Church Alive April 18, 2011 ISSUE

The following was written in support of Church Alive, a focus of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, that explores the meaning and possibilities of awakening to the spiritual basis and impact of Church. 

No back seats

By Chris Shoaf

One of the Church Manual requirements for organizing a branch church is that the membership include “. . . at least one active practitioner whose card is published in the list of practitioners in The Christian Science Journal” (Mary Baker Eddy, Manual of The Mother Church, p. 73).

Recognizing ourselves as practitioners of Christian Science is certainly something we should all be addressing in our own thoughts and prayers.