From the Editors June 2, 1997 Issue

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Christian Scientists' Journalistic Involvement

by Keith Henderson

Reprinted from the "Word of the Week" column in the February 6, 1997, issue of the weekly newspaper The Vermont Standard, Woodstock, Vermont. Used with permission.

A number of things distinguish my Church from many others. A firm commitment to spiritual healing, for instance, and the absence of an ordained clergy. But another thing a lot of people ask about is the Christian Science Church's long involvement in the world of journalism.

Since 1908, the Church has published The Christian Science Monitor, a newspaper with bureaus around the country and the world. Its headquarters, like the Church's, is in Boston. The Monitor has won some top journalistic awards including a Pulitzer Prize last year for reporting from Bosnia. But keeping the paper going—along with its current offshoots in radio and cyberspace—is not easy for the Church. So why do it?

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