Long Beach Unity Society of Practical Christianity

The community around Long Beach Unity Society of Practical Christianity

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 adults say they are socially isolated, and about 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: 40.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.3%
• Food Insecurity: 22.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.4%
• Poverty Rate: 18.9% (10.8–26.9%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.8% (6.0–17.7%)
• Unemployment: 7.4% (2.2–12.6%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 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 Unity Society of Practical Christianity

• First Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.1 mi away
• The Door Church Downtown — 0.2 mi away
• Covenant Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
• First United Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
• Christian Church in Action;formerly First Methodist — 0.3 mi away
• St Anthony Church — 0.3 mi away
• A Village Community — 0.3 mi away
• Moore Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South — 0.4 mi away
• Central Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
• First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.4 mi away