Christian Science Reading Room
Christian Science Reading Room is a church at 231 Capitol St in Charleston, WV 25301-2200. It is one of 235 churches in Charleston.
Services in Portuguese and Spanish
231 Capitol St, Charleston, WV, 25301-2200Service times
- Wednesday 2pm · ServiceLive
Phone: +13043460092 · Website: http://spirituality.com
Christian Science Reading Room is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story. 4 congregations of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family gather across West Virginia — 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 Christian Science Reading Room
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand 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.
- Obesity: 45.9%
- Poverty Rate: 35.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.0%
- Food Insecurity: 28.8%
- Diabetes: 22.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.9%
- Social Isolation: 34.1%
- Depression: 30.5%
- Unemployment: 9.8% (0.4–19.5%)
- Housing Insecurity: 19.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 8 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Christian Science Reading Room
- Resurrection Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Marks United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint George Orthodox Cathedral — 0.2 mi away
- Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart — 0.2 mi away in East Charleston, WV
- Kanawha United Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Johns Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Simpson Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Sacred Heart Riverview Terrace — 0.3 mi away
More Metaphysical churches nearby
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.6 mi away
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