First Church of Christ Scientist

First Church of Christ Scientist is a church at 600 E Melbourne Ave in Melbourne, FL 32901-5505. It is one of 156 churches in Melbourne.

600 E Melbourne Ave, Melbourne, FL, 32901-5505

Phone: (321) 723-5724 · Website: http://www.csspacecoast.org/

First 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. About 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is 2,100 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.

  • Diabetes: 19.3%
  • Obesity: 41.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 28.0% (18.1–38.0%)
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.9% (9.5–24.3%)
  • Unemployment: 9.3% (3.5–15.1%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

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