Magdalene Hope · Bakersfield, CA
Healing happens when hope leads the way.
We provide safety, support, and restoration for women ready for a new beginning.
You Are Not Alone
If you need help, you are not alone.
You do not have to explain everything. You do not have to have it all figured out. If you are being exploited, controlled, abused, trafficked, or simply need a safe place to start, Magdalene Hope is here.
Support is confidential. Help is available when you are ready.
Our Story
A Ministry of Hope, Healing, and Restoration
Magdalene Hope began in Bakersfield, California in 2009 with a desire to minister to women working in the commercial sex industry. Since then, the organization has grown into a ministry serving women and children impacted by trafficking, exploitation, abuse, homelessness, and crisis.
Our work is rooted in the unconditional love of Jesus Christ. We believe every life is precious, every person is worthy of love, and no one is beyond hope.
Read Our StoryHow We Serve
How Magdalene Hope Serves
Magdalene Hope serves women through practical support, outreach, recovery assistance, safe spaces, and Christ-centered care.
Bakersfield Women's Center
A safe place where women can rest, charge their phone, eat a meal, receive services, find clothing, receive counseling and prayer, and learn that there is a way out when they are ready.
Learn About the Women's Center
Rescue Grounds Coffee Company
Magdalene Hope's social enterprise coffee truck that raises awareness about sex trafficking while giving survivors the opportunity to earn a dignified living. Every cup is a cup of freedom.
Learn About Rescue Grounds
Streetreach
Teams regularly reach out to women in Bakersfield with prayer, food, backpacks, gifts, friendship, and unconditional love — showing up consistently where women are.
Learn About Streetreach
Exit 11
A digital outreach ministry created to reach women through online platforms where trafficking and exploitation are often hidden — offering a pressure-free connection and hope.
Learn About Exit 11NOW OPEN · EST 2025
A Safe Place in the Heart of Bakersfield
The Bakersfield Women's Center is a first-of-its-kind drop-in center for women in Bakersfield.
Opened in 2025, the Bakersfield Women's Center provides a safe space where women can access free support, resources, meals, clothing, counseling, prayer, and a place to rest.
333 Union Avenue, Suite 107D, Bakersfield, CA 93307 — near an area where Magdalene Hope has served women for many years.
Visit the Women's Center Page
Real Impact
Real Help. Real Hope. Real Impact.
For over 16 years, Magdalene Hope has brought hope and healing to individuals caught in commercial sexual exploitation.
16+
Years of Ministry
2009
Founded in Bakersfield
133+
Extraction & Recovery Services
4+
Regions Served
Locations and ministry connections in Bakersfield, Las Vegas, Tijuana Mexico, and the Central Coast of California.
Give Today
Your Gift Helps Women Find Safety and Hope
When you give to Magdalene Hope, you help provide practical care for women in need — meals, clothing, hygiene items, transportation, outreach backpacks, safe shelter, counseling support, and the day-to-day work of helping women take their next step toward freedom.
Our Foundation
Rooted in the Love of Jesus Christ
Magdalene Hope is a Christ-centered ministry. We believe healing, restoration, and freedom are possible through the love of Jesus Christ.
We serve women with dignity, compassion, and unconditional love. No one has to be perfect to be helped. No one has to have all the answers. We meet women where they are and walk with them one step at a time.
Rescue the poor and helpless; deliver them from the grasp of evil people.
— Psalm 82:4
There Is Hope Here
Whether you need help, want to give, hope to volunteer, or simply want to learn more, there is a place for you in this work.