Article March 28, 2011 Issue

An educator’s thoughts on Christian Science class instruction

By Don Griffith

Systematic teaching and the student's spiritual growth  and experience in practice are requisite for a thorough comprehension of Christian Science.

—Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, pp. 461-462

I had the opportunity to take Christian Science Primary class instruction in the 1960s. At the time I was headmaster in a private school, so I paid particular attention to the methodology used in teaching the course as well as to the content that was presented. 