Christian Science Reading Room
Christian Science Reading Room is a church in Palm Springs, CA 92262. It is one of 34 churches in Palm Springs.
Serving since 1956
Palm Springs, CA, 92262Christian Science Reading Room 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 Christian Science Reading Room
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. That is 2,100 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.
- Child Poverty: 65.5%
- Diabetes: 15.0%
- Obesity: 36.2%
- Social Isolation: 30.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.5%
- Poverty Rate: 18.5% (12.6–24.4%)
- Unemployment: 7.3% (4.4–10.3%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Palm Springs city is served by 7 churches — about one congregation for every 7,213 residents.
Churches near Christian Science Reading Room
- Our Lady of Guadalupe — 0.3 mi away
- The POD Church — 0.6 mi away
- Our Lady of Solitude Church — 0.6 mi away
- Our Savior's Lutheran Church — 0.7 mi away
- River of Hope Palm Springs — 0.7 mi away
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.8 mi away
- Faith Image — 0.8 mi away
- Palm Springs Presbyterian Church — 0.9 mi away
- Church of St Paul In the Desert — 1 mi away
- United Methodist Church of Palm Springs — 1.2 mi away
More Metaphysical churches nearby
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.8 mi away
- Christian Science Reading Room — 12.2 mi away in Palm Desert, CA
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 24.5 mi away in Hemet, CA
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