Dear Fellow Members and Friends,
Once again, I have the happy privilege of sharing the news of today’s admission of new members. Admission takes place at a regular business meeting of the Christian Science Board of Directors and is required in the Church Manual. This morning the Board voted to admit new members to our worldwide Church family.
Applications for this Admission were received in English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish and came from the following locations: Angola, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa), Cote D’Ivoire, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, India, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
These newest members of our worldwide Church family express their commitment to Christian Science by uniting with us as members of the Church defined by Mary Baker Eddy in the Glossary of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures:
“The Church is that institution, which affords proof of its utility and is found elevating the race, rousing the dormant understanding from material beliefs to the apprehension of spiritual ideas and the demonstration of divine Science, thereby casting out devils, or error, and healing the sick.” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 583)
As always, our sincere gratitude goes out to all members and Christian Science teachers who support the admission of new members through their prayers and by approving and countersigning applications. We invite everyone to participate as we actively and prayerfully focus on membership:
On October 25 the Christian Science Sentinel hosted a live audio chat on the topic of “Growing Church.” In this chat, the Christian Science Board of Directors and Chet Manchester, President of The Mother Church, spoke about nurturing the Christian Science movement around the world. You can listen to this chat here and find links to Church Alive discussions on the topic of membership.
Every day the Journal, Sentinel, and Herald welcome your testimonies, articles, insights, even your questions, on what you’re experiencing in your current study and practice of Christian Science. By contributing content to the periodicals, members play a special role in the worldwide publishing activity of The Mother Church. If you feel you need some writing guidelines, go to JSH-Online.com and click on the “submit” link at the bottom of any page. If you’re bubbling with inspiration that needs to be shared right now, do it! E-mail us at JSHwrite@csps.com. We’d love to hear from you!
Applications for membership are welcome at any time. The next admission of new members will take place on May 31, 2013. Completed applications should be received by the Office of the Clerk no later than May 28.
With heartfelt love and appreciation for each of you,
Nathan Talbot
Clerk of The Mother Church
