The Stockton Buddhist Temple is a member of the Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)  headquarters located in San Francisco, California. BCA is affiliated with Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji Ha, also known as Nishi Hongwanji.

The temple’s membership serves the central valley’s Japanese American community found in the San Joaquin valley and presently serves outlying areas such as Cortez, Tracy, Modesto and Turlock.

The Stockton Sangha, as our Buddhist community is referred to, include members from the surrounding communities of Tracy, Linden, French Camp, Brentwood, Delta Islands, and Stockton.