The Church of the Higher Life is a New Thought church located in Boston, Massachusetts. It was established in 1894 by Helen Van-Anderson, a student of Emma Curtis Hopkins.
The Church was the first New Thought organization with a regular leadership and governance.Thomas, Wendell (1930). Hinduism Invades America. Beacon Press. p. 234. Van-Anderson's preaching attracted large crowds, outgrowing its meeting-place twice.
References
Further reading Dresser, Horatio. A History of the New Thought Movement. Thomas Y. Crowell. 1919.