About Our Pastor
The Pastor of our church is the same for every Christian Science church in the world.
Our pastor is the combined word of the Holy Bible and the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
Together, these two books were ordained by Mrs. Eddy in 1895 to be “the pastor, on this planet, of all the churches of the Christian Science denomination.”* Mary Baker worked to present the inspired word of God and the words and works of Christ Jesus and the prophets together with the spiritual interpretation as explained in Science and Health.
Every week, students of Christian Science study the Weekly Bible Lessons containing citations from the Bible and from Science and Health.
On Sunday mornings, the First and Second Reader in each church read aloud that same weekly Bible Lesson from our Pastor — the two books. Studying the Bible Lesson during the week and then hearing the word of the Pastor from the Readers’ desk on Sundays is a rich and deeply prayerful activity of individual members and attendees in Christian Science churches.
You may study, borrow and purchase both the Bible and Science and Health at our local Reading Room.
*Miscellaneous Writings 1883–1896, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 383:2