The number of Christian Science churches in the U.S. has been gradually decreasing over the last few decades, dropping from 1,829 U.S. churches in 1971 to only 911 in 2009, according to one online data source.Christian Science representatives shared with The Christian Post through email that those numbers were somewhat higher.”There are approximately 1,100 Churches of Christ, Scientist in the U.S. and about 1.700 worldwide,” CP was told.Either way, Miller sees the movement as “a dying religion” because “with modern medicine, it’s not attracting many.”
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