Learn how Christian denominations and other religious groups put down roots in the city in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from TCU historian Lisa Barnett. In a story filled with big personalities such as Baptist minister J. Frank Norris and important religious events, Barnett also will explain the rise of religious/theological education that resulted in the establishment of TCU, Brite Divinity School, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth.

Dr. Lisa Barnett serves as a lecturer in the TCU History Department, specializing in American Indian and religious history. Barnett is also an ordained minister with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). She is the author of two chapters in Institutional Change in Theological Education: A History of Brite Divinity School (TCU Press, 2011) and wrote the biographical sketch of Colby Hall for the reprint of his book, History of Texas Christian University (TCU Press, 2014).