I've only been attending for approximately the last three weeks, but there are some things that…read morereally stand out to me. They're very involved in our community, provide many opportunities for community with other believers in the church, and the messages and worship have been just what I needed. Looking forward to church on Sunday.

love calling SLO City Church home! from day 1 it's been a welcoming environment where I've been…read moreable to learn and grow in my faith while making friends along the way. no matter where you are in your faith journey, SLO City Church meets you there.

A real church with a real pastor. One thing you will notice walking into this church is the amount…read moreof love and acceptance the people show each other. The pastor is very down to Earth and not one of those stand off types. If he doesn't say hi to you and give you a hug, you must be pretty good at hiding. I have been going to this church since I was a kid and the life at Hope Community is unmatched. I strongly recommend checking them out. Their worship rocks too!

You will feel welcome here. Hope is a family oriented church. Pastor Phil is a man who truly loves…read morethe Lord and a shepherd to the flock. His messages are biblically based with plenty of humor and real world experiences. Come and visit you can't go wrong here.

Mt. Carmel has been my church for over 50 years. I learn from the great people as well as from the…read morepastors, etc. It is a place to learn and grow! The members are great in many ways. Pat Ramsay

Went to Good Friday service, and found the pastor's message to be thoughtful and meaningful to me…read more Also enjoyed the music, which is at the heart of Lutheran Churches. I will go back.

My family and I have been attending Active Church since 2018. Since the beginning, we have…read moreexperienced a remarkable journey of faith and community. From the moment we walked through the doors, we felt welcomed and a part of something God is doing on the Central Coast. It's amazing to see how everyone supports one another, whether through life groups/ small groups, serving opportunities, or simply having a conversation. The Messages/ preaching at Active have always been relatable and challenging. The pastors and leaders are not only knowledgeable but have a heart to serve others. Additionally, the Young Adults / Student ministry is growing weekly and welcomes all young adults and college students to worship God together and build long-lasting friendships. Overall, our years at Active Church been filled with growth, learning, and genuine connections. We are incredibly grateful for the strong foundation of faith and community that we have found here, and we look forward to many more years of worship and fellowship together. I highly recommend!

Amazing Church!! Amazing worship! Biblical and encouraging preaching/ teaching. Very welcoming and…read morefriendly environment! The most racially diverse church in SLO. Iv lived in SLO for 12 years and Iv been to 16 different church's in the area and Active is an amazing place to call home! I recommend Active to everyone!

Great gospel centered teaching and warm and inviting multigenerational group of people. Love their…read moreheart for the ministries they offer. Great family friendly church

At this church,, the theology is sound, it's bible- centric, and the preaching is good…read more However, you really don't want to go to this church for marital counseling. Unless you want to destroy your marriage. I've been at this church for 22 years. The cult like behavior didn't rear it's ugly head until 2012. My wife and I had marriage difficulties. The pastor at the time of our "Five Cities Campus", Ben Collins, instructed my wife to submit to a 'marriage counselor" named Mark McKinney. Mark identified (after taking $175 an hour) as a "sex addiction therapist". Not in any way a marriage counselor. He hangs in his office a "Stanford" in degree which I was told is deceipt. At best, he took one online class at Stanford. That is not near nor enough to qualify as graduating from Stanford. But he saw it was fit for me to submit to a lie detector test of everything I considered shameful from the time I was 4 years old. $175 an hour, $400 an hour for his friend that submitted us to then lie detector test. So, to the point. He told my wife that she was a victim of sex addiction. Even though we hadn't had sex in 6 years. At $175 an hour. He convinced her that the only way our marriage could survive would be for her to submit to a lie detector test to all of the shameful acts since 4 years old. At no time did he tell us that it would be equal and fair for her to submit to the same process. Only me. A wise person at the time counseled me at the time... that anything between me and God since four years old, as a child, was between me and God. They were right. Several doctors along the way:My psychiatrist. My psychologist.. my therapist...my family, my friends, my mother, my father... warned me that this would not be constructive to my marriage....but Mark McKinney, the person that SLO Grace referred us to... Was Mark McKinney. He made arguments to my wife that this is the only way to save my marriage.. and .the only hope of saving my marriage was to submit to the lie detector test. So what happened next? They forced me into a lie detector test. How? By threatening our marriage. He convinced my wife to not submit to the the lie detector, only me! Due to his influence, and directions my wife told me she would divorce me if I didn't go through the (eventually destructive) lie detector test. To reiterate, As a result of this "church" programming, she informed me that under the advice (that Ben Collins and Mark McKinney) that she should divorce me if I didn't submit to the lie detector test. I sought the advice of professionals, and they were overwhelmingly unanimous that this wouldn't be constructive to my marriage, but rather, destructive. Mark McKinney also convinced my wife that I was not to touch my penis except to urinate. I'd gone to Bible school from Kindergarten through High school, so I knew the scriptures. I knew all of the verses he was quoting in our session, he inserted curse words into then Bible. Becoming a "sexual addiction therapist", I would later learn, takes only a few weeks of online education. Anyone can become one, No real education required. So....I submitted to the lie detector test. The result? I became so stressed out during the lie detector test that my heart rate elevated to 200 beats per minute ( the norm is 65). I had to go the French Hospital ER and incurred a $9,000 bill. And what of Mark McKinney? He admitted that he had no training/experience to save a marriage (only to blow it up) to help us. He couldn't counsel us anymore after his buddy got a $400 kickback on the lie detector test. And after he'd taken us for over $1,000. He also refused to see me as a client anymore because and I quote 'My wife wrote a successful book" and I don't need to see clients anymore". So before you seek marital counseling from this church, be very, very careful. I've been seeing an actual professional psychologist since this ridiculous "Mickey Mouse" episode at Grace SLO. He had an obvious question: In the interest of equality, why didn't your wife also submit to the same lie detector test about all shameful things since she was 4 years old? The answer: The charlatan Mark McKinney makes far more money convincing wives they are innocent of all in a relationship, and instead indulge in a husband taking a ($400) lie detector, and $175 per hour to comment on the whole thing.

My wife and I were visiting family in SLO, and upon the visiting this church , we were both taken…read moreback in time when I grew up Southern Baptist in Kentucky, and my wife in West Virginia. We both loved singing those Baptist hymns, and we took to heart the sermon on marriage, which is always requiring reflection and re-adjustments. Pastor Shanks and his family were part of the music ministry and we felt at home. We will be back on our visits to SLO, about once a month. I must mention after 50 years of being a follower of Jesus Christ, my heart hurts when I read the review, of a family that after 10 years threw in the towel. Like a bad divorce there was mud slinging and I am sure this human tragedy could have been worked out, as this was a spiritual attack. And the bait of Satan is to attack a church that holds dear the fellowship of Jesus Christ.

We have attended this church for almost 3 years. The bible studies on Wednesday evenings are verse…read moreby verse, chapter by chapter, thru the specific book currently being studied/taught. The study notes are detailed. The teaching does not do a lot of off topic speculation and mis directional debating. Bible studies here pretty much stay on topic with doctrinally accurate and deep Biblical teaching. Long time, "mature" born again Christians will appreciate the "adult" food nature of the teaching.... The Sunday morning sermons are even more of this serious spiritual food, from deep and doctrinally sound Bible teaching from Pastor Randal Shanks. The preaching and teaching from the pastor's son Timothy Shanks, and deacon Luke Houston, and the many visiting missionaries and preachers is also doctrinally sound and superb!! Growing in the knowledge of Christ and His Word, and for lives given to obedience to HIM, is this church's highest ministry. Corporate worship is wonderful! True Godly worship. Everyone here sings with FULL lifted voices! (It's not contemporary) But its loud! There are many other nice churches I could go to get my "ears tickled", get "loved on", get some happy "atta boys". But, when I come to church here, I really get serious, spiritual "bible food". This church faithfully preaches the Gospel of Christ for salvation and is serious about living in obedience to Christ's Word. I grew up in Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa and have been part of many good churches over the years and I love this church!!

This church is hands-down, one of the most nicest and helpful churches I've ever been to their food…read morebank. They offer is extremely helpful with a wide variety of selections and the helpers here are some of the most sweetest souls on this planet. They help me when I was in one of my lowest ever and out of gas. God bless these guys and God bless you come show this church some love.

When you come to this church you can't help but feel the true love. Everyone is like family here…read moreand I have been to many churches where you don't get "real" love so because of that I have kept coming to this church. Currently I'm involved with children's ministry and it's been the biggest blessing to see my sons grow closer to God in kids church.