This is a church and it is my parish which I attend to every Sunday…read more They provide parishioners with a yearly calendar, which is useful for the observance of common religious practices.

St. Anne's Byzantine Catholic Church in San Luis Obispo is an oasis for the faith in an otherwise…read morespiritual wasteland that is the central coast of California. Here you will find uncompromising Catholic faith shared with such joy and loving fervor that you will be hard pressed to find anything to compare it to. Truly the Divine Liturgy is Heaven come down to Earth. My family and I make the trip from Lompoc whenever we're able and hope to soon be able to become full members of the community. St. Anne's is our rock. As the other reviewer mentioned, you will not find a friendlier community. Our first time at Divine Liturgy, we were approached by multiple people (including Father) to be made welcome. After the Divine Liturgy we were invited to the social area in the basement of the Church where everyone in the community gathered and shared a meal and fellowship. We were instantly made to feel like family. Like we belonged there. They are a very loving and wonderful community. Indeed, they are a family. And they want you to be part of it. If you are in or near the San Luis Obispo area and want to experience Heaven come down to Earth upon the altar at St. Anne's Byzantine Catholic Church then stop by on Sunday at 10AM for the Divine Liturgy. The experience will change your life.

When we say we are looking for a family, this is it! From the first time I walked through the doors…read moreto now raising my own kids there it is a great big family. We all support and love each other and do life together! We don't just see each other on Sunday mornings. The Pastor is down to earth and has the best "bad dad jokes" to add into his sermons! The love of Jesus is present every Sunday AND when we gather out and about in the real world.

I have been a member here for nearly 20 years. It's a welcoming environment and a non-judgmental…read moreplace to get connected with others. There's a wide variety of things to be involved in for all ages. Check us out!

Would love to say I got to attend, as it was closed I decided to at least enjoy the beautiful…read moredivine architecture and artwork around the church and areas surrounding. I will try to make it back to this cute little Church as it is quite cottage like and is appealing from the outside.. I will have to try again- enjoy the pics

I have been going to this church for about 3 years and…read moreeveryone is so welcome . It's a small church which I like because you get to know everyone and the sincerity and openness of its parishioners is awesome . The minister , Reverend Bob is terrific . His sermons are very relevant and meaningful . After service we get together , talk and have coffee and snacks . The church is all inclusive and everyone is welcome , that's the best aspect of this church .

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!!

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.

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.

This is a "real" church where people matter and it's true bible based teaching. Truth in love…read more It's a mix of people too, with one thing in common ... they all acknowledge they're not better than anyone else, are all trying to be and do better than yesterday but will always be in need of a Savior. People care about each other and new "friends they don't know" when people visit. Refreshingly real.

The people are grounded and "real" as well as caring. The teaching is fully biblically based and…read morestays true to "sharing the truth in a loving way." There's a sense of sincere community, where people know we all fall short and are doing their best to follow Christ.

I went because my husband a Methodist decided after a long period of time to go to church. It was…read morelow key and there was a good sermon given by a woman minister. We met a nice couple there and I would go back.

So grateful for the inspiring and thought-provoking sermons of Pastor Mary Birgelaitis, who always…read moregives me good food for thought and challenge to strengthen my Christian journey.