Cozy and friendly church community on Route 320 across the street from the main entrance for…read moreSwarthmore College. I have been here several times for several life events over the years and have always been greeted warmly by parishioners here. The challenge here is parking - you will find it on the street but there is a semicircle drop off driveway.

This church community is very welcoming to their beautiful facility. Furnishings are comfortable…read moreand appropriate for the activities of this community.

Marple Presbyterian is one of the most welcoming churches that I have ever had the chance to…read moreattend. 4 years ago they brought me in to be a singer in their adult choir, and ever since I have been hooked; the music is always well selected and aligned with the liturgy. Rev. Nelson's sermons are always filled with messages of faith, love, and compassion. She follows the presbyterian doctrine almost perfectly while making sure to equate her biblical theology to real life on a regular basis. The members of the church are giving and participate in a myriad of amazing community projects like Connect by Night (providing shelter for Homeless people within the church) and Alcoholics Anonymous. They take great pride in their church, and have had it made into a historic landmark, and it other churches often choose to use Marple Presbyterian as the central location when they all combine congregations together for community worship services. The Congregation is inviting, friendly, and very helpful. They are also some of the most giving people I've met, running care package programs for troops overseas, and sending supplies to different shelters and the Christmas Angel programs. You would be beyond pleased with an experience at MPC, and you should come worship at this church... you will not regret it.

Marple Pres welcomed my daughter and I with open arms. Pastor Karen Nelson baptized my daughter…read moreand with any luck will marry her too! Great family oriented church. They hold lots of activities for children, have a lively Sunday School and Youth Group, and fun filled Vacation Bible School. They have a whole list of groups the adults can be involved in from book clubs to a meet and eat group that socializes and even attends shows together. If you want to feel welcomed and feel the warm embrace of faithfulness, this is the place to do it!

I started attending LOCC almost 10years ago and in that time my whole family has been water…read morebaptized together at the same time. I also have got to witness my only brother re-dedicate his life back to Christ and get baptized again. Our new Pastors, Pastor kirk and Shianne Pearson's our absolutely two of the most spirit lead caring/loving individuals I have ever met. They truly live & have the love of Christ in their hearts. They took over as the new Pastors in 2022 when our old existing Pastors Steven and Barbra Harvell retired. I love this Church!!! God made no mistake when he sent us our new leaders. There has been an amazing number of men, women, young adults, teens, family's giving their life to God each week. There is a spiritual powerful connection being apart of this church. I can not even being to explain the blessings, opportunities for my business and miracles that have happened with myself, family and members connected to the body of christ here at LOCC. This is my home and these our my Pastors. I pray every body gets to experience the love of christ, because the moment you walk through those doors, you feel it!

Warm and inviting atmosphere. Soul stirring worship. Excellent Children's Ministry. Something for…read morethe whole family. Great people, great church!

If you love to worship, you will love this church. It is literally a meeting place with Jesus…read more Warning: Deliverance takes place here. Deliverance from ungodly mindsets, destructive habit patterns, wrong relationships, self centeredness and all unclean spirits. I have witnessed people be healed from prostate cancer, liver problems, lime disease, chrons disease, broken bones, incurable STDS, --you name it! The medically impossible is possible because of the name of Jesus! This is a church that walks in the comission Jesus gave the church.

Friendly Episcopal church. Beautiful grounds and great people.read more

We raised two great kids within this congregation. We have been members over 27 years. We are…read morewelcoming and really live our mission to serve our neighbors. There is a lot about this church community which is really special. M and L

One of the most open minded and friendly congregations I have ever encountered. It will not matter…read morewhat your background or beliefs are you will be welcomed with open arms.

I attended this church for years. We started in 2020 after they reopened their kids church…read morefollowing the pandemic. I was a newly born again Christian and we were looking for a community for myself, my husband and 5 children. At first, it seemed perfect. I got a lot out of the messages but I never really connected deeply with anyone. Any friendships I made were very superficial. It took about 2 years to find another family to really connect with, but they were also a newer family and also didn't have any deep connections there. In Dec of 2022, we decided to leave due to several things. One of them was the gap between the leaders and the congregation. The lead pastors don't seem like they really embrace the role of pastor. He says he cant possibly pastor that many people, which is true, but he uses that as an excuse to not talk to anyone outside his circle or get to know anyone else in the congregation. He makes jokes about the fact that he can't council people, but that's a huge part if being a pastor. IMO that would make one more of a preacher than an actual pastor. But I digress. I returned to this church in April of 2023 after my husband passed away. I craved to be around the few people I had grown close to, so I returned. It should have been a red flag from the beginning, but neither one of the lead pastors attended the service, or so much as called me to express their condolences. It took two months for them to say anything, and it's only because they passed by me in the hallway. At that point it was "oh I've been meaning to tell you how sorry I am..." yeah right. The sting of losing my husband was a blinder to the dysfunction of this church. In early 2024, I was struggling with addiction and I reached out to the church leadership for help. They had just started "Recovery church" which was a 12 step program being run by people who never actually worked the 12 steps. Needless to say, I didn't get the help I needed there. I managed to get a small amount of clean time, but when I relapsed again after 5 or 6 weeks, the entire church knew with 24 hours and most people stopped talking to me. "I was being given over to my sin," was the claim from leadership. There I was, a struggling widow begging for their help, and that was their approach. In reality, they had no idea how to help me. This church runs on behavior modification vs true transformation in Christ, and addiction treatment requires actual transformation in order for recovery to take place. The level of gossip that went on that led to everyone knowing overnight was sickening. It should have been another red flag when the lead pastor called the whole congregation "cowards" because everyone felt the same way but no one would confront him (that he was unapproachable and out of touch with his congregation). Yes, he really said that. Please ask him. There is so much more dysfunction that I observed here, I could probably write a small pamphlet. Ultimately I will say this: if you're looking for a beginner church where you're fed a watered down milk of a gospel, a place where you can run in and out and hide and never really have to get involved, where you'll never be progressed to actual meat of the Bible, if you don't take your walk that seriously and you have no desire to progress and find true transformation in Christ, then this place is for you. But if you're after the Gospel, the unfiltered, unadulterated Gospel of Jesus, if you want a community who will accept your brokenness just as you are, who will love you until you can learn how to properly love yourself, who will stand by you while they usher you into the presence of God for the healing you need, then you may want to try the church down the street.

True Life is an awesome place to come together and worship our Creator Jesus. The church is in a…read morewarehouse so it's not your average looking church from the outside, but once you come in you will feel at home with the decor and warm, joyous atmosphere. And they have Free Coffee!