First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a church in Canton, OH 44702. It is one of 225 churches in Canton.
Canton, OH, 44702First Church of Christ Scientist is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story. 45 congregations of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family gather across Ohio — 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 of Christ Scientist
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,200 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: 51.4%
- Poverty Rate: 38.2% (26.7–49.7%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.2%
- Food Insecurity: 34.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.2%
- Diabetes: 20.5%
- Unemployment: 12.6% (4.0–21.5%)
- Child Poverty: 38.9% (24.1–55.7%)
- Social Isolation: 38.4%
- Depression: 27.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Canton city is served by 69 churches — about one congregation for every 977 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist
- The Church of Canton — 0.1 mi away
- Jesus Speaks Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Community LIfe-COGIC — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Peter Church — 0.3 mi away
- Walnut Street Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Johns Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- First United Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- De Gracia en Gracia — 0.4 mi away
- Saint George Antiochian Orthodox Church — 0.4 mi away
- Martin Luther Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
More Metaphysical churches nearby
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 7.6 mi away in Massillon, OH