First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a church in Myrtle Beach, SC 29572. It is one of 152 churches in Myrtle Beach.
Above all, Christian Scientists believe in the saving, healing power of God’s love—that no one is beyond redemption, that no problem is too entrenched or overwhelming to be addressed and healed.
We are representatives from all (or mostly all!) of the churches and societies throughout South Carolina.
Myrtle Beach, SC, 29572Service times
- Sunday 10:30am · School
Phone: (843) 449-5496
First Church of Christ Scientist is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story. 8 congregations of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family gather across South Carolina — 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 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 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance. 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.
- Food Insecurity: 20.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.9% (13.8–24.0%)
- Diabetes: 15.0%
- Social Isolation: 29.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.6%
- Depression: 23.1%
- Poverty Rate: 16.4% (7.2–25.6%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Myrtle Beach city is served by 22 churches — about one congregation for every 1,577 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist
- Temple Emanuel — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Philips Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Ocean View Church — 0.6 mi away
- First Free Will Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Beth El Orthodox Congregation — 0.7 mi away
- Surf Church MB — 0.7 mi away
- The Episcopal Church in Myrtle Beach — 0.7 mi away
- Connection Church of the Nazarene — 0.7 mi away
- Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Faith Church — 1.1 mi away
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