Shekinah Ministries

The community around Shekinah 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 a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,400 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.

• Poverty Rate: 44.0% (31.4–56.6%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.6%
• Food Insecurity: 34.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 25.2%
• Unemployment: 15.9% (3.9–28.0%)
• Obesity: 41.3%
• Social Isolation: 37.8%
• Depression: 30.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 18.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.0%
• Diabetes: 15.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.8%
• Child Poverty: 24.6% (10.6–38.6%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.6%

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

Churches near Shekinah Ministries

• Oildale Church of God — 0 mi away
• Riverview Assembly of God Church — 0.1 mi away
• Transformation Church Bakersfield — 0.1 mi away
• Coronado Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Grace Assembly North — 0.1 mi away
• Norris Road Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
• Saint Marks United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Iglesia Roca Eterna — 0.1 mi away
• First Bible Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• The Chapel of Grace Church — 0.3 mi away