Where is First Church of Christ Scientist located?

First Church of Christ Scientist is at 13 Waterhouse Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138.

What time are services at First Church of Christ Scientist?

First Church of Christ Scientist meets Sunday at 10:30am (service is). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

First Church of Christ Scientist

First Church of Christ Scientist is a church at 13 Waterhouse Street in Cambridge, MA 02138. It is one of 93 churches in Cambridge.

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13 Waterhouse Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138

Service times

Sunday 10:30am · service is

Phone: (617) 876-7843 · Website: http://www.christiansciencecambridge.org/

First Church of Christ Scientist is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story. 43 congregations of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family gather across Massachusetts — 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. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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.

Social Isolation: 37.6%
Depression: 26.2%
Poverty Rate: 19.2% (9.9–28.5%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Cambridge city is served by 58 churches — about one congregation for every 2,033 residents.

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