First Church of Christ, Scientist

First Church of Christ, Scientist is a Christian Scientist church at 17 Wendell Avenue in Pittsfield, MA 01201. It is one of 44 churches in Pittsfield.

17 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield, MA, 01201

Service times

  • Sunday 10:30am

Phone: +1-413-448-8487 · Website: https://directory.christianscience.com/journal-ad-records/churches-societies-groups/churches/ad-000007017

First Church of Christ, Scientist is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story. 43 congregations of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family gather across Massachusetts — 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.

Ministries at First Church of Christ, Scientist

  • Reading Rooms
  • Christian Science Nurses
  • College and University Organizations

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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. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, 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 lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Social Isolation: 35.7%
  • Depression: 27.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.8%
  • Food Insecurity: 23.1%
  • Unemployment: 9.8% (3.4–16.2%)
  • Obesity: 37.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.0%
  • Poverty Rate: 19.1% (10.9–27.3%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 17.9%
  • Diabetes: 13.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.1%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Pittsfield city is served by 29 churches — about one congregation for every 1,507 residents.

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