First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a Christ Scientist church at 2901 Rivermont Avenue in Lynchburg, VA 24503. It is one of 247 churches in Lynchburg.
2901 Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg, VA, 24503Service times
Sundays: First and Third Sundays at 10:30 am; Sunday Service is held at 10:30 am; Sunday service, the first and third of every month at 10:30am (as listed)
First Church of Christ Scientist is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story. 26 congregations of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family gather across Virginia — 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 of Christ Scientist
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 34.3%
- Unemployment: 10.5% (1.3–19.7%)
- Obesity: 36.2%
- Diabetes: 13.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Lynchburg city is served by 135 churches — about one congregation for every 586 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist
- Holy Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Johns Church — 0.4 mi away
- Rivermont Evangelical Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Fellowship Church of Christ — 0.9 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 1 mi away
- Fellowship Bibleway Church — 1 mi away
- Rivermont Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- City Church Seven Hills — 1.1 mi away
- Centenary United Methodist Church — 1.2 mi away
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