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 and Mesa county is the population center of the Association with over 135,000 residents at the end of 2008.  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 February 2009 was 7.2%.  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.   According to the Grand Junction Economic Partnership,  the area had the 5th greatest Real Estate appreciation rate in the USA over the last 5 years.  The GMP for the area is the 15th fastest growing in the USA over the last decade, averaging 8% annually.

     The GVBA currently includes 21 constituted and seed churches.  Traditional, contemporary, cowboy and simple (house) churches can be found  among these churches.  Anglo and Ethnic churches are among these 21 churches.  If you are interested in church planting in  the  Grand  Valley,  please click on "Current Church Planting Needs" on our website menu.   In  September  2008  an African-American church planter family moved to Grand Junction to begin a church.  God  has  blessed greatly, as we experienced the beginning of at least one new church in each of the past four years.   New Anglo and Ethnic works are in the planning stages for 2009.  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.   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!