There are many ways to learn more about Christian Science. Besides visiting our church services, joining our congregation, and becoming a member of our branch church, you can come to a Christian Science lecture or read from the many books and Christian Science magazines available at our Reading Room. You can also learn more about some of the important points of Christian Science by reading more about the topics presented here.
Christian Science: A Worldwide Organization
First Church, Columbus, Ohio is one of many "branch" churches of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. You can learn more about the teachings of Christian Science as well as more about the church's global activities on the web site of The Mother Church.
Mary Baker Eddy, Founder and Discoverer
After she discovered Christian Science in 1866, Mary Baker Eddy established the Christian Science Church in 1879. Recent acclaim includes election into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1995 and recognition by the Congress of the United States in 2002 for her outstanding achievements. You can read more about this remarkable woman on the web sites of The Mother Church and The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity.
Our Pastor and Weekly Lesson-Sermon
Christian Science is unique in its use of The Bible and Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy as its pastor. Each week, Christian Scientists around the world study the weekly Lesson-Sermon, made up of passages from these two books on relevant topics such as "Life," "Are Sin, Disease and Death Real?" and "God, the Creator of Man." The Lesson-Sermon is read on Sunday in each branch church by Readers elected from the local membership. You can read this week's Lesson-Sermon, or watch a webcast of it being read aloud.