solo
July-24th-2008, 04:53 AM
Christian science movement , its members start declining from 1951, therefore to heal the situation ,we want pray for it.
Aslan
July-25th-2008, 08:09 PM
Respectfully... the Manual of the Mother Church, by Mary Baker Eddy states:
Numbering the People. SECTION 28. Christian Scientists shall not report for publication the number of the members of The Mother Church, nor that of the branch churches. According to the Scripture they shall turn away from personality and numbering the people.
A recent post in another thread dealt with the question of declining numbers by referring people to the video of the 2008 Annual Meeting (http://www.tfccs.com/annualmeeting/). In accord with the manual directive above, we are not given a count of members. However the accounting report relates publicly the Mother Church's financial status including current holdings and the fact that the church currently has *no debt*.
Of course, I would never discourage anyone from including church in their prayerful work.
Regards,
Aslan