Contact the GVBA:  P.O.BOX 3925, GRAND JUNCTION, CO  81502 / office@gvbaco.org    

 

 

 

      Welcome to the "Grand Valley", located on the beautiful Western Slope of the Rockies. It is known as the garden spot of Colorado. The Association extends from the Utah state line east on I-70 to Carbondale and from Dinosaur and Rangely in the north to Gateway in the south.  The Association is made up of a large geographical area, including all of Mesa, and some of Garfield, and Rio Blanco counties.   The associational area has a population of over 175, 000.  Grand Junction is the population center with an estimated population around 50,000.  The median family income in Grand Junction was $59,484 in 2008.  The median home value in 2011 was $158,100.  The estimated population of Mesa county was 143,171 in 2008.  This reflects a 22.4% increase from 2000.  The Colorado Department of Demography projected a population for Mesa county at 180,708 by the year 2020.  The unemployment rate in Grand Junction in November 2011 was 8.5%.  The median age is G.J. is 37.8.   The  average  precipitation  is  8.71  inches  and  the average snowfall in G.J. is 21.5 inches according to the G.J.C.C.  Average High and Low temperatures in G.J. by month are as follows: January 36.7 (high) / 16.0 (low); April 65.2 (high) / 39.3 (low); July 92.7 (high) / 64.1 (low);  and October 67.3 (high) / 41.1 (low) as reported by the G.J.C.C.

     The GVBA currently includes 20 constituted and seed churches.  Traditional, contemporary, cowboy and simple (house) churches can be found among these churches.  Anglo and Ethnic churches are among these 20 churches.  If you are interested in church planting in  the  Grand  Valley,  please click on "Current Church Planting Needs" on our website menu. Church planting and church health both have value among Grand Valley Baptists!  New works are in the planning stages for 2012 and beyond.  The GVBA is committed  to working closely with the Southern Baptist Convention, the Colorado Baptist Convention,  the North American Mission Board and the International Mission Board  to  penetrate  "spiritual darkness" in western Colorado and around His world.  To find one of our local churches, simply click on "Grand Valley Baptist Churches" on our web site menu to your left.  Colorado Baptist churches in the Grand Valley take pride in being hospitable. Please, contact us if we can be of assistance in your search for a spiritually filling worship and/or Bible study experience.   Thanks for visiting our site!