First Church of Christ Scientist

First Church of Christ Scientist is a Church Of Christ church in Clarksburg, WV 26301. It is one of 71 churches in Clarksburg.

Clarksburg, WV, 26301

First Church of Christ Scientist is part of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family of churches in The American Church Story. 159 congregations of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family gather across West Virginia — 9,607 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Stone-Campbell churches asked American Christians to put down their party names and be simply Christians, and they meant it enough to give up their own. Their plea for one table, and their weekly return to it, is one of the few genuinely American gifts to the church's understanding of itself.

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The community around First Church of Christ Scientist

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: 46.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 35.3% (24.9–45.7%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.7%
  • Depression: 32.5%
  • Food Insecurity: 27.8%
  • Diabetes: 20.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.2%
  • Social Isolation: 34.4%
  • Unemployment: 10.9% (2.4–19.5%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 18.6%
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.4%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Clarksburg city is served by 32 churches — about one congregation for every 178 residents.

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