First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a church in Decatur, IL 62522. It is one of 165 churches in Decatur.
Decatur, IL, 62522Service times
- Sunday 10:30am · mornings
- Wednesday 7:30pm · evening testi y meetings
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 11am
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 — 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.
Ministries at First Church of Christ Scientist
- Reading Room
- Sunday School
- Healing
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The community around First Church of Christ Scientist
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 47.7%
- Social Isolation: 40.6%
- Poverty Rate: 36.7% (24.9–48.4%)
- Food Insecurity: 33.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.7%
- Unemployment: 16.7% (6.5–27.0%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.8%
- Depression: 24.4%
- Diabetes: 13.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Decatur city is served by 57 churches — about one congregation for every 932 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist
- Central Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Free Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Central United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Pauls Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Salem Baptist — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church — 0.3 mi away
- Salvation Army Citadel — 0.3 mi away