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![](images/groups_photos/MaryBakerEddy1.jpg) Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Science
![](images/g_officialname.gif) Christian Science
![](images/g_altname.gif) First Church of Christ, Scientist
![](images/g_foundersname.gif) Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910), "founder and discoverer"
![](images/g_foundingplace.gif) Boston, MA, USA
![](images/g_headquarters.gif) Boston, MA, USA
![](images/g_educational.gif) The Principia
![](images/g_books.gif) include the Bible (King James Version); Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures; Manual of the Mother Church; No and Yes; Unity of Good; Miscellaneous Writings; Retrospection and Introspection
![](images/g_periodicals.gif) include Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Journal, Christian Science Sentinel, Herald of Christian Science, Christian Science Quarterly
![](images/g_broadcasts.gif) Sunday Services from the Mother Church in Boston can be heard on the Internet at www.tfccs.com/bostonactivities/sundayservice.jhtml
![](images/g_beliefs.gif) Christian Science denies nearly all the central tenets of the historic Christian faith (including the Trinity and deity of Jesus Christ; His bodily resurrection; and salvation by grace through faith). It also affirms that sin, sickness, and death are unreal.
![](images/g_controversies.gif) Christian Science strongly discourages its adherents from using conventional medicine to treat illnesses, with the result that a number of them have died painful deaths.
![](images/g_commentary.gif) The movement’s membership has been in serious decline for decades. A parallel organization, the Aequus Institute, seeks to promote Mary Baker’s writings apart from the formal Christian Science organization.
![](images/g_adherents.gif) 400,000
![](images/g_countries.gif) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bermuda, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Republic), Côte D’Ivoire, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Mauritius, Mexico, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
![](images/g_languages.gif) include English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish
![](images/g_resources.gif) www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/christian-science
www.christianway.org
www.rctr.org/cwr20.htm
www.sdmin.org/soundingboard/200501.htm
www.sdmin.org/soundingboard/199412.htm
www.evangelical-times.org/Website_Pages/ArticleDetail.php?articleID=1642
www.reachouttrust.org/articles/othergrp/cscience.htm
www.reachouttrust.org/articles/othergrp/csciencetdy.htm
![](images/g_news.gif) www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/22/AR2009112202216.html
www.web.archive.org/web/20181012114211/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-09-24-8901150766-story.html
![](images/g_sites.gif) www.spirituality.com
www.mbelibrary.org
www.csdirectory.com
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