Sierra Presbyterian Church
Sierra Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church at 3603 M Street in Merced, CA 95348. It is one of 117 churches in Merced, and one of 2 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
3603 M Street, Merced, CA, 95348Sierra 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 Sierra Presbyterian Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 1 in 5 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand 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.
- Unemployment: 21.0% (11.8–30.1%)
- Social Isolation: 37.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.2%
- Food Insecurity: 23.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.2%
- Poverty Rate: 20.3% (11.1–29.4%)
- Housing Insecurity: 17.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.4%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 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 Sierra Presbyterian Church
- Saint Lukes Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Summit Church — 0.4 mi away
- Gateway Community Reformed — 0.7 mi away
- Gateway Community Church — 0.8 mi away
- St. Patrick's Parish — 0.9 mi away
- This Ain't Your Mama's Church — 0.9 mi away
- Valley Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- TAYMC Celebrate Recovery — 0.9 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 1.2 mi away
- Christian Life Center — 1.4 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Central Presbyterian Church — 2 mi away
- Cortez Presbyterian Church — 17.2 mi away in Turlock, CA
- Delhi Community Presbyterian — 17.7 mi away in Delhi, CA
- First Presbyterian Church — 19 mi away in Chowchilla, CA
- Saint John's Assyrian Presbyterian Church — 22.7 mi away in Turlock, CA