Have you ever profited, or benefitted, from content published or sold by The Christian Science Publishing Society? Clearly, Mary Baker Eddy established the Publishing Society with the expectation that you would. She knew that the message of Christian Science would bring healing and transformation to those who were touched by it. She recognized that Christian Scientists would want to share what they were proving of scientific Christ-healing, and that as the Publishing Society gave voice to these demonstrations, writers and subscribers and the Publishing Society would all thrive together.
Yet, significant financial deficits have dogged the Publishing Society for decades and persist today. Leaner operations and a new Christian Science Monitor publishing strategy are making a difference. Annual losses have dropped by $6 million over the last two and a half years, from $22 million to $16 million this fiscal year. In a difficult economy and a period of dramatic changes in publishing, we are watching and praying to take the right steps to close the remaining shortfall. We need and welcome your support as a reader, writer, subscriber, and healer.
Each element of Mrs. Eddy’s discovery and establishment of Christian Science involved practical demonstration. Launching and maintaining a profitable publishing business to promote and extend the religion of Christian Science was no exception. When Mrs. Eddy transferred ownership and management of the Publishing Society to three trustees in 1898, she signaled her expectation that the Publishing Society would continue to demonstrate its way profitably—requiring that it turn over its profits to the Church Treasurer every six months (see Deed of Trust, p. 6, and Church Manual, p. 80).
