Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, writes, “Our church is built on the divine Principle, Love. We can unite with this church only as we are new-born of Spirit, as we reach the Life which is Truth and the Truth which is Life by bringing forth the fruits of Love,—casting out error and healing the sick” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 35). Recently, the members of our Christian Science branch church worked together to “bring forth the fruits of Love” and found unification in our shared prayer and action.
In October 2023, our church membership voted unanimously to sell our much-loved church building, where Christian Science services had been held for 82 years.
In the ten years leading up to this decision, we prayed constantly to better understand how to uphold our church ideals while meeting practical demands. Moving was considered, but without unified direction. So, we prayed to better understand Church as defined in Science and Health: “The structure of Truth and Love; whatever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle” (p. 583). Setting aside any foregone conclusions, we embraced the spiritual attributes of Church and continued to worship and work together. The psalmist’s words, “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” (Psalms 133:1) resonated with us as we carried on.
