Indian Bible Church has listed its building at 595 S. Logan St. for sale. (Google Maps)
A broken furnace in February 2023 was the final straw that told Indian Bible Church it was time to leave the building it had occupied in West Wash Park for decades.
“We kind of decided it’s time, we need to sell it,” said Carol Burton, a missionary and the wife of the church’s pastor. “We didn’t have enough money to replace a furnace in that large of a building.”
The congregation has listed its nearly 100-year-old building at 595 S. Logan St. for $681,000. That’s about $130 a square foot for the 5,250-square-foot building, which sits on a 4,690-square-foot lot.
Mary Jo Brockshus with Re/Max Commercial Alliance is marketing the property on behalf of the church.
A word to potential buyers: The furnace is still broken.
“I would certainly like a church similar to what we have, but it may not be,” Burton said of potential buyers. “That’s a building. Our bigger concern is now we have a place arranged that we will be able to continue to meet as a congregation.”
Burton said Indian Bible Church dates back to 1971, when four Native American elders bought the property for $25,000 to start a congregation for Native Americans. Before Indian Bible Church, the property was home to Logan Street Church of Christ, records show.
In addition to the cost of maintenance, Burton said the church’s dwindling congregation size, now about 20 people, also influenced the decision to sell.
“We continued on with fairly good attendance of probably about 40 until COVID hit,” Burton said. “In about a month we had five members die with COVID. That hurt.”
But the church has found a new home, although it’s not what one might expect.
After they decided to sell the property, Mount Saint Vincent at 4159 Lowell Blvd. offered to rent out its chapel to Indian Bible Church, but Burton said they turned it down for something a little cozier.
“It’s a huge chapel and that would kind of feel uncomfortable,” she said.
Instead, the church is renting a coffee break room for $125 a week from Mount Saint Vincent. Burton said the break room is big enough that everyone can sit around a table together for services. Funds from the building sale will go towards rent.
“My husband teaches more like a study than a sermon, we interact, we have notes,” Burton said. “We saw the coffee break room … and we said this is perfect. We felt the Lord provided us with a place that would have heat, air conditioning and the price was very good.”
Churches hit the market every so often in and around Denver. A Byzantine Catholic congregation recently listed its property on the edge of the Belcaro and Cory-Merrill for $1.1 million.
Indian Bible Church has listed its building at 595 S. Logan St. for sale. (Google Maps)
A broken furnace in February 2023 was the final straw that told Indian Bible Church it was time to leave the building it had occupied in West Wash Park for decades.
“We kind of decided it’s time, we need to sell it,” said Carol Burton, a missionary and the wife of the church’s pastor. “We didn’t have enough money to replace a furnace in that large of a building.”
The congregation has listed its nearly 100-year-old building at 595 S. Logan St. for $681,000. That’s about $130 a square foot for the 5,250-square-foot building, which sits on a 4,690-square-foot lot.
Mary Jo Brockshus with Re/Max Commercial Alliance is marketing the property on behalf of the church.
A word to potential buyers: The furnace is still broken.
“I would certainly like a church similar to what we have, but it may not be,” Burton said of potential buyers. “That’s a building. Our bigger concern is now we have a place arranged that we will be able to continue to meet as a congregation.”
Burton said Indian Bible Church dates back to 1971, when four Native American elders bought the property for $25,000 to start a congregation for Native Americans. Before Indian Bible Church, the property was home to Logan Street Church of Christ, records show.
In addition to the cost of maintenance, Burton said the church’s dwindling congregation size, now about 20 people, also influenced the decision to sell.
“We continued on with fairly good attendance of probably about 40 until COVID hit,” Burton said. “In about a month we had five members die with COVID. That hurt.”
But the church has found a new home, although it’s not what one might expect.
After they decided to sell the property, Mount Saint Vincent at 4159 Lowell Blvd. offered to rent out its chapel to Indian Bible Church, but Burton said they turned it down for something a little cozier.
“It’s a huge chapel and that would kind of feel uncomfortable,” she said.
Instead, the church is renting a coffee break room for $125 a week from Mount Saint Vincent. Burton said the break room is big enough that everyone can sit around a table together for services. Funds from the building sale will go towards rent.
“My husband teaches more like a study than a sermon, we interact, we have notes,” Burton said. “We saw the coffee break room … and we said this is perfect. We felt the Lord provided us with a place that would have heat, air conditioning and the price was very good.”
Churches hit the market every so often in and around Denver. A Byzantine Catholic congregation recently listed its property on the edge of the Belcaro and Cory-Merrill for $1.1 million.
