Bidwell Memorial Presbyterian Church
Bidwell Memorial Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church at 208 West 1st Street, Chico, CA, 95928-5302 in Chico, CA 95928. It is one of 89 churches in Chico.
Serving since 2006
208 West 1st Street, Chico, CA, 95928-5302, Chico, CA, 95928Phone: (530) 343-1484 · Website: https://www.bidwellpres.org/
Bidwell Memorial Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 762 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across California — 11,342 across the United States on The Church Map.
Presbyterians gave American Christianity much of its backbone: seminaries, catechisms, and shared government by elders rather than by one man, a habit that shaped the country's civic life as much as its churches. They have been among the most persistent builders of colleges, hospitals, and mission agencies this nation has.
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The community around Bidwell Memorial Presbyterian Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,400 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Poverty Rate: 44.4%
- Social Isolation: 40.0%
- Food Insecurity: 26.7%
- Depression: 31.4%
- Unemployment: 11.6% (5.6–17.6%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 19.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.6%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Chico city is served by 31 churches — about one congregation for every 2,977 residents.
Churches near Bidwell Memorial Presbyterian Church
- Saint Augustine of Canterbury — 0.2 mi away
- Christian Science Reading Room — 0.2 mi away
- St. John the Baptist Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- New Hope Fellowship — 0.4 mi away
- New Life Community Church of Chico — 0.4 mi away
- First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Chico — 0.5 mi away
- The Esplanade Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Free Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Faith Lutheran Church — 0.8 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- First United Presbyterian Church — 22.2 mi away in Corning, CA
- First Presbyterian Church — 22.5 mi away in Corning, CA
- Trinity Presbyterian Church — 22.8 mi away in Oroville, CA