Why you even need to know about Christian Science

Christian Science is a 130(ish) year old American denomination that had its heyday in the 1930's and has been declining since the 1950's. It's statistically not even worth mentioning in Christian Denominations anymore. And yet it's the most modern, cutting edge, and timely theological point of view of our time.

I look at so many postmodern seekers like Bishop John Shelby Spong, Rob Bell, Richard Rohr, Deepak Chopra and Science Mike and I think how wonderful it is to hear new voices speaking the truth that I grew up with, only sharing it in such a dynamic, modern and culturally significant way. I don't mean to speak for any of them because I don't know what they personally believe about every theological concept. I only know that their works point to a newer and more metaphysical perspective on God and Jesus and the Bible that Christian Scientists have been sitting on for 130 years.

The Christian Science church is suffering from the most pedestrian problem facing traditional churches around the globe. They are seriously aging, and instead of changing with the times to keep up with society, they've doubled down on conservatism and tradition. They have made themselves virtually useless to younger generations who are not coming back to the institution. You see the church and the theology aren't necessarily the same thing. So you can believe in and even practice Christian Science and never set foot in a church. So why bother having a church?

Here's the thing... All these new seekers who grew up in their Nicene/Apostles Creed churches with the threat of hell and a man-in-the-sky God, who are waking up to the Bible as a story of people searching for God, and Jesus as a rabbi who taught a new way of knowing God and living in His kingdom, and believe that following Jesus is bigger than just having an insurance policy for death, they will need somewhere to fellowship. They will not want to stay in their old thinking churches feeling unwelcome and excluded. This is when they need a church that is as deeply committed to Jesus as they are, and which is open to scientific discovery and exploration within the context of God.
So this is where we’ll begin. Not from where the church is right now, but from where the church is going, hopefully to be a home for the new seekers of the Science of Christianity.