Christian Science Reading Room
Christian Science Reading Room is a church at 707 S Forest Ave Ste D in Tempe, AZ 85281. It is one of 122 churches in Tempe.
"To organize a church to commemorate the word and works of our Master, Christ Jesus, which should reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing."
We are so happy you are visiting our church through this website. First Church of Christ, Scientist, Tempe is one of several churches providing Christian Science services to the Phoenix community.
707 S Forest Ave Ste D, Tempe, AZ, 85281Service times
- Wednesday 7:30pm
Phone: (480) 820-3675 · Website: https://christiansciencetempe.com/
Christian Science Reading Room is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story. 14 congregations of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family gather across Arizona — 992 across the United States on The Church Map.
Christian Science, Unity, Religious Science, Swedenborgian and Spiritualist congregations use Christian Scripture and Christian language, and read both through convictions about mind, healing, and an indwelling divine that historic Christian teaching does not share. Reference sources genuinely disagree on whether to file them as Christian at all; this map lists them and leaves the question open.
Ministries at Christian Science Reading Room
- Child Care
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The community around Christian Science Reading Room
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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.
- Social Isolation: 42.5%
- Poverty Rate: 36.3% (26.1–46.5%)
- Unemployment: 8.1% (2.9–13.2%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.9%
- Depression: 24.0%
- Food Insecurity: 19.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.1% (7.9–18.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Christian Science Reading Room
- All Saints Catholic Newman Center — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist — 0.1 mi away
- First Congregational Church of Tempe, United Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- The Salvation Army Worship Center — 0.1 mi away
- Danforth Chapel — 0.3 mi away
- Campus Christian Center — 0.4 mi away
- Tempe Full Gospel Church — 0.5 mi away
- Tempe Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Tree of Life Community Church of AZ — 0.6 mi away
- Church on Mill — 0.6 mi away
More Metaphysical churches nearby
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 2.2 mi away
- Christian Science Reading Room — 2.7 mi away
- First Church of Christ, Scientist — 4.7 mi away in Scottsdale, AZ