First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a church in Iola, KS 66749. It is one of 33 churches in Iola.
Iola, KS, 66749First Church of Christ Scientist is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story. 6 congregations of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family gather across Kansas — 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
In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 5 describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 36.7%
- Social Isolation: 31.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.0%
- Unemployment: 6.6% (2.5–10.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Iola city is served by 18 churches — about one congregation for every 223 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Iola United Methodist Churches- Iola, Kansas — 0.1 mi away
- Wesley United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- St John's Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Watershed Collective — 0.2 mi away
- Calvary United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Assembly of God Church — 0.3 mi away
- St. Timothy's Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Fellowship Regional Church — 0.3 mi away
- Truth Church — 0.3 mi away