Starting a Christian Science Society, or branch Church of Christ, Scientist

To advertise in The Christian Science Journal as a society, members need to meet the following requirements:

Eight local, active members, four of whom are also members of The Mother Church.
Weekly public Sunday church services,
Readers (as well as their substitutes) who are members of The Mother Church,
An attitude of Christian fellowship towards all other Christian Science branches advertising in The Christian Science Journal and The Herald of Christian Science (Church Manual, Article XXIII, Sect. 12).

Societies are also welcome to include in their activities Wednesday testimony meetings, lectures, Sunday School activities, Reading Rooms, etc.

To request an application for advertising as a Christian Science Society in the Journal, please email info@churchofchristscientist.org.

The requirements for organizing a branch church are set forth in the Church Manual, Article XXIII, Sections 6 and 7.
In order to begin advertising in The Christian Science Journal, a branch Church, of Christ, Scientist, needs to meet the following requirements:
Weekly public Sunday services, as well as Wednesday meetings (Church Manual, Article XIV, Sect. 2, and Article III, Sect. 2),
A membership with at least 16 loyal Christian Scientists, of which at least four are members of The Mother Church and one is an active Journal-advertised practitioner (Church Manual, Article XXIII, Sect. 7),
Readers and substitute Readers who are members of The Mother Church (Church Manual, Article III, Sect. 6),
A Sunday School, a Christian Science Reading Room, and at least one Christian Science lecture per year (Church Manual, Article XX, Article XXI, and XXXII, Sect. 4),
An attitude of Christian fellowship towards all other Christian Science branches advertising in The Christian Science Journal and The Herald of Christian Science (Church Manual, Article XXIII, Sect. 12).

To request an application for advertising as a branch church in the Journal, please email info@churchofchristscientist.org.