Churches in Downtown

Active churches in Downtown

317 E. Kiowa St., Colorado Springs
firstbaptist-cs.org
58 sermons · 5 days ago
25 W Cimarron St, Colorado Springs
graceandpeacecos.org
1 sermon
219 E Bijou St, Colorado Springs
firstprescos.org
1 sermon
1820 15th St, Boulder
gracecommons.org
5 sermons
16 E Platte Ave, Colorado Springs
woodmenvalley.org
1 sermon

Types of churches in Downtown

Non-denominational

Modern music, practical teaching, and a relaxed, come-as-you-are atmosphere — popular with young adults and families who want a welcoming community without strong denominational ties.

Mainline & historic

Traditional worship with beautiful sanctuaries, choral music, and liturgical services — congregations that connect faith with history and a long-standing community presence.

Students & young adults

With the University of Colorado nearby, many churches emphasize student ministry — Bible studies, worship nights, and service opportunities built for people in their college and early-career years.

Family-friendly

Strong kids’ programs, youth groups, and safe, supportive environments — with Sunday school, childcare, and age-specific ministries throughout the city.

Sermon clips from Downtown churches

64s
#NamesShowRespect
“It's less funny when adults get them wrong. Not bothering to learn someone's name means something. It suggests something. Not being bothered to learn someone's name is a really easy way of saying, you don't matter to me. Names matter. That's one of the lessons my mentor, Sterling, taught me. He insisted that as a pastor, I had this unique responsibility to learn people's names and to learn them correctly. Write them down, put them in a note on your phone, create a mnemonic device to lock it in, but do your level best to learn and use people's names, he told me. It matters, he said, because whether you want to or not, you represent the presence of God to people. And if you can't be bothered to learn their name correctly, then what does that say about your image of God?”
57s
“``You make your own rules. You're accountable to nothing. You're essentially your own God because God doesn't exist. Right? For us this morning, if if you're a Christian, you placed your faith in Christ, this can look like living. I mean, we're never gonna say God doesn't exist. Right? You're in a church. You probably came here because you think God exists. You believe that he exists. If you're a Christian, you believe a whole set of things about Jesus and everything else, but we can live as if God doesn't exist. Right? We can live as a fool. We can live as if the gospel isn't true, maybe even for just an instant. And as I go forward this morning, be looking for those ways. Be sort of evaluating your own self, your own heart. What are ways that you find yourself on the way of foolishness?”
57s
“Most Christians think if I share the gospel faithfully, people should respond. they think, well, if people don't respond, then I must have failed. There must be something wrong with the message I gave them. But Paul rejects both of these ideas. The reasons people do not believe in Jesus often have less to do with the message that you are sharing and more to do with the condition of the human heart. We are not responsible for someone's change of heart, surrender, or transformation. is up to the Lord. And if we believe that our God continues to pursue people with patience and grace and mercy, then we are compelled to do the same.”
40s
#newHeartConversion
“Not a physical one, although I'm amazed what doctors can do. But the scripture talks about a metaphorical heart transplant. And you can go to church all your life and miss what the prophet Ezekiel had to say. I will give you a new heart, says god. A new heart. A new inner being. I'll put a new spirit in you. That's the holy spirit. I'll change you from the inside out. I will remove from you that heart of stone. Go back to frozen. Right? That will come out, and I'll put a new one in there, a heart of flesh. Friends, that's called conversion.”
45s
#HeCallsByName
“What is it about the way that Jesus says her name that makes it unmistakably clear who he is? Was it the timbre of his voice? Was it his unique inflection? Did he say it in just the way that he always had hundreds of times before? Earlier in this very gospel, Jesus talked about the good shepherd who knows his own and who calls them by name. Clearly, Mary is one of his own because the moment he calls her by name, she knows.”
60s
#MaryHeardHerName
“and then she hears him say it. Mary. That's all he says. Just that. He calls her by name and at the sound of hearing her name issue forth from his mouth. She knows. What is it about the way that Jesus says her name that makes it unmistakably clear who he is? Was it the timbre of his voice? Was it his unique inflection? Did he say it in just the way that he always had hundreds of times before? Earlier in this very gospel, Jesus talked about the good shepherd who knows his own and who calls them by name.”
55s
#NewLifeFromTheCross
“On the surface of the canvas, it looks like Jesus' story is the story of death. But at some deeper level, it's actually a story about new life in God. From the cross, Jesus isn't just making accommodations for his mother, he's inaugurating a new kind of community which people will find their family based on their relationship with him. We have come to call it the church. From the cross, Jesus isn't just thirsty for a nice Pinot Grigio. He's thirsty to drink from the cup that his father has given him. And at the cross, it isn't just finished, over, done, kaput, it's accomplished.”
50s
#FocusOnTheAccomplishment
“See, John wants us to take the camera and to focus the lens so that we aren't focused on the cross as the death of Jesus, but as his great accomplishment. It isn't the end, it isn't his defeat, rather it's the fulfillment of his ministry. Ministry. It isn't just finished, it's accomplished. And there's a world of difference between those two things. And John thinks that if we can just see that, if we can just see that, then we'll finally be able to trust that there is nothing that can come between us and God's love for us.”
40s
#DeathAsGodsServant
“The story that John wants us to hear isn't just that Jesus died, but that in God's economy, even death is a servant of God. In God's power, even death can bring accomplishment. Do you know what that means? It means that if God can take something as brutal and ugly and unforgivable as the cross and use it for good, then just imagine what God can do through the likes of us. Even when we feel like we have so little to offer.”
71s
#LoveLooksMessy
“``Sometimes love looks like this. Sometimes love looks messy, awkward, uncomfortable. Sometimes it looks like Jesus taking a towel and washing our feet, not because we like it or because it feels good, but because we need it. Before it's about anything else, this passage reminds us that unless we let God love us to wholeness first, we'll never be able to love others to wholeness ourselves. So don't you dare turn away. Sometimes love looks like letting somebody else serve”

Why Downtown churches are unique

Tradition meets innovation: The spiritual landscape in Downtown reflects both heritage and progress, with long-established mainline churches standing alongside newer congregations that emphasize casual gatherings and contemporary worship.
A culture all its own: Many churches mirror the city’s culture of inclusivity and connection to the outdoors, offering spaces where people of all backgrounds can experience faith and community in an authentic, welcoming environment.

Recent sermons from Downtown churches

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