First Church of Christ, Scientist
First Church of Christ, Scientist is a Christ_scientist church at 1725 Pickens Street in Columbia, SC 29201. It is one of 422 churches in Columbia.
1725 Pickens Street, Columbia, SC, 29201First Church of Christ, Scientist is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First Church of Christ, Scientist
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half 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.
- Child Poverty: 72.2%
- Poverty Rate: 55.0%
- Food Insecurity: 27.9%
- Social Isolation: 38.7%
- Depression: 29.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 18.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4% (11.0–19.6%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Columbia city is served by 119 churches — about one congregation for every 960 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ, Scientist
- St. Paul’s Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church of the Good Shepherd — 0.1 mi away
- Centennial Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Korean Community Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Revolution- SC UMC — 0.2 mi away
- Church of the Apostles — 0.2 mi away
- Taylor Evangelical Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Ladson Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Midtown Fellowship — 0.3 mi away
- Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina — 0.3 mi away