First Church of Christ, Scientist
First Church of Christ, Scientist is a Christ Scientist church at 935 High Street Southeast in Salem, OR 97302. It is one of 163 churches in Salem.
935 High Street Southeast, Salem, OR, 97302Shares a ministry location with Christian Science Church.
First Church of Christ, Scientist is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story. 28 congregations of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family gather across Oregon — 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 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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: 40.8%
- Depression: 29.7%
- Poverty Rate: 20.7% (12.4–29.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Salem city is served by 44 churches — about one congregation for every 3,802 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ, Scientist
- Christian Science Church — 0 mi away
- Valley Church — 0.2 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Woodland Chapel Center for Spiritual Living — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Paul's Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Prince of Peace Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Fellowship Church Downtown — 0.4 mi away
- Nueva Vida SDA Church — 0.5 mi away
- Resilient Church — 0.5 mi away
- The River Fellowship Church — 0.5 mi away
More Metaphysical churches nearby
- Christian Science Reading Room — 0.7 mi away