Items of Interest July 14, 1934 Issue

Items of Interest

Some confusion exists in the thought of people here and there as to what constitutes a recognized branch church or society. A recognized branch church or society is one whose application for recognition by The Mother Church has been passed upon favorably. Following this action by the Directors of The Mother Church, the card of the organization may be inserted in The Christian Science Journal, a process which takes about two months to accomplish.

A group of Christian Scientists desirous of becoming a recognized branch of The Mother Church may file an application for recognition, and, in response to their request, a blank form may be sent to them to fill out; but they should not regard the receipt of an application blank as giving them encouragement or promise as to the decision which ultimately may be reached. That is made on the merits of the application after the required evidence is assembled and considered.

Of course, the decision on an application for an organization formed on the basis Mrs. Eddy has indicated in the Church Manual, Article XXIII, Section 6, and in accordance with her letter which appeared in the Christian Science Sentinel of February 19, 1910 (to Second Church, Manchester, England), is likely to be favorable. In 1910, when news came to Mrs. Eddy's home at Pleasant View of the formation of a second church in Manchester, one of Mrs. Eddy's faithful secretaries wrote to The Christian Science Board of Directors, who at once made an investigation and ascertained that the organization had not come about because of division, but through multiplication. And so the letter of February 19, 1910, sent by Mrs. Eddy to the new church, spoke a truth which all churches and societies, and all who have in mind organizing a church or society, may well ponder: "Second Church of Christ, Scientist, of Manchester, thus starting as the outgrowth of multiplication and not division, is moving forward in accord with the 'eternal mandate of Mind' (Science and Health, p. 520)."

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