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What is the growth rate of Scientology Missions in the US?

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The total number of Scientology missions in the US shrank from 118 in 1979 to 79 by August, 2015.(1) Losing 39 missions in 36 years works out to a shrinkage rate of a little over 1 per year. More than half of the remaining missions are in California and Florida. Twenty-four states have no missions at all. read more

The church began life with three Orgs (churches) in 1954. The 1992 edition of the book "What is Scientology" listed 145 Orgs in existence at the time of publication. Increasing by 142 Orgs over 38 years means the church was chugging along with a growth rate of about 3.74 Orgs per year. Somewhere around 1992 the church kind of ran out of gas. read more

The Statistics and Growth of Scientology No religion in history has spread as fast or as far in as short a time as Scientology. Today it is practiced in more than 30 languages in 129 countries on every continent. read more

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