Denver along with Colorado Springs are regarded as some of the most conservative and religious cities of US. It is often regarded as the Evangelical Vatican as it is the home to numerous Baptist churches, Methodist churches, Presbyterian churches and numerous other churches belonging to the different Christian sects. In the DEX phonebook there are 84 categories of churches with hundreds of individual category listed. It will not be a misnomer to call Denver the religious capital of US. There are numerous Denver Colorado Churches belonging to the Baptist and the Methodists and the Christian graph shows that they are increasing day by day along with the rise of a particular group of pious population in Denver.
There are many Denver Colorado Churches belonging to the Baptist community. Some of them are the Riverside Baptist Church, Woodside, Mile High Baptist Church, Messiah, Clear Creek, Victory, Beth Eden, and the First Baptist Church of Denver.
Riverside Baptist Church is the organization of the passionate Christians who believe in the crucifixion of the Christ. They encourage a weekly worship service which is divided into the following segments: preaching, praise and prayer. The preaching ceremony begins with the reading of scripture centered on Christ followed by the praise ceremony involving hymns, singing, instruments, clapping, raising hands, giving tithes and offerings as well as sincere acknowledgement of the god’s presence in this divine universe. And lastly there is a prayer ceremony that ends with the thanksgiving ritual to the god. Apart from the weekly rituals in the churches they also organize several special events during the Christmas and also special worship ceremony at Wednesdays, Sundays and in the month of January of Every year. To make worship more soul stirring they also have Riverside Worship Band, Kidz Choir, Adult Choir, and the Riverside Worship band. However it is only the devotion and the worship in which they are interested and brilliant performance. Apart from this they also have a Rocky mountain Baptist Camp amidst the serenity of the Rockies foothills and has also associated themselves with tree planting projects, fire fighting and nature conservation projects etc.
The Calvary Baptist Church of Denver is located in the serene atmosphere of the Girard Avenue Denver and has a whole community of Baptists living near the church. The ministries of the church are divided into several groups that bring peace and calmness in our world. They include the Ministry of care and Congregational Life, ministry of celebration in worship, ministry of communication to outreach, minister of cultivation through education,. The ministry of resource management controls the departments like divorce recovery, adult day services, modern matures, men’s ministry, women’s ministry, etc. They even have special programmes for the children, youth and the adults. Many of the Baptist church churches have high tech audio visual facility to teach and preach the followers. Woodside Baptist Church is one of them and it also has online preaching programmes and online viewing and hearing facility of sermons and choirs to the followers living and staying far away.
There are many Methodist Denver Colorado Churches and the very famous include Trinity United Methodist Church, Christ Church United Methodist, Highland’s United Methodist Church, Green Mountain, Wheat Ridge, Lakewood United Methodist Church, Highlands and St Paul’s United Methodist Church etc. It is the first church in Denver established in 1859.Unlike other churches it pays much attention to the arts and performance and has separate groups for choir, handbells, instrumentals, drama based on Christ and School of Arts. They are also associated with several humanitarian projects to help uplift mankind. Apart from this there are also several Presbyterian churches in Denver and number is constantly increasing and they have influenced the the religious scenario of the city.