1881

First Annual Session Texas Christian Missionary Convention.
(Black Congregations meeting together in organized fellowship.)

1886

Texas Christian Missionary Society was established - Texas Convention of Christian Churches (White) began annual meetings.

1901

TCMC split forming the Northeast Convention.

1906

Anti's split led to formation of the Church of Christ

1922

TCMC and Northeast Convention came back together and reorganized into the United Texas Christian Missionary Convention - which incorporated October 17, 1922. (The word "United" was dropped in usage through the ensuing years)

1948

Unification of work of the Christian Church in Texas was proposed at the Amarillo convention.

1955

The Texas Board of Christian Churches (TBCC) was established by the merger of TCMS, Texas Board of Religious Education, and the Texas Christian Men's Fellowship

1955

A joint study committee on Negro Work was established by the TCMC and the TBCC

1956

A Director of Negro Work was employed as Executive Director of TCMC and Staff member of TBCC (The first State or Region of the Christian Church in America to employ a Black person as executive staff)

1957

A part-time evangelist was employed

1958

At the Houston Convention, a 9-member Commission was authorized to plan for more complete unification

1960

Lubbock Convention - continued the Commission

1961

Commission was enlarged to include: Texas Christian University, TBCC, Jarvis Christian College, Christian Women's Fellowship, Juliette Fowler Homes, and TCMS Permanent Fund.

1962

New Structure was proposed with each of the agencies becoming an integral part with voting privileges.

1963

TCMC voted dissolution with a simultaneous creation of TEXAS CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP as a part of the program and structure of the TACC. The function of this fellowship being to provide fellowship and leader development, to see to the representation of the churches formerly served by the TCMC, and to insure the continuation of program services to the Negro churches. TCMF was given authority and responsibility to develop for itself rules of operating procedure on similar lines as the CWF of the Association, in keeping with the constitution.
In its 1963 action, the TCMC voted that “within the Texas Christian Missionary Fellowship and its annual assembly there shall be retained for a period of no more than 10 years, the right and the authority to re-call the Convention into being and to set up its re-constitution if need be, as a protective measure to insure the continuation of the purpose and work of the TCMC if for any reason these cannot be provided for reasonably in the new Association."

1963

At the Texas Convention of Christian Churches in San Antonio, The TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES came into being with the adoption of the original Constitution and ByLaws.

1964

Amendments were made at the Houston assembly

1966

(Wichita Falls Assembly) Amendments were made

1967

(San Antonio Assembly) Amendments were made

1968

(Austin Assembly) Amendments were made

1969

(Lubbock Assembly) Amendment - proposed to change the name to: CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) IN TEXAS

1970

(Fort Worth Assembly) Name change amendment adopted

1972

(Corpus Christi Assembly) Amendments were adopted

1974

(Dallas Assembly) Constitution and By-Laws was adopted to merge what was heretofore known as the CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) in NEW MEXICO and the CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) in Texas.