First Church of Christ, Scientist
First Church of Christ, Scientist is a Christ Scientist church at 10 West 68th Street in New York, NY 10023. It is one of 3,431 churches in New York, and one of 6 Christ Scientist congregations in the city.
The teachings of Christian Science are universal and practical and can be studied and applied by anyone seeking spiritual truth.
10 West 68th Street, New York, NY, 10023Service times
- Sunday 11am · Service
Phone: +1-212-877-6100 · Website: https://firstchristiansciencechurchnyc.com
Shares a ministry location with Christian Science Reading Room.
First Church of Christ, Scientist is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story. 71 congregations of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family gather across New York — 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 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of the people here were born in another country. That is 5,700 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 33.3%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
New York city is served by 2,102 churches — about one congregation for every 4,102 residents.
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