Church of Christ, Scientist

rdf:langString Church of Christ, Scientist

rdf:langString Church of Christ, Scientist

rdf:langString The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, the mother church and administrative headquarter

rdf:langString estimates range from around 400,000 to under 100,000.

rdf:langString The Church of Christ, Scientist was founded in 1879 in Boston, Massachusetts, by Mary Baker Eddy, author of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, and founder of Christian Science. The church was founded "to commemorate the word and works of Christ Jesus" and "reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing". Sunday services are held throughout the year and weekly testimony meetings are held on Wednesday evenings, where following brief readings from the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, those in attendance are invited to give testimonies of healing brought about through Christian Science prayer. In the early decades of the 20th century, Christian Science churches sprang up in communities around the world, though in the last several decades of that century, there was a marked decline in membership, except in Africa, where there has been growth. Headquartered in Boston, the church does not officially report membership, and estimates as to worldwide membership range between under 100,000 to about 400,000.

rdf:langString approximately 1750 worldwide

rdf:langString Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

rdf:langString Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures and Bible