First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a church in Lorain, OH 44053. It is one of 119 churches in Lorain.
Lorain, OH, 44053First 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 7 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 76.4%
- Food Insecurity: 27.3%
- Diabetes: 19.9%
- Obesity: 42.9%
- Social Isolation: 34.9%
- Poverty Rate: 29.8% (21.7–38.0%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.3%
- Depression: 24.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Lorain city is served by 56 churches — about one congregation for every 1,166 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist
- Christian Tabernacle — 0.1 mi away
- Sts. Cyril and Methodius Orthodox Church — 0.1 mi away
- Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.1 mi away
- Full Gospel Ministries — 0.3 mi away
- Great Lakes Church — 0.4 mi away
- Leavitt Road Gospel Hall — 0.4 mi away
- New Apostolic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Lorain Lighthouse United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Christ United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Greater St Matthew AME Church — 0.5 mi away
More Metaphysical churches nearby
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 7.3 mi away in Elyria, OH