First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a church in Oxnard, CA 93030. It is one of 150 churches in Oxnard.
Oxnard, CA, 93030First 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.
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The community around First Church of Christ Scientist
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. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,300 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: 33.6%
- Food Insecurity: 31.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.8% (17.6–30.0%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.8%
- Social Isolation: 37.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.1%
- Child Poverty: 23.4% (6.5–40.2%)
- Poverty Rate: 16.5% (7.6–25.4%)
- Transportation Barriers: 14.9%
- Diabetes: 14.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Oxnard city is served by 61 churches — about one congregation for every 2,904 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist
- All Saints Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Santa Clara Roman Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Josephs Convent — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Religious Science Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- B'nai Moshiach Apostolic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church For the Nations — 0.3 mi away
- New Beginning Christian Center — 0.3 mi away
- Sisters Servants of Mary — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Johns Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
More Metaphysical churches nearby
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 8.2 mi away in San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 12.5 mi away in Santa Paula, CA