The Big Red Church
The Big Red Church is a Catholic church at 311 2nd Ave in Sterling, IL 61081-3606. It is one of 42 churches in Sterling.
We belong to a long line of believers who were part of the Reformation that broke away from the Catholic church during the 1500's.
Wheelchair accessible
311 2nd Ave, Sterling, IL, 61081-3606Service times
- Sunday 9am · SchoolAdult School meets
Phone: +18156255112 · Website: http://thebigredchurchsterling.org/
Shares a ministry location with First Congregational Church of Sterling.
The Big Red Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,063 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Illinois — 19,012 across the United States on The Church Map.
From the Catholic Church the whole body received the canon of Scripture, the creeds still recited every Sunday in traditions that never look to Rome, and monasteries that kept learning and Scripture alive through a thousand unlit years. Its parishes remain the largest network of schools, hospitals, and shelters in America, most of them serving people who will never attend a Mass.
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Latest from The Big Red Church - First Congregational Sterling's YouTube channel: Psalm 46:1-Who Does God Think He is? An Emotional Healthy Outlook! Part 1 (all videos).
The community around The Big Red Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 34.3%
- Obesity: 37.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.2%
- Food Insecurity: 18.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 15.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.3%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near The Big Red Church
- First Congregational Church of Sterling — 0 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Amazing Grace Assembly of Sterling — 0.1 mi away
- Abiding Word Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Johns Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Grace Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Open Bible Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Marys Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
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