The First Church of Christ, Scientist
About
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, known as The Mother Church, is the headquarters church of Christian Science and anchors the Christian Science Plaza in the Back Bay. The plaza, with its long Reflecting Pool and the Children’s Fountain, is always open to the public. Free tours cover the domed Extension of The Mother Church, built in 1906, which houses one of the world’s largest pipe organs, and the stained glass of the Original Edifice from 1894.
The plaza also includes the Christian Science Publishing Society, The Mary Baker Eddy Library and the How Do You See the World? experience. There, visitors can walk through the Mapparium, a three-story stained-glass globe, and explore interactive exhibits on global progress drawn from The Christian Science Monitor. Exhibits also tell the story of Mary Baker Eddy, who founded the church and the Monitor. The church holds Sunday services and Wednesday testimony meetings.
What to Know
- Church tours are free, last about 40 minutes and begin in the Welcome Hall of the How Do You See the World? experience.
- Sunday School is open to children and teens up to age 20.
- A public Reading Room offers literature, questions and events.
- The site is listed as wheelchair accessible and tour friendly.
- Free talks on Christian Science are offered.
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