About The Oaks
We are a group of people who join together to worship God and to experience relevant, compelling and creative life-changing messages based on truths from God's word - The Bible. We are excited about sharing the love of Christ by caring for each other and our communities. We currently have three campus locations in the South Dallas Metroplex area: our Red Oak Fellowship, our Oak Cliff Spanish Fellowship (Español), and our Mesquite Fellowship.
What's our purpose?
We are committed to helping you become a fully-devoted follower of Christ.
The Oaks exists to fulfill the five biblical purposes of the church:
- Growing Deeper through inspiring Worship
- Growing Broader through gift oriented Ministry
- Growing Larger through relational Evangelism
- Growing Closer through genuine Community
- Growing Stronger through intentional Discipleship
Click here to learn more about our vision, purpose and core values.
What's our story?
We all have a story. Thank you for letting us tell you ours.
In 1921 a man by the name of Will Bolen came to South Dallas to hold a tent revival. He brought his canvas tent, some kerosene lanterns and a passion to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with people who did not know Him. Out of this revival, a small group of believers came together and founded a church known as Thomas Hill Full Gospel Church. That building still stands today, just behind the Dallas Zoo. For over forty years it was home to the people of The Oaks Fellowship. In the early 1960’s, God led the people of our church to move its facilities and build a new location on the corner of I-35 and Loop 12, and for almost forty years it was the home of Oak Cliff Assembly of God. Though the location and the name had changed, the primary purpose was still the same: to see lost people come to Christ and to see leaders raised up to help spread the gospel of God throughout the world.
In 1988, Rev. Tom Wilson came to Oak Cliff Assembly of God to pastor and lead this great church. With a burning desire for people to connect with God, Pastor Tom Wilson has led the church through its greatest time of change. In the mid 90’s, Pastor Wilson was directed by God to establish a free tuition school within the facilities of the church. That led to the now more than 3100 student strong Life School.
In the year 2000, Pastor Tom Wilson and the board began seeking God concerning the future of our church. They felt that God was about to begin a change in the church, but they didn’t want to just come up with a plan. They were determined to find the Master’s plan. After spending several months in prayer, they believed that God was leading the church to move again, but this time it was a bit different. Even though it seemed almost sacrilegious to think of moving from Oak Cliff, the staff and board of our church felt God was leading us to build a new facility in Red Oak, while still keeping the facility in Oak Cliff as a part of our congregation. In early 2001, the process began. Because a church in Red Oak could not be called Oak Cliff… anything, the church was renamed as The Oaks Fellowship. Pastor Scott Wilson joined his dad as senior pastor, together becoming co-pastors serving the two locations with each location having a thriving church where people are committed to God and passionate about seeing their friends, neighbors, family members and co-workers come to God. Each location has a free tuition school where children of that community can come and receive a quality education at no charge. This was the dream of The Oaks Fellowship.
Under the leadership of Pastor Scott Wilson, The Oaks continues to experience tremendous growth. It has nearly tripled in size in the last few years, now ministering to about 3000 people weekly. The church currently offers four worship experiences every weekend to accommodate the growing crowds. The Red Oak location recently built and opened a building with an 1800 seat auditorium with provisions to expand up to 3400 seats. In September of 2008, a congregation in Mesquite, TX voted to join The Oaks and their mission to lead people into fully devoted followers of Christ.
Our stories contain times where things are great and grand, as well as times when things are difficult; however, we all have one common denominator of our stories: they are unfinished. The most exciting days of our lives are not the days gone by, but the days ahead...
Thank you reading about our story. Check back in to see how it continues to unfold.
