ABOUT
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS BELIEVE
Christ Jesus
Concept of God
Christian Scientists believe in an ever-present, all powerful and all-knowing God who is purely good. This infinite source of wisdom and love is as close to us as the air we breathe and is always guiding, guarding and governing His creation – mankind and the universe. Being Spirit, God is spiritual and not a human-like entity expressing both good and bad characteristics. God is unchanging Love.
Christ Jesus
Christ Jesus was the most spiritual man to ever walk the earth. He showed by his example of healing, teaching and living the close relationship between God and mankind. Christian Scientists are extremely grateful to Jesus for showing us the way to live a God-centered and purposeful life.
The Bible
This source book is essential to understanding God and our relationship to him. Throughout the pages the history of the Hebrew people with their successes and failures, their inspiration and sorrow, their gratitude and discontent, support us and give us hope as we tackle the challenges of our lives.
Science and Health
The whole title of this book is: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. This textbook, along with The Bible, are ordained as the Pastor of this church. Like a Pastor these books help to guide us on our spiritual journey. Many Christian Scientists study them daily in their quest to discover God’s purpose for each one of us and our spiritual connection with Him. This spiritual understanding is the bedrock for their prayers for their families, their communities and the whole world.
HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE & MARY BAKER EDDY
Mary Baker Eddy, who discovered and founded
Christian Science, defined it as “the law of God, the law of good…” (RudimentalDivine Science). This deeper understanding of God as infinite Love and unchanging goodness leads to prayer that can heal, redeem, and restore anyone.
In 1866, a life-threatening injury compelled Mary Baker Eddy to turn wholeheartedly to God. She opened her Bible to an account of Jesus healing a man quickly and completely. A new sense of God, Spirit, as the only reality flooded her thought, and she was healed instantaneously. But she yearned to know how and why. For the next several years, she continued to search and find in the Bible the underlying laws of God that would form the basis of her teaching and practice of Christian Science.
Since then, many have found that when they better understand their relationship to God through this Science of Christianity, their health is restored and character transformed. And each healing inspires a heartfelt desire to help others know and experience how loved we all are by God.