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Christian Science History
The Church of Christ, Scientist was founded in Boston, Massachusetts, by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879. The church was founded to commemorate the word and works of Christ Jesus and reinstate primitive Christianity and it lost elements of healing. The church of Christ Scientist focused on prayer and “spiritual healing”. Mary Baker Eddy incorporating in 1879 following a claim from personal healing in 1866 where she illustrated from reading the bible. In the decades of the 20th century, Christian Science churches sprang up in communities around the world and really had a lot of growth in Africa. Though in the last several decades the membership decline the membership the church has about 85,000 membership. The Church of Christ Scientist words believe as …show more content…
The church has collected over fifty thousand testimonies of incidents that is considers healing through Christian Science. The First Church of Christ, Scientist which is located in Boston, Ma has the legal title of the Mother Church and is the administrative headquarters of the Christian Science Church. Branch Christian Science churches and Christian Science societies are subordinate to the Mother Church, but are self-governed. The Church of Science are regulated by laws that were written by Eddy, that sets forth the church organizations and also explains the duties and responsibilities of members, officers, practitioners, teachers, and nurses, and as well as establishes rules for discipline and other aspects of church business. The Christian

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