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Power Church Community Impact

Power Church Amarillo — Community Impact Research

Summary (3 sentences)

Power Church (1344 SE 10th Avenue, Amarillo, TX), led by Pastors Manny and Rachel De Los Santos, has nine-plus years of documented community work in East Amarillo’s Barrio neighborhood — including a weekly food pantry, the annual Barrio Bash neighborhood block party (3,000+ residents in 2017), the Barrio Community Watch crime program launched with the Amarillo Police Department in 2017, hosting the Amarillo Domestic Violence Coalition’s Faith Community Summit, and the March 2026 Healing Prayer Walk responding to neighborhood violence. The church operates the related nonprofit Amarillo Barrio Community Development (501(c)(3), EIN 47-4527312, IRS-recognized 2019), which Pastor De Los Santos founded in 2015 to alleviate poverty in East Amarillo. Coverage is documented in primary local news sources (NewsChannel 10, ABC 7 Amarillo, MyHighPlains/KAMR, and Brick & Elm magazine) across multiple years from 2017 through 2026.

Verified Community Programs and Events

1. Barrio Community Watch (East Amarillo crime-prevention program)

2. Annual Barrio Bash (block party at 10th and Roberts)

3. Sunday Outreach Food Pantry

4. Amarillo Barrio Community Development (501(c)(3) nonprofit)

5. Faith in Change — Adjacent-Lot Community Development Project

6. Amarillo Domestic Violence Coalition — Faith Community Summit (host venue)

7. “One in Christ” Multi-Church Unity Service

8. Healing Prayer Walk (March 2026 response to neighborhood violence)

9. Children’s Arts Academy and Clothing Closet (ongoing programs)

10. “Luta Palooza” Family / Youth Outreach Event

News Coverage (chronological)

Social Media Footprint

(Follower / page-like counts could not be retrieved without an authenticated session; the bank packet does not require those numbers.)

Suggested Drop-In Paragraph for the Loan Packet

Power Church has been an active and consistent presence in the Amarillo community since Pastor Manny De Los Santos founded the congregation in 2012, growing it from fewer than 30 members into one of the city’s fastest-growing churches with average attendance of approximately 1,700. From its current location at 1344 SE 10th Avenue, the church operates a weekly Sunday food pantry sourced through a partnership with the High Plains Food Bank, hosts the annual Barrio Bash community block party that drew an estimated 3,000 attendees in 2017 in partnership with the City of Amarillo, Potter County, and the Amarillo Police Department, and launched the Barrio Community Watch crime-prevention program with APD in 2017. In 2015, Pastor De Los Santos founded the related 501(c)(3) Amarillo Barrio Community Development (EIN 47-4527312, IRS-recognized 2019) to extend that work, and Power Church has hosted the Amarillo Domestic Violence Coalition’s annual Faith Community Summit, organized a Healing Prayer Walk in March 2026 in response to neighborhood violence, and consistently participated in citywide multi-church initiatives. This nine-plus-year track record of documented service, partnership with municipal government and law enforcement, and verifiable nonprofit infrastructure forms the foundation Power Church now seeks to expand at 8275 W Amarillo Blvd.

Suggested-paragraph confidence: HIGH — every fact in the paragraph is sourced to a primary local-news article, the IRS Charity Navigator record, or the church’s own official website. Nothing is invented or embellished.

Gaps and Open Questions (please confirm with Pastor Manny before submission)

  1. Current annual food-pantry beneficiary count. The 2017 baseline was ~50 people/week; the 2022 distribution served ~200 families per event. Pastor Manny should provide a 2025–2026 annualized count if the bank wants a current number.
  2. Free haircuts. The user mentioned free-haircut events. The well-documented “Back-to-School Barrio Bash & Horseshoe Tournament” at El Alamo Park (which gives away 2,000+ backpacks plus free haircuts and food, drawing thousands annually) is founded and run by Jeff Renteria, not by Power Church, per the August 12, 2025 Yahoo News / KAMR coverage. If Power Church is a partner, sponsor, or volunteer presence at that event, Pastor Manny should confirm the exact relationship before claiming attribution. (Source for the Jeff Renteria attribution: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/amarillo-barrio-bash-draws-thousands-173754721.html.) If Power Church has separately hosted free-haircut events of its own, those need a date, location, and barbershop-partner name to qualify as HIGH-confidence.
  3. Back-to-school giveaways hosted directly by Power Church. Public news coverage of Power Church’s original Barrio Bash (2017, 2018) does not specifically itemize school-supply distribution. Pastor Manny should provide year-by-year photos/dates if Power Church has run its own back-to-school drive.
  4. Children’s arts academy and clothing closet — current status. These are referenced in the KAMR “Hidden History” article snippet but the full article was not retrievable. Pastor Manny should confirm whether both are still operating in 2026 before they are quoted in the loan packet.
  5. “Luta Palooza” — referenced in 2022 ABC 7 coverage but not described in detail. Pastor Manny should describe scope and frequency.
  6. Amarillo ISD partnerships. No public record of a formal Power Church / Amarillo ISD Partners-in-Education agreement was found. Pastor Manny may have an informal relationship that is not posted publicly; if so, the District Partnerships office (806-326-1013) can be cited.
  7. Years of operation field in Section 2. Power Church was founded in 2012 per multiple primary sources, so the [TO INSERT] in Section 2 of the loan packet should read “Founded 2012; 14 years under Pastor Manny De Los Santos’s leadership.”
  8. Average Sunday attendance field in Section 2. Documented at “approximately 1,700” as of 2022 ABC 7 coverage and “approximately 2,000” as of October 2022 ABC 7 follow-up coverage. Pastor Manny should confirm the current 2026 figure.