Welcome to First Church, Christ Scientist Manhattan Beach
The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Manhattan Beach brings Christian Science church services to the South Bay of Los Angeles, California. This Church is located at 1130 Manhattan Beach Blvd. across the street from Target.
This Church is a branch of The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts. The Mother Church in Boston includes branch churches in more than 70 countries around the world. You are always welcome at The Mother Church and at any branch church, or informal group of Christian Scientists. You’re invited to attend Sunday church services, Wednesday testimony meetings, our Christian Science Reading Room and bookstore, and other activities such as public lectures on Christian Science. And your children and other young people in your life are welcome to attend Sunday School, which meets during regular church services.
Sunday Service and Sunday School: 10 AM
Wednesday Service: 7:30 PM
What is Christian Science?
Mary Baker Eddy, who discovered and founded Christian Science, defined it as “the law of God, the law of good . . . ” (Rudimental Divine Science, p. 1). In Christian Science, God is understood to be infinite Love, and so invariably good that a clear glimpse of this through prayer has power to heal, redeem, and restore anyone.
A lifelong student of the Bible, who yearned from her youth to find deeper answers to the persistent question of human suffering, Mary Baker Eddy turned wholeheartedly to God when she experienced a critical injury in 1866. As she read accounts of Jesus’ swift, powerful healings, a new sense of God, Spirit, as the only reality flooded her thought and healed her. Impelled to understand the Principle behind this experience, she continued to search for and find in the Bible the underlying laws of God that would form the basis of her teaching and practice of Christian Science.
From her time to ours, many have found that when they understand their relationship to God better through this Science of Christianity, their health is restored and character transformed. And each healing inspires a heartfelt desire to help others know and experience how loved we all are by God.
From the Christian Science Publishing Society
The Christian Science Monitor
Move toward solutions with thoughtful coverage of the news.
JSH-Online
Read and listen to over a century of Christian Science healing from The Christian Science Journal, Christian Science Sentinel, and The Herald of Christian Science.
Bible Lessons
Students of Christian Science read a weekly Bible Lesson consisting of 26 subjects which repeat twice a year and explore the primary themes of Christian Science, including the nature of God, the healing and redeeming power of the Christ, and our spiritual identity as the children of God.
Sentinel Watch Podcast
Sentinel Watch weekly podcasts tackle relevant topics to you and your communities and inspire your prayers for the world. Hear from Christian Scientists from all walks of life, including Journal-listed Christian Science practitioners and teachers, discussing Christian Science and how it teaches about God’s healing power.
Mary Baker Eddy
The Discover and Founder of Christian Science
Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) was a spiritual pioneer. Her work covered the disciplines of science, theology, and medicine.
She studied the Bible her whole life. In 1866, she experienced a dramatic recovery from a life-threatening accident after reading one of Jesus’ healings. From that moment, she wanted to know how she had been healed. She read the Bible and prayed for answers. It became clear to her that spiritual healing was based on divine laws of God, Spirit. She proved that these laws could be applied by anyone to heal every form of human suffering and sin.