First Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago, Illinois)
First Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago, Illinois) is a church in Chicago, IL. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago.
Chicago, ILWebsite: http://christianscience.com/church-of-christ-scientist/the-mother-church-in-boston-ma-usa
First Church of Christ, Scientist (Chicago, Illinois) 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 (Chicago, Illinois)
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. 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.
- Food Insecurity: 33.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 27.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.5%
- Unemployment: 13.1% (5.8–20.5%)
- Obesity: 42.3%
- Social Isolation: 37.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.7%
- Poverty Rate: 26.3% (16.5–36.2%)
- Diabetes: 17.8%
- Child Poverty: 23.2% (11.9–40.3%)
- Transportation Barriers: 16.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
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