Dear Members,
We are delighted and grateful to be able to share with you the happy news of the recent admission of new members to The Mother Church from around the world. New members to our worldwide family come from Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Germany, Kenya, Mexico, Namibia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, the Republic of Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Taiwan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Zimbabwe. Their applications were sent in English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Each new member joins in supporting the activities and resources with which The Mother Church embraces the world, and each member is, in turn, embraced in The Mother Church’s special love of its members.
Some of these activities and resources include:
- our Pastor, the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy;
- the Christian Science Quarterly Bible Lessons, available in 16 languages;
- authorized teachers of Christian Science offering Primary class instruction;
- the Christian Science periodicals, including The Christian Science Journal, Christian Science Sentinel, The Herald of Christian Science, and The Christian Science Monitor, to which we welcome your contributions of articles and testimonies of healing and for which the Church Manual provides, “It shall be the privilege and duty of every member, who can afford it, to subscribe for the periodicals which are the organs of this Church; and it shall be the duty of the Directors to see that these periodicals are ably edited and kept abreast of the times” (Mary Baker Eddy, p. 44);
- other resources, such as Christian Science Reading Rooms, youth and church summits, Annual Meeting, and much more.
As always, our sincere gratitude goes out to all members and Christian Science teachers who support the admission of new members through their prayers, as well as by approving and countersigning applications as specified in the Church Manual (see pp. 35–38, 109–110).
Applications for membership are welcome at any time. The next admission of new members will take place on June 5, 2026. Completed applications must be received by the Office of the Clerk no later than the end of the business day (4:00 p.m. Boston time) on June 3, 2026.
With Christlike love,
Martha R. Moffett, Clerk of The Mother Church
