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Christian Science
Since 1967, when the congregation at First Church of Christ, Scientist in Warrenton sponsored its first
public lecture on Christian Science, lectures have been held in the community each year.
This Sunday guest lecturer, Kay R. Olson of Raleigh, N.C., will be speaking on “Divine Love: Answer to Crime.”
In the late 1800s, Christian Science lectures were introduced at a time of great public interest in the new denomination which had been founded in Boston in 1879. Newspaper reports regarding adherents’ practice of Christian healing were widespread. The lectures offered the public the opportunity to hear firsthand accounts of what Christian
Science teaches and to learn something about their Christian Science neighbors’ beliefs. The settings were public and the event was informational rather than proselytic.
Over the years, the lectures have retained the same basic purpose -
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