Reaching the River Valley, the United States, and the Nations for Jesus Christ.

Our History


The History

1934 – Grand Avenue Baptist Church was planted for God’s purposes

1937 – Dedication of a first sanctuary and educational space

1951 – Second sanctuary built; first sanctuary remodeled into classrooms

1966 – Education Building on the corner of 40th & Grand completed

1975 – Activities Building dedicated; designed as a multi-purpose facility-building still in use today

1978 – Church voted to enter a three year fund raising campaign to build a new sanctuary

1980 – Dedication of the 40,000 sq ft sanctuary which is still in use today

1985 – Dedication of the Adult Educational Building

1998 – The newly renovated Children’s Ministry Center was dedicated

2002 – The old chapel was remodeled into the student facility called The Refuge

2006 – Construction complete on the 6,000 sq ft Helping Hand Ministry Center

2008 – Board of Overseers began studying facility transformations to remodel Worship Center

2011 – Renovations of the Worship Center completed