  The postmodern cathedral was designed by Philip Cortelyou Johnson and was built after it was revised five times from the first design by the architect at the request of the Rev. Michael Piazza, then dean of the Cathedral. Donald Bruce Kaufman was consulted for the painting of the exterior. The building is ten stories high and complemented with a 78-foot bell tower commemoration of HIV/AIDS victims. The physical building is symbolic to the liberal Christian faith that hosts and is found in a considerably conservative area. The main building was completed in 2002, at a construction cost of approximately $20 million, and can accommodate up to 2,200 worshippers at once. Piazza was the senior pastor for nearly twenty years between the late 1980s and 1990s.
context_section_description: 1971–1974: Richard Vincent
  1974–1977: James Harris
  1977–1987: Don Eastman
  1987–2003: Michael S. Piazza
  2005–2013: Jo Hudson
  2013–2014: Jim Mitulski
  2015–present: Neil Cazares-Thomas
caption: 2019 The cathedral of hope dallas church (20)
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