Christian Science Reading Room
Christian Science Reading Room is a church at 1643 Polk Street in San Francisco, CA 94109. It is one of 528 churches in San Francisco.
1643 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA, 94109Christian 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 — 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 Christian Science Reading Room
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 about a third of the people here were born in another country. That is 4,100 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: 38.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.5%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.
San Francisco city is served by 319 churches — about one congregation for every 2,667 residents.
Churches near Christian Science Reading Room
- Saint Lukes Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Old First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Lutheran Church of the Holy Chapel — 0.1 mi away
- Chinese Community Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Church of Christ, Scientist — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Christian Center — 0.2 mi away
- First Chinese Southern Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Golden Gate Spiritualist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Congregational Church of San Francisco — 0.2 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.2 mi away
More Metaphysical churches nearby
- First Church of Christ, Scientist — 0.2 mi away
- Christian Science Church — 0.6 mi away
- Swedenborgian Church of San Francisco — 1.4 mi away
- Christian Science Church — 2.3 mi away
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