Where is First Church of Christ Scientist located?

First Church of Christ Scientist is at 225 Downey Ave., Modesto, CA, 95354.

What time are services at First Church of Christ Scientist?

First Church of Christ Scientist meets Sunday at 10am (Service); Sunday at 10am (School). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

First Church of Christ Scientist

First Church of Christ Scientist is a church at 225 Downey Ave. in Modesto, CA 95354. It is one of 190 churches in Modesto.

Our teaching is based on Christ Jesus' ministry of spiritual healing.

Our Christian Science church is a branch of The Mother Church in Boston, MA founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879.

Serving since 1879

225 Downey Ave., Modesto, CA, 95354

Service times

Sunday 10am · Service
Sunday 10am · School

Website: https://csmodesto.com/

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 — 991 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

Sunday School
Reading Room

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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. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 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.

Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.2%
Poverty Rate: 30.5% (19.6–41.3%)
Food Insecurity: 29.2%
Obesity: 40.8%
Social Isolation: 36.1%
Housing Insecurity: 22.6%
Unemployment: 9.8% (2.1–17.4%)
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.8%
Depression: 23.9%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.9%
Transportation Barriers: 15.5%
Diabetes: 14.3%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Modesto city is served by 42 churches — about one congregation for every 4,696 residents.

Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist

Bethel Pentecostal Church — 0.1 mi away
First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
Bethel Bible Church — 0.2 mi away
Free Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
Redeemer Modesto — 0.2 mi away
First Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
Vineyard Christian Fellowship — 0.2 mi away
Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
Community of Christ — 0.4 mi away
Three Rivers Christian Fellowship — 0.4 mi away

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