Greater Bakersfield Ministries

The community around Greater Bakersfield Ministries

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 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand 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.

• Food Insecurity: 45.1%
• Social Isolation: 40.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 34.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 29.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 22.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.7%
• Obesity: 41.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.6%
• Poverty Rate: 29.1% (17.0–41.3%)
• Diabetes: 16.1%
• Child Poverty: 28.7% (14.8–42.7%)
• Depression: 23.7%
• Unemployment: 6.8% (2.8–10.9%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Greater Bakersfield Ministries

• East Hills Nazarene Church — 0 mi away
• First Southern Hispanic Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Cross Church — 0.5 mi away
• First Freewill Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Apostolic Assembly Church — 0.6 mi away
• Ogleby Hall — 0.7 mi away
• Gathering Place — 0.7 mi away
• Wesley United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
• Sunday School building — 0.7 mi away
• Iglesia Emmanuel — 0.7 mi away