Saint Marks Episcopal Church
Saint Marks Episcopal Church is a church in Shafter, CA 93263. It is one of 27 churches in Shafter.
Shafter, CA, 93263Saint Marks Episcopal Church is part of the Anglican and Episcopal family of churches in The American Church Story. 365 congregations of the Anglican and Episcopal family gather across California — 5,448 across the United States on The Church Map.
Anglicans gave the English-speaking church the words it still prays in: the Book of Common Prayer, and a translation of Scripture that shaped four centuries of worship, writing, and speech. Holding evangelical, catholic, and liberal convictions inside one communion has made them a long school of patience for every tradition that came after.
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The community around Saint Marks Episcopal Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. That is 2,200 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: 33.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 26.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.3%
- Social Isolation: 38.2%
- Child Poverty: 33.0% (19.5–46.5%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.5%
- Poverty Rate: 26.7% (18.5–35.0%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.5%
- Obesity: 37.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.9%
- Diabetes: 13.9%
- Unemployment: 6.6% (2.8–10.4%)
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 Saint Marks Episcopal Church
- Valley Bible Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Truth Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Hope Church — 0.3 mi away
- Shafter-First Assembly of God — 0.3 mi away
- The Gathering at Shafter — 0.6 mi away
- Congregational Baptist Church of Shafter — 0.6 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.6 mi away
- Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church — 0.7 mi away
- Home Fellowship Church — 0.7 mi away
More Anglican churches nearby
- Saint Pauls Episcopal Church — 15.9 mi away in Bakersfield, CA
- Saint Lukes Episcopal Church — 18.2 mi away in Bakersfield, CA
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