First Church Christ Scientist

First Church Christ Scientist is a Christ Scientist church at 227 North High Street in West Chester, PA 19380. It is one of 54 churches in West Chester.

227 North High Street, West Chester, PA, 19380

First Church 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 — 992 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 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. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,300 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.

  • Depression: 23.5%

Source: CDC PLACES (2022), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

West Chester borough is served by 17 churches — about one congregation for every 1,118 residents.

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