First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a church in Centralia, IL 62801. It is one of 54 churches in Centralia.
Centralia, IL, 62801First 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, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, 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: 14.7% (7.6–21.8%)
- Obesity: 40.6%
- Social Isolation: 36.2%
- Poverty Rate: 25.9% (17.6–34.3%)
- Food Insecurity: 21.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.4%
- Depression: 23.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.2%
- Diabetes: 13.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Centralia city is served by 28 churches — about one congregation for every 301 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Mary Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Centralia — 0.1 mi away
- Bible Based Community Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Johns Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- City Hope Church — 0.2 mi away
- Community Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Second Baptist Missionary Church — 0.4 mi away
- New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
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