First Church of Christ Science
First Church of Christ Science is a church in Emporia, KS 66801. It is one of 63 churches in Emporia.
Emporia, KS, 66801First Church of Christ Science is part of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family of churches in The American Church Story. 165 congregations of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family gather across Kansas — 10,488 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Stone-Campbell churches asked American Christians to put down their party names and be simply Christians, and they meant it enough to give up their own. Their plea for one table, and their weekly return to it, is one of the few genuinely American gifts to the church's understanding of itself.
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The community around First Church of Christ Science
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter 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.
- Poverty Rate: 32.3% (22.6–42.1%)
- Food Insecurity: 26.9%
- Social Isolation: 37.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.4% (10.8–23.9%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.9%
- Obesity: 39.9%
- Depression: 26.0%
- Child Poverty: 23.5% (4.2–42.8%)
- Housing Insecurity: 19.3%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.1%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Emporia city is served by 34 churches — about one congregation for every 551 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ Science
- Saint Andrews Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Emporia Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Centro Cristiano De Emporia — 0.1 mi away
- Calvary Evangelical United Brethren Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint James Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
More Restorationist churches nearby
- Church of Christ — 22.8 mi away
- Community Christian Church — 24.5 mi away in Council Grove, KS
- Osage City Church of Christ — 24.5 mi away in Osage City, KS