ABOUT beacon

An Uptown Denver church helping people follow Jesus closely and bring His light to our city.

About US

Our Vision & Mission

Mission

beacon empowers those earnestly seeking new life in Christ through orthodox Bible teaching, charismatic worship and multi-cultural community.

Vision

beacon exists to help people follow Jesus closely and shine His light in Denver.

Our Story

How We Began

2010

A NEW LIFE

On May 5, 2010, Pastor CB encountered Jesus and was delivered from addiction—setting a new course for his life and calling.

2019

beacon LAUNCHED

Pastor CB and his wife Shannel planted beacon on the same Denver corner where God changed his life—gathering a small, hungry community.

2022

HOME: FOSTER & ADOPT

We partnered with Project 127 to mobilize beacon families, aiming to see 100 children cared for in beacon homes over seven years.

2025

GROWING FAMILY

beacon continues to grow as a multi-cultural church in the city—adding services and making space for more people to follow Jesus.

Values

What We Hold

FOUNDER & LEAD PASTOR

CB Barthlow

Pastor CB Barthlow was saved by Jesus at age 7 but walked away from his faith as a teenager. After 15 years of addiction to cocaine, crack and crystal meth, CB was miraculously delivered on May 5th, 2010.

Since then, Pastor CB has committed his life to helping others find freedom, preaching in churches, prisons, homeless shelters and anywhere else people need deliverance.

In 2019 CB & his wife Shannel planted beacon a dynamic, multi-cultural, multi-generational church in the heart of Denver, CO on the same street corner that CB once bought and sold drugs.

CB and Shannel live in the Denver area with two football-obsessed sons and Great Dane named Pistol.