Cathedral of Hope (Dallas)

The Cathedral of Hope (CoH), a member congregation of the United Church of Christ, is an historically and predominantly LGBTQ 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 current building, built in 1993, is complemented with the 78-foot tall John Thomas Memorial Bell Wall commemorating HIV/AIDS victims. The Bell Wall was designed by Philip Johnson as part of a larger campus project. Donald Bruce Kaufman was consulted for the color painting of the exterior. The physical building, symbolic of the liberal Christian faith that it hosts, is found in a considerably more conservative surrounding area. The education building was completed in 2002, at a construction cost of approximately $20 million. The current Sanctuary can accommodate up to 1, 200 worshippers at once. A new proposal for postmodern cathedral was designed by Philip Cortelyou Johnson and has not been built yet, even 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.

Rev. Piazza was the senior pastor for nearly twenty years between the late 1980s and 1990s. He oversaw the largest growth in the church's history, from 250 members to more than 3,000, while ministering through the AIDS crisis.

The church's national outreach program reaches a further online audience nationwide. The Cathedral of Hope joined the United Church of Christ in February 2007, having previously been the flagship congregation of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches. In November 2009, construction was commenced on the Cathedral of Hope's Interfaith Peace Chapel, designed by the prominent architect Philip Johnson (Alan Ritchie Architects). Dedication of the building was on November 7, 2010. The Rev. Dr. Neil Thomas has been the cathedral's senior pastor since May 2015 and has expanded the church's outreach to include a food pantry that serves over 300 people every week.