First Church - Christ Scientist
First Church - Christ Scientist is a Christ_scientist church at 709 Grand River Avenue in East Lansing, MI 48823. It is one of 49 churches in East Lansing.
709 Grand River Avenue, East Lansing, MI, 48823Shares a ministry location with Christian Science Church.
First Church - Christ Scientist is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First Church - Christ Scientist
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 7 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Poverty Rate: 58.8%
- Social Isolation: 46.4%
- Food Insecurity: 39.3%
- Depression: 38.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 25.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 22.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.5%
- Unemployment: 8.0% (2.4–14.0%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
East Lansing city is served by 14 churches — about one congregation for every 3,393 residents.
Churches near First Church - Christ Scientist
- Christian Science Church — 0 mi away
- House of Prayer East Lansing — 0.1 mi away
- University SDA Church — 0.2 mi away
- St John Catholic Student Center — 0.4 mi away
- Deeper Life Bible Church - Lansing, MI — 0.4 mi away
- MSU Alumni Memorial Chapel — 0.4 mi away
- Riverview Church MSU Venue — 0.4 mi away
- Martin Luther Chapel — 0.6 mi away
- People's Church — 0.6 mi away
- Edgewood United Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away