A hundred years of light
on 16th and Gaylord.
An inner-city church, born in a boarded-up Safeway on Colfax, now worshipping in a restored 1921 synagogue. Thirty-five years of feeding, healing and rebuilding lives in the heart of Denver.
Whoever you are, wherever you are, you belong here.
We are one congregation with two expressions: a Messianic Shabbat service on Saturday and a contemporary worship service on Sunday. Jew and Gentile, rich and poor, every race and every story, one new family in Messiah.
1580 Gaylord Street, Denver, CO 80206 · (303) 322-5733 · Directions
Two buildings. One calling.
In November 1991, Pastors Michael and Brenda Walker turned the key on a trashed, boarded-up grocery store at Colfax and Josephine. Broken glass, old tires, and a neighborhood in the grip of gang violence. For sixteen years it was Church in the City.
In 2008 the congregation took on something only God could finish: a derelict 1921 Orthodox synagogue two blocks away. They called it Project Nehemiah. On March 27, 2009, Church in the City – Beth Abraham opened its doors.
Denver has been telling our story for decades.
From the Denver Post’s 2008 profile of a pastor with a vision for a ruined synagogue, to Westword’s look at church plants taking root on Colfax, to the night CBS covered the cafe we opened for East High kids.
“One of the most diverse, ethnically and financially, in Colorado.”
2008
2008“It’s time to unpack your bags in the city.”
Pastor Michael Walker, 2020Every message, every week, wherever you are.
Join us live on Saturday and Sunday mornings, or catch up on recent teaching from Pastor Michael Walker and our team in the sermon library.
Grow the saved. Save the lost. Care for the downtrodden.
The mission has not changed since 1991. The ministries that carry it have grown into a network that touches thousands of Denver lives every year.
Thirty-five years of showing up.
Feeding, washing feet, worshipping, walking Colfax, sending teams around the world. This is what the inside of this building looks like.
Thirty-five years, one calling.
Michael and Brenda Walker founded Church in the City in 1991 and have led it ever since: through the Safeway years on Colfax, the restoration of the synagogue, and three decades of serving the poor, the oppressed and the needy of Denver.
Support the work of the church.
Tithes and offerings can be given online through Church Center. Giving supports our ministries, our outreach on Colfax, and the care of our historic building.