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Baptist Press: Five years ago members of First Baptist Church in West Valley City, Utah, considered closing the building. They decided to keep it open despite being five months behind on the payments, and a month later, the pastor left.

Today about 200 people participate in Sunday morning worship, and 29 were baptized in the 2003-04 church year. In the last three years the church has started two new ministries -– one is for bikers; the other, for those more comfortable in a contemporary setting.

The church also uses a Web site for outreach and has created a vibrant program for area youth.

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