A year after launching an effort to rebuild membership in the face of a dramatic decline in participation, Grace Church of Boulder has decided to close at month’s end.
The church, founded in 1971 as First Baptist Church, will celebrate its final service this Sunday, May 26, said Matthew Wilson, its pastor for six years. On June 1, the church will turn over its buildings and other assets to the Treasure State Baptist Association, a regional collective of Southern Baptist Churches.
“The church has dwindled down to the point where it isn’t sustainable anymore,” Wilson said. “The members decided, after a year of evaluating, to close the church.” The decision was made, he said, with an eye to finances, but also with consideration of the spiritual value the church was creating for the Boulder community.
