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.

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!

VERY UNFRIENDLY CHURCH. I went Sunday because they are one of the few churches open. Their seating…read morewas confusing because they had some seats blocked off for Covid. I had to move due to people NOT controlling their talking kids while they were playing with them during church! VERY RUDE. I had to move and some lady yelled at me you can't sit there when I tried to sit down in the balcony. I said where can I sit? She was bitchy honestly. I moved up and found MORE people playing with their kids and talking during church. Preaching was just okay. They do have an amazing worship team that is to me better than Elevation. That was the only plus. I thought the preaching was somewhat legalistic and the pastor talked down to people. No one there said hi or greeted me. Very unfriendly and grumpy group. Not a place I want to join. No fellowship there at all.

Come to Refuge SLO if you are looking for a church that preaches straight from the Bible with no…read morefluff! Good Bible teaching is what drew my husband and me to Refuge, great fellowship is what convinced us to stay and get plugged in. This church really feels like a family with children's, men's, women's, and young adults' ministries -- plenty of ways to get involved and actually get to know people. I've been blessed by getting to know everyone fairly well. It's nice being a part of a church where it feels like people are invested in my life and walking alongside me.

I took photos and videos of Hope Lutheran Church yesterday, as I had a funeral to attend today,…read moreregarding a beloved 30year member who had been there since it's beginning. The stained glass is marvelous, however I need another time to show the inside. There is a play area to the right far end of the building. 8 parking spaces labeled Handicapped and two more not marked on the same row. The congregation was with a full house, but quickly placed chairs so everyone could sit for the funeral service. There was refreshments and food after. The people were very kind and did a Celebration of a wonderful woman's life. I felt very blessed to have attended!

Hope is a wonderful, spirit-filled little Evangelical Lutheran Church. The members of the…read morecongregation are warm and friendly. Pastor Ryan Radtke and Pastor Liz Radtke give good and thoughtful sermons. We are so glad we found Hope! We like going to the 9:30 Sunday morning contemporary service. 8:00 a.m. Is the traditional service.

Visiting from out of town, we really enjoyed this small but very friendly church. Pastor John…read moreTiffin spoke beautifully on the 23rd Psalm, not only giving insight into the historical significance of the passages, but applying this well-loved verse to our lives today. Just a lovely service altogether.

They donated a Christmas basket and grocery gift card to me and my family during this hard…read morefinancial crisis we are experiencing. We are blessed to have members of our community that contribute to those families that are temporarily less unfortunate, especially with our innocent by-standing 3yr old during this humble holiday season. This Church Rocks... thanks for making Christmas happen for my son, husband, and myself!

Very nice welcoming church and congregation. We meet so many nice people and they do very good work…read morefor the community.

What a wonderful little church. I had not been here before, but worked out to have a friend who…read morecame in from India, a Tibetan monk, who gave a speech one Sunday to a very nice crowd. Working with the coordinators and the minister it was very easy to set things up and make things happen. All parties had a good time, so they said, and we are just tickled pink that this group of people is here to help make the planet of better place. Thank you

To me every Sunday is church Day. So no matter where I am I am always searching for the closest…read morechurch and the mass times. This time we wanted to eat at Pismo and just enjoy the weather and the sunset. But si ce it was Sunday I needed to find my masa first. So we decided to go to this church since Pismo it's not that far from there. We got there just tin time to enter mass. It was beautiful sermon and I was happy being there. They started mass promptly on time. And it usually takes one hour but this time there was some first communions so it took a little bit longer. It was nice to see the kids all dressed up to received the Holy Host for the first time. It was really nice. After that we went to the side of downtown SLO and it looks very nice. They have a fountain and trees and look lovely. I went around taking some pictures for the memories. I love the scenery. I wanted to go inside to take more pictures of the garden inside the back of the church but my husband was already waiting so no time. If you are visiting I highly recommend to visit the church. It it beautiful inside. It look that it was built back I. The day because it was kind of Rustic. Mission type. Of course. It has a lot of history too. I really loved it. Coming back for sure.

Beautiful area, beautiful church, beautiful service. The…read morephotos we seen online did not do it justice. The church seems small in photos, but it's actually larger in person. Choir was beautifully sung and homily was well spoken by Father Jason.