Long Beach Samoan Community Church

The community around Long Beach Samoan Community 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 adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third have no one they feel they can count on. 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.

• Social Isolation: 45.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.6%
• Food Insecurity: 35.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 29.2%
• Child Poverty: 33.8% (16.2–51.4%)
• Poverty Rate: 23.4% (14.2–32.6%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.8%
• Unemployment: 10.7% (4.6–16.7%)
• Transportation Barriers: 16.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.7% (7.4–20.0%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.8%

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

Long Beach city is served by 143 churches — about one congregation for every 3,245 residents.

Churches near Long Beach Samoan Community Church

• My Upper Room — 0.2 mi away
• Holy Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
• Brister Memorial Southern Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in Compton, CA
• Glory Bound Missionary Baptist — 0.3 mi away in Compton, CA
• Christ Mission Congregational — 0.3 mi away
• Open Door Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
• Renewed Life Church — 0.4 mi away
• Iglesia Monte Sinaí — 0.4 mi away in Compton, CA
• First United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away in Compton, CA
• Cristo Esta A La Puerta — 0.7 mi away in Compton, CA