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2012 Membership Series

Membership in The Mother Church is an inspired and significant step for any student of Christian Science to take in the ongoing and ever-unfolding study and practice of Christian Science. In this series members from diverse backgrounds and experiences share what special meaning membership in The Mother Church has for them. 

Coming home

From the April 2012 issue of The Christian Science Journal


For several years after I joined The Mother Church (at age 12), I kept the Clerk’s acceptance letter under the glass top on my dresser, where I’d see it every day. I did this partly because I really did feel happy about becoming a member while I was still in Sunday School, but also because my parents and Sunday School teacher had encouraged me to take this step, and I knew they were proud of me. 

And that’s where my Mother Church membership stayed for a number of years: visible under the glass; a good thing to see, though not always an active influence in my daily life as a teenager. It wasn’t until I entered college that my Mother Church membership became something much more. It grew into a tangible, guiding compass point that ultimately led to a life-changing healing, and to a life-long embrace of Christian Science. 

I suddenly felt the "all-embracing power" of The Mother Church, attracting me to God, divine Spirit, in this hour of obvious need. I felt loved! 

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