HISTORY
Westminster Church of Detroit was organized in October 1857. Services were held in rented space in the United Presbyterian Church on Lafayette and Wayne until 1861. The fact that there were two Presbyterian churches within a few blocks of each other serving the downtown area prompted the purchase of a site on Woodward and Parsons in 1872 and the new church was dedicated in 1874. It served the community for 44 years until the city fathers requested that the church be removed to provide a site for the new Orchestra Hall in 1918.

The people went northward to build at Hamilton and Glynn Court, just north of Boston Boulevard, where they remained for 34 years, until space limitations caused them to make a significant move northwest, in view of the the new concentration of population in that direction after World War II.

The chapel of the present building was dedicated in 1949, and the sanctuary was begun in 1953 and dedicated a year later when the membership numbered 2,074. For the next 10 years Westminster Church was characterized by an active program and a caring spirit.

In the mid-60s a conscious decision was made to cease the northward movement of the church. The doors were opened to a changing neighborhood and Westminster has become known as "A Church for All People".

The congregation and staff are committed to ethnic diversity, becoming a model for the racially inclusive church, and a healing and caring presence in the midst of an exciting and needy urban culture. The beauty and spaciousness of the church facility has become a program resource and symbol of encouragement to the people of the city of Detroit.