Where is First Church of Christ, Scientist located?

First Church of Christ, Scientist is at 870 Great Plain Avenue, Needham, MA, 02492.

What time are services at First Church of Christ, Scientist?

First Church of Christ, Scientist meets Wednesday at 7:30pm (Evening MeetingsOur Evening Meetings begin). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Church of Christ, Scientist?

First Church of Christ, Scientist in Needham, MA is a Christ Scientist church.

First Church of Christ, Scientist

First Church of Christ, Scientist is a Christ Scientist church at 870 Great Plain Avenue in Needham, MA 02492. It is one of 12 churches in Needham.

Our church is one of many worldwide branches of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston.

870 Great Plain Avenue, Needham, MA, 02492

Service times

Wednesday 7:30pm · Evening MeetingsOur Evening Meetings begin

Phone: +1 781 400 5867 · Website: http://www.christianscienceneedham.org/

Shares a ministry location with Cornerstone Assembly of God and First Baptist Church In Needham.

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 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 7 the people here were born in another country. 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: 29.5%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near First Church of Christ, Scientist

Cornerstone Assembly of God — 0 mi away
First Baptist Church In Needham — 0 mi away
First Parish In Needham — 0.1 mi away
Saint Joseph Parish — 0.2 mi away
Needham Congregational Church — 0.4 mi away
Christ Episcopal Church — 0.6 mi away
Saint John of Damascus Church — 1 mi away
Carter Memorial United Methodist Church — 1 mi away
Grace Lutheran Church — 1.2 mi away
CornerStone Assembly of God — 1.4 mi away

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