Sarah, Chloe & Esther's Southside Adventures: Oroville

Welcome to Southside

The Father's House Church, where we will be living for at least the next five months, is located in Southside, Oroville.

Southside is the local name for the infamous south part of Oroville, a city of about 13,000 people in Butte County, California. It is a forgotten and deprived place, blighted by generations of drug and alcohol abuse. The lethal drug methamphetamine, now abused by millions, was first cooked up in Southside. 48% of the inhabitants are below the poverty line and many are homeless as a result of addiction. Children grow up scarred by abuse, abandonment and neglect. Before the Father’s House began a cleanup operation, the streets were filled with garbage and discarded, broken-down cars.

But this isn't the end of the story. For the last 15 years, the Father's House has been working to bring transformation to Southside. In future posts we'll try to tell some of the incredible stories of the peope we've met here, as well as keeping you updated with what's happening to us.