First Church of Christ Scientist

First Church of Christ Scientist is a church at 106 State Avenue South in Kent, WA 98031. It is one of 119 churches in Kent.

106 State Avenue South, Kent, WA, 98031

First Church of Christ Scientist is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story. 36 congregations of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family gather across Washington — 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 a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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: 40.3% (27.4–53.1%)
  • Unemployment: 8.0% (3.1–12.9%)
  • Depression: 26.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 18.2% (11.6–24.8%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Kent city is served by 61 churches — about one congregation for every 2,175 residents.

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