Pastor Robert J. Payne, of the Baptist Church of Danbury on Monday, July 10, 2023, in Danbury, Conn. The church shares a building with the city, which rents 10 pre-K classrooms in the building.

BROOKFIELD — In 1801, when President Thomas Jefferson took office, members of the Baptist Church of Danbury wrote him a letter. "They were concerned with keeping government out of the affairs of ...

Bob Payne, senior pastor, of the Baptist Church of Danbury poses in the new church building on Tower Road in Brookfield, Conn., on Friday, December 20, 2024, Brookfield, Conn.