“Home is the dearest spot on earth, and it should be the centre, though not the boundary, of the affections.”

— Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 58:21

Standards

  1. Administrators and a majority of board members or owners of groups belonging to Residential Homes for Christian Scientists must be members in good standing of The Mother Church.

  2. Policies of each member organization should be in accord with the teachings of Christian Science and primarily intended to serve Christian Scientists who adhere to Christian Science.

  3. Members of Residential Homes for Christian Scientists should be current and active in their participation and support.

  4. Representatives of member groups attending Residential Homes for Christian Scientists meetings must be members of The Mother Church.

These standards were adopted in September 1978 and amended in October 2002.