New Hope Church

The community around New Hope Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

• Food Insecurity: 40.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 31.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 25.8%
• Obesity: 40.3%
• Social Isolation: 38.8%
• Child Poverty: 38.0% (22.5–53.5%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.3%
• Poverty Rate: 29.6% (20.0–39.1%)
• Transportation Barriers: 20.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.9%
• Diabetes: 15.6%
• Depression: 23.5%

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

Shafter city is served by 14 churches — about one congregation for every 1,407 residents.

Churches near New Hope Church

• Shafter-First Assembly of God — 0 mi away
• Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
• Truth Church — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Marks Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
• The Gathering at Shafter — 0.3 mi away
• Valley Bible Church — 0.3 mi away
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.5 mi away
• Shafter Christian Fellowship — 0.5 mi away
• Window of Heaven — 0.5 mi away
• Congregational Baptist Church of Shafter — 0.6 mi away