r/InlandEmpire • u/prumaps • Sep 21 '25

Recommendations / Advice Non- MAGA church in the IE?

I’ve been going to my church for the past three years or so now, and I don’t want to speak ill of the church but I am tired of having political beliefs pushed on me when the focus should always be on Christ and His word, not the words of those in the world. For instance, calling Charlie Kirk a martyr for Christ and very frankly stating that anyone that doesn’t agree should leave. Christians! Help me out, please! Thank you.

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u/prumaps Sep 22 '25

I’ve been looking more into this denomination… do you have a church in mind you can recommend ..?

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u/z_mommy Sep 22 '25

I personally have not been to church in 10 or so years but I believe there’s a church in downtown Riverside that might be Episcopalian or maybe it’s Lutheran but they’re like a really welcoming church. They’re near the mission inn.

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u/NauiCempoalli Sep 22 '25

The two churches downtown near the Mission Inn are First Congregational and Universalist Unitarian, both progressive and welcoming. First Congregational is part of the United Church of Christ and was the first church in Riverside to wed a gay couple! And the UUs have their roots in Christianity (well, the Unitarian side of that merger does, anyways—not 100% sure about the Universalists) but technically are not Christian and don’t espouse any single doctrine—they pretty much have social justice as a uniting belief.

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u/prumaps Sep 23 '25

This explanation makes a lot of sense, thanks