First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a church in Leesburg, FL 34748. It is one of 113 churches in Leesburg.
About Christian Science“Jesus was ‘the way;’ that is, he marked the way for all men.” Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 46:25–26The spiritual reality, as established in Genesis, Chapter 1, is that there is only one God, Good, and that He created man in His image and likeness. In other words, we are all, originally, naturally, and forever God-like.
Leesburg, FL, 34748First Church of Christ Scientist is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story. 52 congregations of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family gather across Florida — 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 First Church of Christ Scientist
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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Obesity: 45.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.2%
- Poverty Rate: 33.2% (23.4–43.0%)
- Unemployment: 22.5% (13.6–31.4%)
- Diabetes: 19.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.5% (11.3–25.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Leesburg city is served by 50 churches — about one congregation for every 204 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Christian Sanctuary of Praise and Worship Center — 0.2 mi away
- Main Street Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Central Baptist Church of Leesburg — 0.3 mi away
- Christian Alliance Missionary Church — 0.3 mi away
- Calvary Chapel of Leesburg — 0.4 mi away
- Berea Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint James Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Catholic Community of Saint Paul — 0.4 mi away
- Morrison United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
More Metaphysical churches nearby
- Church of Christ, Scientist — 12.5 mi away in Eustis, FL