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German Evangelical Immanuel Congregational Church was organized on 10 September 1910.

The congregation constructed a wood-frame building on Bruse Street. A new worship facility was built in 1927 on the northwest corner of Clifton and Everett Streets.

In 1955, the congregation became affiliated with the United Church of Christ.

Since 2008, it has been affiliated with the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference.

A group of German Lutherans in Brighton began gathering in 1896. Zion Lutheran Church was officially founded 1900.

Early worship services were held in the homes of the members until a church was built in 1908.

A new church was built in 1965 at the current location on Skeel Street.

Zion Lutheran is affiliated with the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS).

Address:

1400 Skeel St.
Brighton, CO 80601
303.659.2339

Zion Congregational Church was established in 1922.

Zion Congregational Church is affiliated with the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference (CCCC).

In the fall of 1899, a small group gathered in a house on "G" Street in Fresno. A few weeks later, the meetings were moved to the Armenian Social Hall. On 12 March 1900, thirty-eight of those gathered decided officially to organize a congregation under the name of the Evangelical Zion Congregational Church. Most of them were Lutheran, but it was the German Congregational Conference that was able to assist with the building of a church building, so they joined that group.

This congregation was organized by Volga German immigrants on 20 November 1904 as the Evangelical Lutheran Wartburg Congregation. A church building was erected in 1905 under the leadership of Rev. Feich.

The Wartburg Lutheran Church was demolished with the construction of Highway 99 through Fresno.

At the suggestion of the Rev. John Lich, a pastor in Friend, Nebraska, a letter was written to Mr. Jacob Legler of Straub, Russia, to come to Fresno to help establish a congregation for the people there. Mr. Legler was the parochial school teacher in Straub and the assistant to the pastor there. The invitation was accepted, and he arrived on 10 August 1891. A congregation was organized on 15 March 1892 with 85 members. The name chosen was "Evangelical Lutheran Cross Church," although the congregation was affiliated with the German Congregational fellowship. Mr.

The history of the Biola German Congregational Church can be traced to Volga German families who began meeting in 1918-1919 under the leadership of The Rev. C. Richert. They constructed a building which was moved to Biola in 1920-1921 and located just north of where the present church. It was used into the late 1950s.

Originally, the Biola Congregational Church was affiliated with the General Conference of the German Congregational Churches of North America. Today, the congregation is affiliated with the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference.

Christ Lutheran Church was organized on the First Sunday in Advent, 1905, by ten charter members. A church building on Prichard Avenue was dedicated on 17 December 1905. This building was moved to Aberdeen Avenue in 1907. The congregation built a larger facility in 1910. The congregation established a parochial school in 1906 that operated until 1939.

St. John Lutheran Church was founded in 1909 by families from Bangert.

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