Once again, I have the happy privilege of writing you to share news of today's [June 4] admission of new members. Admission takes place at a regular business meeting of the Christian Science Board of Directors (see Church Manual, p. 56). This morning the Board voted to admit new members to our worldwide church family.
Applications for this admission were received in Dutch, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish and were sent to us from the following locations: Angola, Argentina, Australia, Benin, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Cote D'Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa), England, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Republic of Georgia, Russia, Rwanda, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, The Netherlands, Togo, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Wales, and Zambia.
The newest members of our worldwide church family unite with us as members of the Church defined by Mary Baker Eddy in the Glossary of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures: