First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a church in Danville, IL 61832. It is one of 101 churches in Danville.
Danville, IL, 61832Shares a ministry location with First United Methodist Church.
First 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 — 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 about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand 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: 49.5%
- Food Insecurity: 32.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.8%
- Social Isolation: 36.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.4%
- Poverty Rate: 26.3% (17.4–35.1%)
- Housing Insecurity: 23.6%
- Diabetes: 18.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.3%
- Child Poverty: 26.3% (10.0–42.7%)
- Depression: 23.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.0%
- Unemployment: 7.2% (1.9–12.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Danville city is served by 48 churches — about one congregation for every 230 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist
- First United Methodist Church — 0 mi away
- Saint Pauls Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- St Paul's Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Bible Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Central Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Crusaders Church — 0.4 mi away
- Bethel Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- New Union Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- New Jerusalem Church of Jesus — 0.5 mi away