The First Church of Christ, Scientist
Domed sanctuary where a Bible and a founding text, never a preacher, are read aloud as pastor.
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This guide to The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston explains an unusual rule at its heart: no minister has ever preached from this pulpit. Instead two lecterns hold the Bible and Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health side by side, together named the church's Pastor since the congregation first gathered on December 30, 1894. Eddy said prayer alone had healed her of a serious injury back in 1866. On Wednesday evenings the same platform turns over to the congregation itself, where anyone may stand and speak.
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