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Redlands

updated 10/17/23

Prayer Podcasts: for the city | for the officials | for churches/ministries


Location: The city is located 10 miles (16 km) east of downtown San Bernardino. Nearby cities include Highland to the north; Mentone to the east; Loma Linda to the west; Riverside to the south.


Demographics; estimated population [2022] 73,849; 6% under 5; 23% under 18; 14% over 65; M:F 49:51; white only 61%; African American 6%; Hispanic 37%; white not Hispanic 44%; Asian 8%; other .8%; 3,765 veterans; foreign born 14%; 59% own homes; median value of homes $456K; median mortgage $2385 & rent 1600; 94% have a computer; 84% have internet; 89% high school grad or higher; 44% bachelors or higher; 63% employees 16 & older; average time to work is 24 minutes; median household income $87K; average income per person $42K; poverty 8.7%.


Location of Redlands in SBC


The area now occupied by Redlands was originally part of the territory of the Morongo and Aguas Calientes tribes of Cahuilla people. Explorations such as those of Pedro Fages and Francisco Garcés sought to extend Catholic influence to the indigenous people and the dominion of the Spanish crown into the area in the 1770s. The Serrano (Mountain-dwelling Cahuilla) village of Guachama, located just to the west of present-day Redlands, was visited by Fr. Francisco Dumetz in 1810, and was the reason the site was chosen for a mission outpost. Dumetz reached the village on May 20, the feast day of Saint Bernardino of Siena, and thus named the region the San Bernardino Valley. The Franciscan friars from San Gabriel established the San Bernardino Asistencia in 1819 and embarked on the usual program of training the native tribes to raise crops and encouraging permanent settlements. By 1820, a ditch, known as a zanja, was dug by the natives for the friars from Mill Creek to the Asistencia. In 1822, word of the Mexican triumph in the War of Independence reached the inland area, and lands previously claimed by Spain passed to the custody of the Mexican government.


In 1842, the Lugo family bought the Rancho San Bernardino Mexican land grant and this became the first fixed settler civilization in the area. The area northwest of current Redlands, astride the Santa Ana River, would become known as Lugonia. In 1851, the area received its first Anglo inhabitants in the form of several hundred Mormon pioneers, who purchased the entire Rancho San Bernardino, founded nearby San Bernardino, and established a prosperous farming community watered by the many lakes and streams of the San Bernardino Mountains. The Mormon community left wholesale in 1857, recalled to Utah by Brigham Young during the tensions with the federal government that ultimately led to the brief Utah War. Benjamin Barton purchased 1,000 acres (4 km2) from the Latter-day Saints and planted extensive vineyards and built a winery.


Motto: “Live. Work. Play"

Specific Prayer Points

  • Government: Current City Council | Under County 3rd District

  • School district: University of Redlands; Redlands Unified School District

  • Crime grade: [2022] A crime occurs every 1 hour 15 minutes (on average) in Redlands. Overall grade is D-; violent is B-; property crime is C- and other is F. Top issues are 62% [extremely high] vandalism; 12% theft; 5% drug crimes.

  • Poverty 8.7%: [CA Avg 15%]

  • Points of interest: Redlands Community Hospital [opens new center for cancer care]; hosts Redlands Bicycle Classic presented by San Manuel Band of Indians; Redlands Rotary Club

  • Spiritual: pastors connect and pray together for revival, transformed lives and reformation; intercessors to rise up and claim this region for the Lord, laborers for the harvest, awakening to those sitting, spiritual gifts operate in the body of Christ, matching giftings & skills to ministry opportunities in and outside of the church walls, outreaches to be successful, many people saved & set free from bondages, recovery groups to help people maintain freedom & accountability, enough finances to support the God-sponsored activities.

Churches [not exhaustive]

  • Acts Center - Redlands, CA

  • American Baptist

  • Amethyst Bible Church

  • Assembly Of God Church

  • Bethany Reformed Church

  • Calvary Chapel Redlands

  • Celebration Center, Non-Denominational

  • Christ The King Luth Church

  • Christian and Missionary Alliance

  • Christian Reformed Church in North America

  • Church of the Nazarene

  • Church On the Hill Non-Denominational

  • Community Missionary Baptist Church

  • Community Presbyterian Church

  • Cornerstone Bible Baptist Church

  • Covenant Family Church Non-Denominational

  • CrossWalk Church, Seventh Day Adventist

  • Cucamonga Christian Fellowship: CCF Redlands (formerly Brookside Church)

  • Discalced Carmelites of the Western Province

  • Evangelical Covenant

  • Evangelical Free Church

  • First Baptist Church

  • First Congregational Church, National Association of Congregational

  • First Evangelical Lutheran Church

  • First Missionary Baptist Church

  • First Presbyterian Church

  • First United Methodist Church of Redlands

  • Free Methodist Church of North America

  • Highest Praise Apostolic Church

  • Ho E Center

  • Hope Protestant Reformed Church

  • Iglesia Bautista Bethel

  • Inland Empire Filipino SDA Church

  • Isaiah 61 Ministries My Father's House, Non-Denominational

  • Loma Linda Indonesian SDA Church

  • Oasis Church, Non-Denominational

  • Pathway Church, Southern Baptist Convention

  • Redlands Apostolic Church

  • Redlands Christian and MA Church

  • Redlands Christian Center, Non-Denominational

  • Redlands Church Of Christ

  • Redlands Community Church

  • Redlands Foursquare Church

  • Redlands SDA Church

  • Redlands United Church Of Christ

  • Restoration Covenant Church

  • River Christian Reformed Church

  • Sacred Heart Parish

  • Salvation Army

  • Second Baptist Church

  • Set Free Church Redlands

  • Seventh Day Adventist, Loma Linda Japanese SDA Church

  • Sisters Of Mercy

  • The Ark Redlands (Church of the Nazarene)

  • The Packinghouse Church

  • The Salvation Army Corps

  • Trinity Church - Redlands, CA

  • Trinity Episcopal Church

  • United Church of Christ

  • United Pentecostal Church International

  • University United Methodist Church

  • Westside Christian Church

  • World-Wide Missions



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