First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a church at 910 16th St, NWWashington, DC, 20006 in Washington, DC 20006-2900. It is one of 862 churches in Washington.
Today, the church continues its mission to worship God and practice Christian healing in the community and beyond, grounded in the Bible and the teachings of Christian Science.
Serving since 1879
910 16th St, NWWashington, DC, 20006, Washington, DC, 20006-2900Service times
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. (as listed)
Phone: (202) 807-1877 · Website: https://www.firstchurchdc.org/
Shares a ministry location with Christian Science Reading Room.
First Church of Christ Scientist is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story. 11 congregations of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family gather across District of Columbia — 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.
Ministries at First Church of Christ Scientist
- Childcare
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The community around First Church of Christ Scientist
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and about 1 in 5 the people here were born in another country. That is 2,400 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: 36.5%
- Unemployment: 6.5% (2.4–10.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
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