Article August 17, 2009 Issue

WHY CHURCH IS STILL RELEVANT

with contributions from Nathan Talbot

A spirituality.com chat in June featured Nathan Talbot, a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science who is also Clerk of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and a member of the Christian Science Board of Directors. This text has been edited for readability. To read the whole chat, go to www.spirituality.com/chats/church.

The concept of Church has different meanings to various cultures and nationalities. How is the Christian Science concept of Church relevant to today's many challenges?

It might be pretty easy for someone who's a real defender of Church to toss out a whole lot of ideas about why we're so relevant. But, being honest with ourselves, we've got to take a look at Church and say, "How well are we meeting the needs of every individual?" To the extent we are, we will see Church thriving and growing.

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