Appointment and Status in Church
Readers in The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts (more simply termed The Mother Church) are appointed by its governing panel, The Christian Science Board of Directors. Readers in The Mother Church serve a three year term.
Readers in branch churches are elected by the members of each branch. The term of office depends on the by-laws adopted by the branch church in question.
Christian Science churches have no ordained clergy; the Readers in these churches are ordinary members and are treated as such. The only potential distinction is that all Readers in branches of The Mother Church are required to be members of The Mother Church. Other members of branch churches might or might not also be Mother Church members.
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