Zion Baptist Church
15 November 1865 - ZION BAPTIST CHURCH, DENVER, COLORADO Zion Baptist Church was founded on 15 November 1865 by an intrepid group of black pioneers who settled in Denver, Colorado Territory when the city’s total population was less than 5,000 people. Among its founders was Barney Ford who would later become one of Denver’s most successful entrepreneurs. Like all Denver residents at the time, these black church founders came from other […]