First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a church in Newark, NY 14513. It is one of 17 churches in Newark.
Newark, NY, 14513First 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 about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 40.9%
- Social Isolation: 34.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.7%
- Food Insecurity: 19.4%
- Poverty Rate: 16.2% (9.3–23.0%)
- Housing Insecurity: 15.5%
- Diabetes: 13.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Newark village is served by 8 churches — about one congregation for every 1,226 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Michael's Roman Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Mark's Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Park Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Christian and Missionary Alliance Church — 0.4 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Emmanuel United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Cornerstone Church — 0.5 mi away
- Lighthouse Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
More Metaphysical churches nearby
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- First Church of Christ, Scientist — 20.2 mi away in East Rochester, NY