Easter Sunday services took place at Zion Baptist Church on Sunday in Denver.
Organized by former slaves on Nov. 15, 1865, Zion Baptist Church is the oldest black congregation in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West. Since 1913, the church has occupied its Romanesque Revival building at 933 East 24th Ave in Five Points, which was originally built in the early 1890s for Calvary Baptist Church.
Long one of the central institutions in Denver’s black community, Zion Baptist celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2015 and has now been serving its communtiy for 158 years.
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