About Our Church
The Christian Science Church in Summit, New Jersey has been here for over a century and is still going strong!
More than 100 years ago, a small group of Christian Science students formed a Christian Science Society here in Summit. By 1907 this Society had grown in members to become a full-fledged Christian Science Church.
In 1918 the church was able to purchase a property at 292 Springfield in Summit, turn the house there into a church meeting place, and move it to the rear of the property which was quite deep, with enough space in front for building the present church edifice.
The corner stone was laid on August 3, 1933, and on Thanksgiving Day, 1936 the first service was joyously held in the new auditorium.
The Sunday School, formerly housed in the church building, was added as an adjacent building in April 1951.
In October 1943 the Christian Science Reading Room found a new home at 340 Springfield Avenue where it served the Summit area community for no less than 79 years! However, now the Reading Room has re-located to the Church building at 292 Springfield Avenue, (just 3 blocks east). It continues to provide a library for study and prayer, as well as serving as a sales room for all Christian Science literature, Bibles and Bible concordances, CDs, and The Christian Science Monitor.
Today, our Christian Science Church and Reading Room continue to serve Summit and neighboring communities. We hope you will visit and join us!