Isla Vista is a beautiful beachside community located in Santa Barbara County, California. This vibrant and diverse area is home to a variety of religious congregations from different faith traditions. Among those are St. Mark's University Parish, Isla Vista Family Church, M.E.C.H.A de Isla Vista, Isla Vista Baptist Church, San Roque Catholic Church, and the Unitarian Universalist Society of Santa Barbara. Each congregation provides various spiritual services for people from all walks of life. St Mark's University Parish offers weekly masses as well as bible study classes and youth activities. Isla Vista Family Church serves the community through outreach ministries such as food pantries and community meals while M.E.C.H.A de Isla Vista focuses on promoting higher education within the Hispanic community by hosting cultural events like art exhibitions and educational seminars throughout the year. The other churches in the area also provide a range of services including Sunday school classes, youth programs, counseling services, support groups, and many more activities that benefit those seeking spiritual guidance as well as people wanting to be part of a supportive faith-based community in Isla Vista, CA.
48.5% of the people in Isla Vista are religious:
- 1.4% are Baptist
- 0.8% are Episcopalian
- 35.7% are Catholic
- 1.0% are Lutheran
- 1.1% are Methodist
- 2.0% are Pentecostal
- 0.9% are Presbyterian
- 1.8% are Church of Jesus Christ
- 1.9% are another Christian faith
- 0.5% are Judaism
- 1.0% are an eastern faith
- 0.3% affilitates with Islam
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According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions in the world.