Churches in Downtown

Active churches in Downtown

317 E. Kiowa St., Colorado Springs
firstbaptist-cs.org
56 sermons
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

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”
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.”
54s
#RememberTheServant
“Too often we read this passage and we skip over this part. We jump right to the part where Jesus says, now go do for others as I have done for you. And so we think the point of this story is that we are called to wash other people's feet. It's our job to serve others. But before this is a story about serving others, it is first a story about remembering the one who serves us. What if the point is for us to see that we are more like Peter than we care to admit? That like Peter, we are willing to wash someone else's feet in Jesus' name, but dead set against letting someone else serve us in that way.”
52s
#BeLovedToLove
“Why does Jesus insist that we let our feet be washed? Because he knows that it's really hard to love someone to a place that you have never been. If you haven't been washed by Jesus in this way, you can't possibly understand how to serve someone else in the same spirit. A few short verses later, while the disciples are still around the table, Jesus will say these words. He'll say, a new commandment I give you that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, so also you should love one another. How will we ever truly and be loved if we can't even let each other wash our feet.”
53s
#LetThemSeeYourHeart
“I get it. Feet are uncomfortable. Letting someone near our feet is uncomfortable. But if you think letting someone see your feet is uncomfortable, wait until they see your heart. If you think letting someone handle your feet is uncomfortable, wait until they handle your soul. The wounded parts, the broken parts. How will we ever truly love each other if we can't do something as simple as let each other wash our feet?”
69s
#JesusWeptEverywhere
“See if you can find any place this verse does not fit. Spray paint it in the back alley of any inner city. Jesus wept. Scrawl it in crown in any orphanage. Jesus wept. Embroidered it on every pillow in the nursing home. Jesus wept. Nail it to the fence post of the refugee camps in Sudan and Bangladesh. Jesus wept. Carve it over the door of a cabin in the back hauler where a 15 year old girl stands with a child. Jesus wept. Flash it in blinking neon in the red light district. Jesus wept. Skywrite it over every greed raped landscape. Jesus wept.”
50s
#NotGodsPuppet
“``I don't want to I don't want to tell you or to suggest that God took Cali from us in order to convince me to come here. I don't think God is a cosmic puppet master up there pulling strings without any concern for the casualties. That is bad theology. I won't entertain it. What I'm saying is that I believe that when Callie was taken from us, gods was the first of all our hearts to break. God no more desired her death than Jesus desired the death of his friend, and so I believe that on 11/26/2013, God wept.”
54s
#RememberCallie
“I'm a better pastor. I'm a better husband. I'm a better brother. I'm a better person because I have known and loved Callie Anne Hayes. So I choose to remember the good and weep over what has been lost because it is better than the alternative, which is to forget. And I trust that I am not alone in my grief because Jesus wept.”

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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