Valley Bible Fellowship Church

The community around Valley Bible Fellowship Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 52.9% (35.4–70.4%)
• Food Insecurity: 46.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 34.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 30.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 22.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.6%
• Diabetes: 18.2%
• Obesity: 42.1%
• Social Isolation: 39.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.2%
• Poverty Rate: 27.0% (13.6–40.4%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.2% (8.6–23.8%)
• Unemployment: 7.6% (2.6–12.8%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Bakersfield city is served by 97 churches — about one congregation for every 3,983 residents.

Churches near Valley Bible Fellowship Church

• Body of Christ Fellowship Church — 0.3 mi away
• Reformation Bible Church — 0.4 mi away
• Seventh Glorious Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
• Apostolic Assembly Church — 0.5 mi away
• Iglesia Roca Eterna — 0.5 mi away
• Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Co-Patroness of the Unborn — 0.6 mi away
• Trinity Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• Valley Baptist Church Mt. Vernon — 0.7 mi away
• Iglesia Emmanuel — 0.7 mi away
• Church of God — 0.8 mi away