First Church of Christ Scientist

First Church of Christ Scientist is a church at 8262 Allison Avenue in La Mesa, CA 91942. It is one of 74 churches in La Mesa.

She later established The Church of Christ, Scientist, which is designed in the words of its founder, “to commemorate the word and works of our Master, which should reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing.” (Church Manual, p. 17)

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8262 Allison Avenue, La Mesa, CA, 91942

Service times

  • Sunday 6pm · after

Phone: (619) 234-1685 · Website: https://www.cschurchlamesa.com/

Shares a ministry location with All Peoples Church.

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.

Ministries at First Church of Christ Scientist

  • Wednesday Evening Meetings

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The community around First Church of Christ Scientist

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,400 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Social Isolation: 36.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.6%
  • Depression: 23.6%
  • Food Insecurity: 15.3%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

La Mesa city is served by 32 churches — about one congregation for every 1,849 residents.

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