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The former First Church of Christ, Scientist (Rock Island, Illinois). This is a list of former Christian Science churches, societies, and buildings.Following its early meteoric rise, the Christian Science Church suffered a steep decline in membership in the second half of the twentieth century.
List of former Christian Science churches, societies and buildings; F. First Church of Christ, Scientist (Atlanta) First Church of Christ, Scientist (Baltimore, Maryland)
Bliss Knapp (1877-1958) – Christian Science lecturer, practitioner, teacher and author; Annie M. Knott (1850-1941) – Christian Science practitioner, teacher and church leader; Laura Lathrop (1845-1922) – Christian Science teacher in New York; Augusta E. Stetson (1842-1928) – Christian Science teacher in New York, excommunicated in 1909
List of former Christian Science churches, societies and buildings; C. Church of Christ, Scientist; F. First Church of Christ, Scientist, Brisbane; Fourth Church of ...
Pages in category "Former Christian Science churches, societies and buildings in the United States" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Adherents are commonly known as Christian Scientists or students of Christian Science, and the church is sometimes informally known as the Christian Science church. It was founded in 1879 in New England by Mary Baker Eddy , who wrote the 1875 book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures , which outlined the theology of Christian Science.
The first Christian Science church building was the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Oconto, Wisconsin, erected in 1886. In 1885 Eddy was accused of promoting Spiritualism and pantheism by the Reverend Adoniram J. Gordon, in a letter read out by Joseph Cook during one of his popular Monday lectures at Tremont Temple in Boston. She demanded a ...
The First Church of Christ, Scientist is the Mother Church and administrative headquarters of the Christian Science Church. The Christian Science Board of Directors is a five-person executive entity created by Mary Baker Eddy to conduct the business of the Christian Science Church under the terms defined in the by-laws of the Church ...