Welcome To Macedonia Baptist Church Of Denver
The Church Where The Word Is Made Flesh
Where we seek to be a down-to-earth ministry, making real the presence and power of God in people’s everyday lives as we love people because we love God, discover our inner disciple, and worship with our lives as much as we do with our voices. We invite you to join us on Sundays for our weekly worship encounters where we pray that you too will encounter the presence of God in a sincere, impactful, transformative, empowering, and unforgettable way. And we hope that as you see signs of how God is present and at work in and through the life of Macedonia that you too will join us as we love, discover, worship, grow, and go together!
MAcedonia Baptist Church: History in the Making
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Jeffrey Beall
Welcome to Macedonia Baptist Church in Denver (MBCD). We are excited to share our church home with you!
MBCD was founded in 1917. Since our inception, most of our members have been Black/African American. As a church, we have a history of supporting our members—not only in nourishing their spirits—but also in fighting for their civil rights.
In 1963, MBCD moved to our current location. At that time, our pastor was Rev. Joseph Griffin, who was also friends with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Both men were passionate about the Civil Rights Movement. As such, Rev. Griffin and MBCD helped advance the rights of people in Denver.
In 1964, just a year after MBCD moved to our new home, we started hosting speaking engagements by some of the best-known civil rights leaders in the world—including Rev. Dr. King, Jr.; Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.; Mrs. Rosa Parks; Dr. Ralph Abernathy; and U.S. Representative Shirley Chisholm. Over the years, Macedonia has also hosted speaking engagements by local government officials, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).
MBDC’s current location is certified and listed in the National Registry of Historic Places because, according to 
History Colorado, MBDC is significant to local ethnic heritage and is an excellent example of a church built during the Modernist movement.
Macedonia Baptist Church of Denver
