State Committee members:
- Are branch church or society members and members of The Mother Church and have had primary class instruction and have a deep love for Christian Science institutional work
- Oversee the work of the State Committee and its part-time employees and all of the activities of the chaplains and local committees
- Are approved both by the existing State Committee members and by a majority of the six Sponsoring Christian Science branch churches who supervise the State Committee
- Serve for a two-year term with a maximum of 4 consecutive terms
- Meet online – usually every other month for a couple hours and also communicate frequently by email and phone
- Are often also involved as visiting or corresponding chaplains or have had institutional committee experience in the past