First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a church in Olean, NY 14760. It is one of 42 churches in Olean.
Olean, NY, 14760First 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 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third 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.
- Child Poverty: 50.2% (34.5–65.8%)
- Poverty Rate: 33.5% (24.8–42.2%)
- Social Isolation: 32.6%
- Food Insecurity: 21.7%
- Obesity: 38.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Olean city is served by 27 churches — about one congregation for every 514 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist
- Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Marys of the Angels Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Harvest Field Ministries — 0.3 mi away
- Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Epic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mt Zion Christian Assembly — 0.4 mi away
- Foursquare Gospel Church — 0.5 mi away
- Central Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
More Metaphysical churches nearby
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 15.7 mi away in Salamanca, NY