First Church of Christ, Scientist
First Church of Christ, Scientist is a Christ Scientist church at 104 South Cedar Avenue in Tampa, FL 33606. It is one of 894 churches in Tampa.
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Tampa is a Christian Science church located near Downtown Tampa.
104 South Cedar Avenue, Tampa, FL, 33606Phone: (813) 253-3863 · Website: http://www.christiansciencechurchtampa.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 — 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 a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and about 1 in 5 the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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.
- Unemployment: 12.2% (7.2–17.2%)
- Poverty Rate: 20.3% (14.3–26.2%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Tampa city is served by 211 churches — about one congregation for every 1,806 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ, Scientist
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- Identity Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Hyde Park United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Foundation Fellowship Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Mission. — 0.3 mi away
- Holy Trinity Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- Iglesia Catolica Sagrado Corazón — 0.6 mi away
- Local City Church — 0.6 mi away
- Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church — 0.6 mi away