{"id":202,"date":"2021-05-06T15:12:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T14:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianscience-cheltenham.org.uk\/?page_id=202"},"modified":"2023-07-19T15:58:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T14:58:55","slug":"this-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.christianscience-cheltenham.org.uk\/index.php\/this-church\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"202\" class=\"elementor elementor-202\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2728ba4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2728ba4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-14c77a7\" data-id=\"14c77a7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b2bbb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b2bbb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Church History<\/h1><p>The Church of Christ, Scientist was founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879. Today, it has a Mother Church in Boston, Massachusetts, with branches in over 65 countries, of which the church in Cheltenham is one.<\/p><p>The first Christian Science services in the British Isles were held in London in 1890. In Cheltenham the first record of formal gatherings was in 1905, and public services have been held in the town since 1909.<\/p><p>(The teachings and practice of Christian Science have no connection whatsoever with those of Scientology which originated some 75 years later)<\/p><p>For more information click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianscience.com\/church-of-christ-scientist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9c92095\" data-id=\"9c92095\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-662f87f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-1239 elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"662f87f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianscience-cheltenham.org.uk\/index.php\/christain-science-publications\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Christian Science Publications<\/a><\/span><\/p><hr \/><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianscience-cheltenham.org.uk\/index.php\/mother-church-websites\/\">Mother Church Websites<\/a><\/span><\/p><hr \/><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianscience-cheltenham.org.uk\/index.php\/other-churches-and-reading-rooms\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Other UK Churches and Reading Rooms<\/a><\/span><\/p><hr \/><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/christianscience.com\/church-of-christ-scientist\/the-mother-church-in-boston-ma-usa\/sunday-church-services-and-wednesday-testimony-meetings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen to the Mother Church Services<\/a><\/span><\/p><hr \/><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/sentinel.christianscience.com\/audio\/audio-chats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audio chats on christianscience.com<\/a><\/span><\/p><hr \/><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/directory.christianscience.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Directory of Christian Science Practitioners &amp; Nurses<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ad177d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3ad177d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianscience-cheltenham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/6-church-1-scaled.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Church History The Church of Christ, Scientist was founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879. 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