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.

Testimony of Healing

Back injury healed

Elizabeth Beall

Healing is a natural outcome of practicing unselfed love. This experience inspired me to continue praying for the world.

Testimony of Healing

A life transformed

Grace Ngoindai Ajayi

Because of this healing, every statement in Science and Health was so real to me.

Testimony of Healing

Quick healing of sprained ankle

Jackie Cvar

My houseguest was amazed when I walked into the living room without even a limp. He said, “Wow! Now I know why you are a Christian Scientist. I’ve never seen anything like that.”

Testimony of Healing

Overcoming hatred brings physical freedom

William Ward

I resolved to do better and forgave the officer. The illness soon disappeared.

Testimony of Healing

Burned hand quickly healed

Shirley Schmidt

One day, I had prepared the evening meal and was removing a casserole from the oven, using only one oven pad.

Testimony of Healing

Recovery from effects of physical trauma

Joann Smedley

My overarching feeling during this experience was gratitude—for the availability of the Christian Science nursing facility, for the practical and loving nursing care I received from the Christian Science nurses, for my family’s care, and for the Christian Science practitioner’s patience and faithful prayer.

Testimony of Healing

A life enriched and a smoking habit healed

Michael Reiser

I had tried in vain to stop smoking using self-will, but it was the loving metaphysical treatment from a Christian Science practitioner that resolved this issue.

Testimony of Healing

Pain-free mobility restored

Emily Mayer Kendrick

Early in my marriage and after I became a mother, I suffered debilitating back issues for a few weeks at a time.

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Runner freed from pain

Claire McArthur

It was just so clear to me that the pain wasn’t real and that I needed to guard my thinking rather than look for either a material cause or a material remedy. That was the end of the pain.

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Nerve pain gone

Andy Remec

Prayer does not somehow alter a material condition but instead reveals the underlying perfection of our real, spiritual being. Holding to these ideas and persisting in prayer, I was healed.