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Christian Science · introduced 1890 · incorporated 17 March 1898 · Fairfield Avenue church dedicated 24 April 1949 · active
The record: Christian Science was introduced to Fort Wayne in 1890, when its first student moved to the city; in 1892 two families began meeting on Sundays to read the Bible Lessons. The Sentinel counted two Christian Science congregations in the city in 1904. The surviving church, First Church of Christ, Scientist, Fort Wayne, a branch of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, was incorporated on 17 March 1898. Its church on Fairfield Avenue was dedicated on Sunday, 24 April 1949 — Christian Science churches being dedicated, by the denomination's practice, only when free of debt — and the genealogical society's list carries the congregation active.
Sources:
- Christian Science Sentinel, church dedication account, Fort Wayne (First Church), 1949 (introduction 1890; incorporation 1898; the Fairfield Avenue dedication).
- Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana, church list: "First Church of Christ, Scientist, Wayne Township, 1898, active."
- Fort Wayne Sentinel, 15 October 1904 (two Christian Science congregations in the city).