First Church of Religious Science
First Church of Religious Science is a Christ Scientist church in Dayton, OH 45402. It is one of 562 churches in Dayton, and one of 3 Christ Scientist congregations in the city.
Dayton, OH, 45402First Church of Religious Science is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story. 46 congregations of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family gather across Ohio — 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 Religious Science
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,100 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: 36.6%
- Obesity: 36.9%
- Depression: 25.0%
- Poverty Rate: 21.5% (15.3–27.7%)
- Food Insecurity: 15.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Dayton city is served by 260 churches — about one congregation for every 588 residents.
Churches near First Church of Religious Science
- Eternal Joy MCC — 0.1 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.1 mi away
- Hope Collective Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Johns United Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Missionaries of the Precious Blood — 0.3 mi away
- Living Beatitudes Community: A Ministry of Dignity Dayton — 0.3 mi away
- Christ Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- St Paul Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Miami Valley Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
More Metaphysical churches nearby
- First Church of Christ, Scientist — 0.4 mi away
- First Church of Christ, Scientist — 1.1 mi away
- Christian Science Reading Room — 3.1 mi away