First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a Christ Scientist church in Waukegan, IL 60085. It is one of 105 churches in Waukegan.
Waukegan, IL, 60085First 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 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. Nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 30.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.7%
- Obesity: 41.1%
- Social Isolation: 35.9%
- Child Poverty: 32.1% (15.0–49.2%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.4%
- Diabetes: 15.0%
- Poverty Rate: 19.5% (9.4–29.6%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.6% (8.4–20.8%)
- Transportation Barriers: 13.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.3%
- Unemployment: 6.9% (2.7–11.1%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Waukegan city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 2,641 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist
- Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Christ Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Congregational Church — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Nikolas Serbian Orthodox Church — 0.1 mi away
- Christian Faith Fellowship Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Abbey Covenant Church — 0.2 mi away
- North Shore Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
More Metaphysical churches nearby
- First Church Of Christ, Scientist — 8 mi away in Libertyville, IL
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