Monument Baptist Church
Monument Baptist Church
Our Team
Ray Shirley
Senior Pastor
Ray Shirley has been the Pastor at Monument since September 2000. He is a graduate of Southwestern Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. He has been married to his wife Dianna for thirty five years and they have an adult son, Logan.
Ray grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, graduating from West Anchorage High School and attended Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi. He entered the ministry in 1991 and has served as associate Pastor/Music Minister in Weatherford, Texas and as Pastor of Valley Baptist Church in Hagerman, Idaho for five years.
Ryan and Robin Stepanek
Associate Pastor
Youth Directors
Ryan and Robin Stepanek have lived in the Grand Valley for the majority of their lives. Ryan is a graduate of Frontier School of the Bible in LaGrange, Wyoming and Robin serves in the Deaf ministry as a Sign Language Interpreter. God has blessed them with five wonderful children, River, Aspen, Clay, Reed and Canyon. In 2015, they became the Youth Directors and have a passion to see youth draw closer to God in their daily life. In addition to serving at Monument Baptist, they are serving at Twin Peaks Bible Camp as property managers.
Katie Daggers
Childrens Director
Katie has lived in the Grand Valley for 18 years. She is married to her husband and they have three beautiful children, Elizabeth, Olivia and David. They enjoy spending time outdoors and playing games together.She began working in the children's ministry at Monument Baptist in 2014.She truly enjoys having such a wonderful opportunity teaching children how to build a life with Jesus.