The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston not only represents the Church's world headquarters and historical beginnings, but is also the focal point of its widespread activities in Greater Boston. It was founded in 1879 by Mary Baker Eddy as "a church designed to commemorate the word and works of our Master [Jesus]," which should "reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing." The Church publishes books, magazines, and a website that include current testimonies of spiritual healing and articles on how people have applied these ideas in their own lives.