First Church of Christ, Scientist
First Church of Christ, Scientist is a Christ Scientist church in La Junta, CO 81050. It is one of 29 churches in La Junta.
La Junta, CO, 81050First Church of Christ, Scientist is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story. 22 congregations of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family gather across Colorado — 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 about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 40.6% (21.8–59.4%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.4%
- Poverty Rate: 26.2% (17.0–35.4%)
- Depression: 23.1%
- Diabetes: 14.4%
- Unemployment: 7.4% (2.3–12.5%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
La Junta city is served by 20 churches — about one congregation for every 233 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ, Scientist
- First Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- The United Methodist Church of La Junta — 0.1 mi away
- Holy Cross St Andrew Lutheran — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Calvary Church La Junta — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- La Junta Baptist Tabernacle — 0.2 mi away
- First Church of the Nazarene — 0.2 mi away
- First Church of God — 0.3 mi away