Trinity UMC: A Beacon for Change in the Denver Community

Outside, horns blare on Broadway on a lazy Sunday morning. Inside Trinity United Methodist Church’s hallowed halls, Pastor Ken Brown is about to captivate his audience with a powerful sermon.

The room quiets as he ascends to the podium. Surveying the crowd, he narrates some of his father’s experiences working as an engineer in a segregated workplace in North Carolina. “Though my daddy was exposed to this brutal environment each day, he never let us think we were limited by the color of our skin,” Brown says. “He returned each night to tuck us into bed, and we grew up believing we could be anything we dreamt to be.”

Trinity is one of the oldest churches in Denver, but its mission is anything but dated. With Brown at its helm, the church at 1820 Broadway has become a beacon…