TIM O’BRIEN, guest anchor: The Christian Science Church, founded in the nineteenth century, teaches that physical affliction can be healed through spiritual means rather than medical procedures.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Mary Baker Eddy founded Christian Science, a worldwide spiritual movement, in the late 1800s. The first church built for Christian Science services was in Oconto in 1886. Services are held every ...

If Kelly Brother comes down with flu symptoms, he turns to prayer and God for healing. Brother, a lifelong Christian Scientist who lives in Memphis, believes in a spiritual approach to his health care ...

Is Christian Science true to the Bible? Or does it exalt Mary Baker Eddy’s writings above the Scriptures? Christian Scientists claim to be true members of the body of Christ. Their leaders who have ...

Sociologists explain the data behind the gender gap in STEM careers. National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins—an outspoken Christian—has also spoken out about science’s glaring need to ...

CINCINNATI -- Greg Pullem, 68, has called himself a Christian his entire life. So the Madisonville resident felt hurt when not one but two pastors called Christian Science a cult. Pullem attends three ...

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“We’re iPhone carrying apes from Mars,” Mike McHargue said to a crowded church auditorium in Denver on a warm September evening. The sweaty crowd laughed, and McHargue smiled from beneath his red ...

What Goes on in a Christian Science Reading Room? In nearly every major American city and in many small towns, Christian Science reading rooms are found mixed in with storefronts. Passersby may hardly ...

GREEN BAY - The Christian Science Reading Room, a fixture in downtown Green Bay since 1971, is pulling up stakes. It will move from Pine Street to the Christian Science building at 130 N. Monroe Ave.