First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a Christ Scientist church in Council Bluffs, IA 51501. It is one of 119 churches in Council Bluffs.
Council Bluffs, IA, 51501First 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 Iowa — 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 a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 45.1%
- Food Insecurity: 27.0%
- Social Isolation: 37.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.2%
- Poverty Rate: 23.9% (13.1–34.8%)
- Diabetes: 15.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.1%
- Depression: 24.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Council Bluffs city is served by 72 churches — about one congregation for every 791 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist
- Saint John Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Harvest Temple Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- The Refuge Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Remnant Fellowship of Iowa — 0.2 mi away
- First Congregational Church — 0.2 mi away
- Our Saviors Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Ghost Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
More Metaphysical churches nearby
- Christ-Love Unity Church — 6.4 mi away in Omaha, NE
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