Testimonies of Healing

The healings we publish are verified by people who can vouch for the testifier or who know of the healing. Examples of Christian healing from individuals and families around the world have been published in the Christian Science periodicals for well over a century.

The most recently-published testimonies are at the top.

Freed from illness

A little over a year ago, I suddenly became ill.

Symptoms of malaria healed

In the summer of 1985, I began a two-year tour of duty in the Peace Corps as a teacher at the University of Benin in Benin, West Africa.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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Over the course of a few years, I felt pain in one or two fingers when bending them or putting pressure on them.

Share your healing experience

Have you had a healing? Sharing it may bring hope to or even heal others. Visit Writer’s Corner to get started.

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I have always loved Christian Science and grew up watching the example of my parents, both of whom are students of Christian Science.
One Sunday night, in December 2009, I realized that I’d had the sniffles and a scratchy throat for a couple of days.

Son healed of appendicitis

At one time, Paulo, my youngest son, complained of severe abdominal pain, fever, and great discomfort.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on a spiritual approach to healthcare.

From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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Have you had a healing? Sharing it may bring hope to or even heal others. Visit Writer’s Corner to get started.

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My husband and I had recently relocated to a new state, and I had just started a new job, when I found out I was pregnant with our first child.

Back pain healed

I’ve known that Christian Science works from the first few days that I attended a Christian Science church in 2004, where I heard story after story of how scientific prayer heals.
Mary Baker Eddy wrote on page 373 of , “If we are Christians on all moral questions, but are in darkness as to the physical exemption which Christianity includes, then we must have more faith in God on this subject and be more alive to His promises.

Pain and lump under arm healed

After my last child was born, I found I was having trouble with one of my arms.
One day, my daughter Sarah, who was five years old at the time, asked me, “Aren’t we going on the roller coasters today?
Early last year, I was on the way to a dentist appointment when I tripped and fell on the cement, landing forcefully on my arm and hand.