Bethany Ministries

The community around Bethany Ministries

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 61.6%
• Food Insecurity: 60.4%
• Poverty Rate: 53.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 49.2%
• Obesity: 48.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 45.1%
• Social Isolation: 41.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 32.7%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 31.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 31.5%
• Unemployment: 20.5% (8.9–32.1%)
• Diabetes: 19.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.4%
• Depression: 26.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Bethany Ministries

• Ambassadors For Christ International Ministries — 0.1 mi away
• La Trinidad Church — 0.1 mi away
• Iglesia Cristiana Vida Nueva — 0.1 mi away
• Trinity United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
• St. Joseph Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
• Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal — 0.2 mi away
• The Living Word of Christ Ministries — 0.3 mi away
• Emmanuel Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
• Crown Ministries of Bakersfield — 0.5 mi away
• Liberty Worship Center — 0.5 mi away