Cross Church

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Latest from Cross Church Bakersfield's YouTube channel: “Lesser Knowns.” part 9 “The grateful leper.” Luke 17:11-19 (all videos).

The community around Cross Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,300 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: 54.9% (35.7–74.0%)
• Food Insecurity: 53.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 45.9%
• Social Isolation: 40.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 40.1%
• Poverty Rate: 36.0% (22.6–49.3%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 33.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 27.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.5%
• Diabetes: 19.0%
• Obesity: 44.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.1%
• Unemployment: 11.0% (4.3–17.9%)
• Depression: 24.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.8% (5.9–17.7%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Cross Church

• First Freewill Baptist Church — 0 mi away
• Apostolic Assembly Church — 0.1 mi away
• Iglesia Emmanuel — 0.3 mi away
• Valley Baptist Church Mt. Vernon — 0.3 mi away
• Trinity Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Chapman Street Roman Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
• Apostolic Assembly Church — 0.4 mi away
• East Hills Nazarene Church — 0.5 mi away
• Greater Bakersfield Ministries — 0.5 mi away
• Iglesia Roca Eterna — 0.5 mi away