Medieval and Manuscripts

Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church

Grace & Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church is a historic church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Its buildings—which include a parish hall, bell tower, sanctuary and educational wing built between 1894 and 1955—represent a cohesive and mature expression of Gothic Revival and Tudor Revival architecture and have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2011. The congregation dates to 1872, when Grace Episcopal Church was formed as the first Episcopal church in Colorado Springs. This congregation split in 1893, forming St. Stephen's, which moved to the church's present-day site in 1895. The congregations reunited as Grace & Saint Stephen's in 1923 and completed the large Gothic Revival sanctuary in 1926. The congregation split again in 2007 during the Anglican realignment. After courts determined that the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado was the owner of the building, the former rector and a number of members formed a new church that met in a separate facility. In 2021, the church reported 1,002 members; in 2023, it reported 803 members. No membership statistics were reported in 2024 national parochial reports. Average Sunday Attendance (ASA) reported by the church in 2024 was 253 persons. This was a relative decrease from ASA of 358 persons reported in 2019.

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• ▸Abbey of Saint-Martin-aux-Bois
• ▸Bierzo (DO)
• ▸Elisabetin Roman Catholic Church

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