Central Presbyterian Church
Central Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church at 520 West 20th Street in Merced, CA 95340. It is one of 117 churches in Merced, and one of 2 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
520 West 20th Street, Merced, CA, 95340Service times
- Sunday 10am · Service Time
Shares a ministry location with CPC Student Ministries.
Central 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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Latest from Central Presbyterian Church, Merced's YouTube channel: Sunday Worship 8/2/26 (all videos).
The community around Central Presbyterian Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,200 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.
- Food Insecurity: 36.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 27.1%
- Unemployment: 18.0% (10.5–25.6%)
- Social Isolation: 39.4%
- Child Poverty: 38.5% (19.7–57.3%)
- Poverty Rate: 29.9% (19.5–40.3%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.6%
- Diabetes: 16.3%
- Obesity: 38.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.9%
- Depression: 24.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Merced city is served by 56 churches — about one congregation for every 1,054 residents.
Churches near Central Presbyterian Church
- CPC Student Ministries — 0 mi away
- Saint Lukes Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- St. Patrick's Parish — 0.1 mi away
- Mercy City Church Merced — 0.1 mi away
- Free Will Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Bethesda Apostolic Faith Church — 0.2 mi away
- Lifespring Church — 0.2 mi away
- Bethesda Apostolic Faith Church — 0.3 mi away
- Faith Mission Ministries Inc — 0.4 mi away
- Valley Harvest Church — 0.4 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Sierra Presbyterian Church — 2 mi away
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- Cortez Presbyterian Church — 18.2 mi away in Turlock, CA
- Delhi Community Presbyterian — 18.4 mi away in Delhi, CA
- Saint John's Assyrian Presbyterian Church — 23.6 mi away in Turlock, CA