Our public Christian Science Reading Room is reopen. Its core hours are Monday, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8am to 2pm; on Tuesday it is open from 1pm to 4pm.
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We have restarted our Sunday services (10.30am) in our building. You can still watch them online (on this page) or on Zoom. A video recording is available for a week after the event. Our Wednesday meetings (7.45pm) will continue to be held online and Zoom for the time being.
To join our Sunday service (10.30am) or our Wednesday meeting (7.45pm) live
- click on the arrow in the video window. This window is only active when a service is live. See below to watch a recording. To watch a recording of a recent service, meeting or event. Click here
To join our daily Bible lesson reading on Zoom at 9am (Mon - Sat). Or to join a service or meeting on Zoom. Click here
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If you want to join a live event by phone dial 0203 695 0088 and then key in 5777368174 followed by # #.
The passcode, if requested is 1866.
The passcode, if requested is 1866.
Donations help support the running of our services, and we are grateful for every one.
Looking for answers? Looking for healing?
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Welcome to this website, provided by the Christian Science Church and Reading Room in Reading, England. Please stay and explore. Here, you can find out about the teachings of Christian Science and our activities.
You are welcome to contact us with your questions. Our public Reading Room is close to the town centre.
There is plenty on the web about Christian Science healing. Why not visit www.christianscience.com for more information. |
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What is Christian Science?
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Christian Science is a teaching with a strong focus on spirituality and healing. Its purpose is to bless and support people as they meet challenges and to help us all recognise our God-given heritage of health and freedom.
Founded in the 19th century by Mary Baker Eddy, a radical spiritual thinker, Christian Science is based on the Bible and regards itself as strongly Christian in its dedication to the teachings of Jesus and his followers. A foundational statement of the Christian Science movement is that it aims to ‘reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing’. (Christian Science should not be confused with Scientology).
The Christian Science movement goes under the name of the Church of Christ, Scientist and consists of The Mother Church in Boston, MA, USA and democratically governed branch churches around the world. You can find out more at ChristianScience.com.
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Who was Mary Baker Eddy?
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Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) is regarded by Christian Scientists as the discoverer and founder of Christian Science. In our view she reminded the Christian world of the importance of Christian healing as it was practised in the first centuries after Jesus and his early followers.
She put her teaching in a book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, and ultimately founded a church to make this teaching widely available. Among other things she also established an international news organisation, The Christian Science Monitor, with the object to ‘injure no man but to bless all mankind’.
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Find out more about Mary Baker Eddy at www.mbelibrary.com
This expectation, and his commands to love God and love our neighbour, are the foundation of true Christianity, not limited by dogma or theology.
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