Bethany Congregational Church

The community around Bethany Congregational 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. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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: 35.4%
• Unemployment: 10.1% (4.5–15.8%)

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

Oakland city is served by 272 churches — about one congregation for every 1,609 residents.

Churches near Bethany Congregational Church

• Church of Praise In Christ — 0 mi away
• City of the Lord Zion Church — 0.2 mi away
• Oakland City Church — 0.4 mi away
• Calvary Chapel — 0.4 mi away
• Regenesis Christian Center — 0.4 mi away
• Saint Jarlaths Roman Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
• St. Jarlath Church — 0.5 mi away
• Saint Paul Lutheran Church — 0.6 mi away
• Calvary Gospel Church — 0.6 mi away
• The First Samoan Congregational United Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away