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The San Diego police arrived within two minutes of the first call and placed the woman in custody, the department said in a statement.
The woman, aged about 20 to 30, entered the auditorium of Mt. The Everest Academy around noon, said San Diego policeman Dino Delimitros.
Tsidkenu, a non-denominational church, rents Mount. Everest for religious services.
The woman stepped on the auditorium scene and waved the handgun while she "threatened to blow up the church," police said.
"She was saying things that were a bit delusional … I was more worried about getting my family out there," said church practitioner Ronald Farmer.
The faithful were able to take the baby in the arms of the woman and remove the pistol from his hands before laying it on the ground, said Delmitros.
A dog sniffing bombs found nothing in a sweep of the suspect's building and car, the police said. Police said his gun was not loaded.
Authorities later found the girl's five-year-old daughter "healthy and unharmed," the police said. The two children are in custody.
Earlier Sunday, San Diego Police Chief David Nisleit announced that the department is intensifying its patrols while monitoring the situation in Sri Lanka.
"At the moment, nothing indicates a connection to San Diego, however, as a precaution, you will see additional patrols in places of worship," Nisleit said on Twitter.
Although it is not clear who is behind the eight explosions that forced the country of 21 million inhabitants to be confined, it is "certainly acts of terror", said Manisha Gunasekera, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
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