A GOD THAT IS LOVE

Tenets of Christian Science

by Mary Baker Eddy

1. As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal Life.
2. We acknowledge and adore one supreme and infinite God. We acknowledge His Son, one Christ; the Holy Ghost or divine Comforter; and man in God's image and likeness.
3. We acknowledge God's forgiveness of sin in the destruction of sin and the spiritual understanding that casts out evil as unreal. But the belief in sin is punished so long as the belief lasts.
4. We acknowledge Jesus' atonement as the evidence of divine, efficacious Love, unfolding man's unity with God through Christ Jesus the Way-shower; and we acknowledge that man is saved through Christ, through Truth, Life, and Love as demonstrated by the Galilean Prophet in healing the sick and overcoming sin and death.
5. We acknowledge that the crucifixion of Jesus and his resurrection served to uplift faith to understand eternal Life, even the allness of Soul, Spirit, and the nothingness of matter.
6. And we solemnly promise to watch, and pray for that Mind to be in us which was also in Christ Jesus; to do unto others as we would have them do unto us; and to be merciful, just, and pure.

What is the Church of Christ, Scientist?

The church was founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879 to further the spiritual method of healing practiced by Christ Jesus and the early Christians. The Church of Christ, Scientist, consists of The First Church of Christ, Scientist (The Mother Church - the hub of the international Christian Science community, in Boston, MA, USA) and of branch churches and societies around the world. They are united in working to fulfill Eddy's vision of a church which makes Jesus' works more universally understood and practiced.  

How is the church organized and governed?

Local branch churches are democratically run, while The Mother Church and its activities are stewarded by a five-person Board of Directors. The Board is responsible for overseeing a range of activities including an international Board of Lectureship, a Board of Education, Church membership, and the publishing of Mary Baker Eddy’s writings. Guiding the Church’s global ministry is a simple 100-page Church Manual which reflects Eddy’s vision of a Church living by the Golden Rule and unencumbered by too much human organization.