First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a church in Monmouth, IL 61462. It is one of 29 churches in Monmouth.
Monmouth, IL, 61462First 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 adults say they are socially isolated. About a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 35.8%
- Child Poverty: 31.0% (13.8–48.3%)
- Obesity: 38.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.4%
- Food Insecurity: 18.6%
- Poverty Rate: 17.0% (9.7–24.3%)
- Unemployment: 7.7% (3.4–12.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Monmouth city is served by 20 churches — about one congregation for every 237 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Crossing — 0.1 mi away
- New Life Foursquare Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Lighthouse Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Newness of Life Christian Community Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of the Nazarene — 0.2 mi away
More Metaphysical churches nearby
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 14.9 mi away in Galesburg, IL