First Church of Christ, Scientist
First Church of Christ, Scientist is a Christ Scientist church at 617 East Hamilton Avenue in State College, PA 16801. It is one of 64 churches in State College.
617 East Hamilton Avenue, State College, PA, 16801Website: https://www.csrrbooks.com/
First Church of Christ, Scientist is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story. 23 congregations of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family gather across Pennsylvania — 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 5 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third of adults here carry depression. That is 2,400 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.
- Poverty Rate: 57.4%
- Depression: 32.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
State College borough is served by 19 churches — about one congregation for every 2,152 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ, Scientist
- State College Friends Meeting — 0.1 mi away
- St Luke's Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.2 mi away
- Grace Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- SCA - The Upper Room — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Fellowship Church — 0.4 mi away
- 영광한인장로교회 — 0.4 mi away
- State College Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Faith United Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Russian Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
More Metaphysical churches nearby
- Halfmoon Christian Fellowship Church — 8.4 mi away in Port Matilda, PA
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