First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a church in Elyria, OH 44035. It is one of 99 churches in Elyria.
Elyria, OH, 44035First Church of Christ Scientist 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 Christ Scientist
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, 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.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.1%
- Poverty Rate: 30.8% (21.2–40.5%)
- Food Insecurity: 25.9%
- Diabetes: 21.0%
- Unemployment: 15.1% (7.4–22.8%)
- Obesity: 42.0%
- Social Isolation: 34.6%
- Depression: 27.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Elyria city is served by 33 churches — about one congregation for every 1,385 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist
- venue church — 0.1 mi away
- First United Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Marys Roman Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- St Mary Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Andrews Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Pulse Elyria — 0.2 mi away
- First Congregational Church — 0.2 mi away
- Elyria Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Spread the Word Ministries — 0.4 mi away
More Metaphysical churches nearby
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 7.3 mi away in Lorain, OH