First Church of Christ Scientist

First Church of Christ Scientist is a church in Hanford, CA 93230. It is one of 71 churches in Hanford.

Hanford, CA, 93230

First Church of Christ Scientist is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story. 203 congregations of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family gather across California — 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.

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The community around First Church of Christ Scientist

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 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 about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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Social Isolation: 40.0%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.0%
Food Insecurity: 33.6%
Housing Insecurity: 25.6%
Unemployment: 16.1% (8.9–24.1%)
Child Poverty: 36.7% (20.0–53.4%)
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.0%
Poverty Rate: 26.2% (16.4–36.1%)
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.0%
Diabetes: 15.1%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.3%
Obesity: 37.3%
Depression: 23.5%
Transportation Barriers: 16.8%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Hanford city is served by 40 churches — about one congregation for every 1,335 residents.

Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist

Church of God — 0.1 mi away
Civil Craft — 0.1 mi away
Saint Brigids Roman Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
Hanford English Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
St Brigid's Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
Church of Revelation — 0.2 mi away
Free Will Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
First Hanford Apostolic Church — 0.2 mi away
Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church — 0.2 mi away
New Hope Orthodox Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away

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