First Church of Christ Science

First Church of Christ Science is a church in Jackson, MS 39202. It is one of 479 churches in Jackson.

Jackson, MS, 39202

First Church of Christ Science is part of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family of churches in The American Church Story. 242 congregations of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family gather across Mississippi — 9,607 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 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 the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 37.0%
Poverty Rate: 22.3% (14.3–30.2%)
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.5%
Food Insecurity: 18.0%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.6% (8.0–17.2%)

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

Jackson city is served by 237 churches — about one congregation for every 627 residents.

Churches near First Church of Christ Science

First Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
Christian Church in Mississippi — 0.5 mi away
Riverside Independent Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
Greater Blair Street African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.8 mi away
Soul City Church — 0.8 mi away
Christ Temple Church of Christ Holiness — 0.8 mi away
New Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
New Strangers Home Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
Saint Lukes United Methodist Church — 0.9 mi away
Fondren Presbyterian Church — 0.9 mi away

More Restorationist churches nearby

Christ Temple Church of Christ Holiness — 0.8 mi away
Church of Christ Holiness — 1.2 mi away
Second Temple Church of Christ — 1.7 mi away
Church of Christ — 1.8 mi away
Capitol Street Church of Christ — 2.3 mi away

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