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