Special Membership Notice

The Field is hereby informed of an important change concerning the periods of admission to membership in The Mother Church. The closing date for the receipt of applications will now be set at approximately one month in advance of the date of the admission instead of two weeks as heretofore.

Applications are acted upon by The Christian Science Board of Directors, twice each year, as provided for by the Manual of The Mother Church, Article XIII, Section 2.

The next date for the admission of applicants into membership in The Mother Church is May 31, 1940. Applications must reach the Clerk on or before Wednesday, May 1, 1940.

A letter of acknowledgment is sent to each applicant whose application is received by the Clerk, but this letter does not signify that he has been admitted to membership. When his application has been duly acted upon by the Board of Directors, he is notified promptly by the Clerk of the action taken.

If an application has been forwarded and, within a reasonable length of time, the applicant has not received acknowledgment, he is invited to make inquiry of the Clerk before forwarding a second application. This procedure avoids possible duplication of applications. This procedure avoids possible duplication of applications. However, applications received during the month immediately preceding the date of the current admission to membership will not be acknowledged until after that admission.

Application blanks for membership in The Mother Church are usually obtainable at Christian Science Reading Rooms and from clerks of local branch churches and societies. Applications may always be obtained from the Clerk of The Mother Church, Ezra W. Palmer, 107 Falmouth Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

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