First Baptist Church has selected The Beck Group, one of Dallas’ best known design and construction companies, ... a four-alarm fire destroyed the 134-year-old historic sanctuary of the church.

The recent sanctuary declaration by the ELCA, the largest Lutheran denomination in the country and one of the most visible church bodies in Minnesota, has, predictably, drawn different responses.

The work is a blend of art, design, construction know-how and hard-headed pragmatism, as when Goliwas discovered at the very last minute that, however it had looked on paper and in glass on her ...

The church’s pastor, the Rev. Ken Smith, said the new 750-person sanctuary and banquet hall were finished about six months ago at a cost of about $6 million.