SHARING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE IN THE PHILIPPINES

BY ALFONSO B. BINAY-AN JR.

IN 1986, an informal group of Christian Scientists was organized in the mountains of Banayakeo, Poblacion, Atok, Benguet, Philippines. (Christian Science had already been established there in the 1930s, but there was no organized church.) Ever since our Christian Science group was established, we have been growing, and we've experienced many healings through studying Christian Science. We are sharing with others, demonstrating healing in our daily lives, and appreciating all that Mary Baker Eddy did.

We are a small group but we study our Christian Science Bible Lessons every day, and we gather as one family during Sunday. We have a Wednesday testimony meeting once a month. In 2008, we began a Sunday School for children.

I want to share with you why I became a Christian Scientist. My mother is a Christian Scientist, and my father is pagan. But we are a peaceful family. When I was a child and had headaches and toothaches, my mother would pray for me, and I really felt instant healing. She was always telling me that God is not sick, therefore I could not be sick. God made me in His image and likeness. I never tasted or took medicine and never had a medical checkup, because I had healings through prayer instead.