Over the past year, the Journal has been reporting on the healing mission, purpose, focus, and current priorities of the Church of Christ, Scientist. Senior Managers at The Mother Church have been invited to write brief accounts of how workers in their areas of activity are approaching these goals. This month, M. Victor Westberg, Manager of the Christian Science Committee on Publication, reports on how that office is responding to humanity's spiritual hunger and helping to preserve religious rights for all people by engaging the membership in the work of correcting public misconceptions about Christian Science and its healing ministry.
I think you'd agree that it's difficult to impress people with the value of an idea if they have previously accepted mistaken information about it. The fact is, you greatly enhance the listener's receptivity and ability to evaluate the idea if you first clear away the falsities and inaccuracies. All of us doing "the work of an evangelist" II Tim. 4:5. have found that's especially true in regard to impressing the world with how effective Christian healing is today.
In the Bible, an Old Testament prophet proclaims, "Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people." Isa. 62:10.
