Questions received from the Field indicate a rather general misunderstanding of the present status of Youth Forums and Junior Forums.
No action has ever been taken by The Mother Church either to discourage or to discontinue the activities of the Forums. They have never been official activities of The Mother Church but have always been sponsored by individual Christian Scientists.
For a number of years a Headquarters Secretary's office was maintained in Boston by The Mother Church to set standards for the Forums and to assist in their organization. In 1959 it was felt that the Headquarters Secretary's office had fulfilled its purpose. Also, there was an increasing tendency to assume that the sponsorship and supervision of the Forums was the responsibility of the Headquarters Secretary—a responsibility which this office could not possibly fulfill. The Headquarters Secretary's office was, therefore, discontinued on December 31 of that year.
