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About the Committee on Publication
If you’re a member of the media in Southern California (blogger, reporter, editor, producer) who’s looking for someone to answer your questions, look no further. We’re here to respond to your interview requests and to answer any and all of your questions about Christian Science or The Church of Christ, Scientist.
In spite of the name, the Committee on Publication for Southern California is not the publishing arm of a Church. We are responsible for conveying correct information about Christian Science, its practices, and its discoverer, Mary Baker Eddy. The Committee also works with lawmakers and government regulators to help them understand Christian Science. Committees in every US state and throughout the world provide information in this way.
Dr. Donald W Ingwerson, CS, is the Committee on Publication for Southern California. His role is not to speak on behalf of the members of the Christian Science Churches in Southern California, but rather to ensure that information in the public domain regarding Christian Science is correct. Frequently, that involves being interviewed like a traditional spokesperson. More often, Don works behind the scenes with bloggers, reporters, editors, and producers to provide the resources they need to produce factually correct journalism.
If you need information about any of the statewide Churches and Societies, feel free to call us or follow this link to an on-line directory.
About Don Ingwerson
Dr. Donald W Ingwerson, CS, was appointed Christian Science Committee on Publication for Southern California in August 2006. In this capacity, he oversees all media and legislative relations on behalf of the Christian Science church headquartered in Boston, MA. He found Christian Science while in college and made a commitment at that time to serve the cause of Christian Science, which he has done in both his secular and non-secular career.
Don has been, and is, serving the Cause of Christian Science in many capacities. He has been a First Reader, Sunday School teacher and superintendent, and church board member. He served as a prison chaplain in southern California and on the Christian Science California Institutional Committee for the State. While in the military service, he served as a full time Christian Science chaplain’s assistant.
Don’s professional work has been in public education. He received national acclaim as the Superintendent of Schools in Louisville, Kentucky. He was named National Superintendent of the Year for America and was honored by former President George H. W. Bush in a ceremony at the White House. The Governor of Kentucky named a state day after him, “Don Ingwerson Day” for the improvements he made in education for Kentucky. His last educational appointment prior to becoming a full time practitioner was Superintendent of the Los Angeles County Office of Education, an office serving 84 school districts.
Don is married, and he and his wife, Lona, a Christian Science practitioner and former Christian Science lecturer, have three adult children – all married. Their children are all active in the Christian Science church. Son Marshall Ingwerson is the Managing Editor of The Christian Science Monitor.
About This Blog
The purpose of this blog is to create a two-way conversation – to be able to express honest opinions – and to get factual responses when incorrect statements about Christian Science are presented.
The manner in which these purposes have been accomplished in the past is not sufficient in today’s society. The media is much more diverse and opinions come from sources within a global society which has fewer checks and balances for accuracy or validity. This blog is an outreach to serve the new media as well as the existing media.
It’s exciting to be involved in monitoring the correctness of statements made about Christian Science, especially as our society moves into uncharted waters of the internet and globalization. This monitoring effort is not for the purpose of promoting or converting, but to inform.
We welcome your questions and hope you’ll be in touch soon.
Donald W. Ingwerson
Christian Science Committee on Publication for Southern California
456 Forest Ave., Suite J
Laguna Beach CA 92651
949-494-5071
