CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS were first organized in Cleveland by General Erastus N. Bates in 1877. Bates secured 2 rooms in a downtown building and formed a ministry based on the teachings of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science church in Boston (1866).

Who is the head of the Christian Science Church?

The new president of the Christian Science church is Bosede Bakarey of Ibadan, Nigeria, the first African to be appointed to a post that typically involves much interaction with the public at large.

Was the first scientist a Christian?

Church of Christ, ScientistOrientationNontrinitarianismScriptureScience and Health with Key to the Scriptures and BibleRegionUnited StatesFounderMary Baker Eddy