First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a Christ Scientist church at 1668 South Sycamore Street in Petersburg, VA 23805. It is one of 145 churches in Petersburg.
1668 South Sycamore Street, Petersburg, VA, 23805First 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, about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Diabetes: 18.7%
- Obesity: 44.2%
- Social Isolation: 38.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.9%
- Food Insecurity: 24.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 19.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.4%
- Unemployment: 6.3% (1.1–11.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Petersburg city is served by 51 churches — about one congregation for every 652 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist
- Saint Marks United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Church of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Goshen Kingdom Center — 0.4 mi away
- Calvary II Outreach Revival Center — 0.5 mi away
- Tabernacle of Praise International Church — 0.5 mi away
- Shiloh Petersburg Seventh-Day Adventist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Unity Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Greater Works Christian Fellowship — 0.6 mi away
- Royal Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
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