Basic Information

The Church of Christ, Scientist grew out of the experiences, work, and writings of Mary Baker Eddy. It defines itself as Christian in essence, a major difference between it and most other "metaphysical" churches with which it is often compared.

Snapshot

	1990	2000^*	Growth/Decline
Congregations	1,862	n.a.	--
Adherents	--	n.a.	--

Notes

Snapshot data are from Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 and Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Copyright © 2002, Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). All rights reserved. Published by Glenmary Research Center, 1312 Fifth Ave., North, Nashville, TN 37208. www.glenmary.org/grc.

^* Group did not participate in 2000 RCMS, so 2000 data is unavailable.

History data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches [More information on history data sources]