First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a Christ Scientist church in Canton, IL 61520. It is one of 40 churches in Canton.
Canton, IL, 61520First 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
Within about a mile of this church, about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
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- Unemployment: 13.2% (4.1–22.3%)
- Social Isolation: 33.3%
- Obesity: 39.8%
- Depression: 23.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.3%
- Food Insecurity: 16.5%
- Poverty Rate: 16.4% (9.3–23.4%)
- Diabetes: 13.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Canton city is served by 26 churches — about one congregation for every 195 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist
- Wesley United Methodist Church — 0 mi away
- Berean Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Faith Christian Family Church — 0.2 mi away
- St Peter's Anglican Church — 0.2 mi away
- Canton church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Marys Roman Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Peters Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Community of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- First Congregational Church — 0.3 mi away