First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a church in Kankakee, IL 60901. It is one of 73 churches in Kankakee.
Kankakee, IL, 60901First 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 a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand 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.
- Obesity: 51.3%
- Food Insecurity: 43.9%
- Social Isolation: 40.4%
- Poverty Rate: 37.6% (26.1–49.0%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 33.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.6%
- Diabetes: 18.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.3% (7.8–16.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Kankakee city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 577 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist
- Saint Paul's Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Asbury United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Morning Star Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Paul's Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Resurrection Community Church of the Nazarene — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Wildwood Church Of The Nazarene — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away