First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a church in Benton, IL 62812. It is one of 37 churches in Benton.
Benton, IL, 62812First Church of Christ Scientist is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story. 58 congregations of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family gather across Illinois — 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
In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 40.9%
- Social Isolation: 33.5%
- Depression: 23.8%
- Child Poverty: 23.3% (8.0–38.7%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.2%
- Poverty Rate: 19.3% (12.6–26.1%)
- Food Insecurity: 17.0%
- Diabetes: 13.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist
- Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Sabbath Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Benton — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Immanuel Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- OutBreak Student Ministry — 0.4 mi away
- Benton Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
- West City First Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in West City, IL
More Metaphysical churches nearby
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 18.5 mi away in Marion, IL