First Church of Christ, Scientist
First Church of Christ, Scientist is a Christ Scientist church at 720 Belmonte Park North in Dayton, OH 45405. It is one of 562 churches in Dayton, and one of 3 Christ Scientist congregations in the city.
The mission of our church is to support the reinstatement of primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing and to joyfully discover man’s spiritual identity and innocence.
The mission of our church is to support the reinstatement of primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing and to joyfully discover man’s spiritual identity and innocence.
720 Belmonte Park North, Dayton, OH, 45405Service times
- Sunday 10:30am · Service School
Phone: (937) 430-1069 · Website: https://www.christiansciencedayton.com/
First 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 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.
- Obesity: 45.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.5%
- Food Insecurity: 30.1%
- Diabetes: 20.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.8%
- Social Isolation: 39.6%
- Poverty Rate: 28.2% (18.1–38.4%)
- Housing Insecurity: 22.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.6% (9.4–25.9%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.4%
- Depression: 24.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.7%
- Unemployment: 7.8% (3.4–12.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Dayton city is served by 260 churches — about one congregation for every 588 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ, Scientist
- Northminster Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Greater Love Fellowship COGIC — 0.2 mi away
- Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church — 0.2 mi away
- Corpus Christi Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Riverdale United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Christ the King Anglican Church — 0.4 mi away
- Movement Church — 0.4 mi away
- All Nation Full Gospel Church of Dayton Ohio — 0.4 mi away
- Soul Winners For Jesus Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Grace House Church — 0.5 mi away
More Metaphysical churches nearby
- First Church of Religious Science — 1.1 mi away
- First Church of Christ, Scientist — 1.2 mi away