First Church - Christ Scientist

First Church - Christ Scientist is a Christ Scientist church at 709 Grand River Avenue in East Lansing, MI 48823. It is one of 50 churches in East Lansing.

709 Grand River Avenue, East Lansing, MI, 48823

Shares a ministry location with Christian Science Church.

First Church - Christ Scientist is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story. 34 congregations of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family gather across Michigan — 992 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 - Christ Scientist

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 7 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 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: 58.8%
  • Social Isolation: 46.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 39.3%
  • Depression: 38.1%
  • Transportation Barriers: 25.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 22.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.5%
  • Unemployment: 8.0% (2.4–14.0%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

East Lansing city is served by 14 churches — about one congregation for every 3,393 residents.

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