Rev. Dr. Butler will be serving as the guest pastor at First Baptist Church of Denver, marking the anniversary of Dr. King’s speaking at the church on April 16, 1962. Dr. King’s early visits to Denver, when he visited Zion Baptist Church in Park Hill and First...
10/31/25Author: Dil KhanPhotos: Sara Hertwig On October 24, 2025, the Iliff School of Theology hosted a Memorial Site Ground Blessing Ceremony led by Lenape Elders from across the U.S. and Canada that gathered guests from the Denver community and nearby Native...
September 13, 2025 From the Desk of the President Lee H. Butler, Jr., President of the Iliff School of Theology Statement on the Assault at Evergreen High School Our hearts, once again, have been torn due to another act of violence perpetrated by a teenager who...
August 8, 2025 From the Desk of the President Lee H. Butler, Jr., President of the Iliff School of Theology Update on the Development of Native American/Indigenous Studies at Iliff This is a briefing on the work to date related to Iliff’s atoning and reconciling...
July 1, 2025 From the Desk of the President Lee H. Butler, Jr., President of the Iliff School of Theology July is Disability Pride Month. It is strikingly noticeable that the month is not identified as an “awareness” month. Rather, it is a month that expresses pride...
June 19, 2025 From the Desk of the President Lee H. Butler, Jr., President of the Iliff School of Theology Crispus Attucks, son of an African father and a Wampanoag Indian mother, was the “first to defy and first to die” in the Boston Massacre, 1770. “The course of...
