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From: achorn@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Brett Achorn)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Church closures - summary (1/10)
Date: 10 Jul 1995 23:52:58 GMT
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In this issue: Overall summary and explanation
Here is a partial tabulation of the creation and demise of CoS
orgs. By this, I mean usually churches with the word "Scientology"
in their title. I ignored Dianetics (by itself) because many CoS
churches have business aliases for Dianetics centers.
Conclusion: More than half of the CoS organizations have died.
There seems to be periodic expansions and decay in the number of
orgs. Some states have almost no CoS orgs to speak of, while
California has had as many as 29 created in one year.
This information may be out of date. Check with the state if it matters.
Search Summary
Created Doomed Renamed Mergered Died Net
256 33 64 4 98 121
47% survival, 53% mortality rate
Doomed: Died at some point, but I can't tell when from the record. If such
an organization was started in, say, 1982, I put both a created and doomed
entry for year 1982.
Mergered: Two incorporations become one for a net loss of one org.
Died: Any group not in good standing at this time. Suspended groups can
be reinstated. However, this doesn't create a string of "creations"
and "deaths". It just adds a long list to the end of a particular record.
More posts to follow with specific records.
Below are the summaries for each state.
Brett
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States searched: 33
Florida
Year Created Doomed Renamed Mergered Died Net
1982 1 1 0
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
1 1 0 0 0 0
California
Year Created Doomed Renamed Mergered Died Net
1954 2 2
1956 1 0
1958 1 0
1968 1 1
1970 6 6
1971 2 2 0
1972 2 2
1973 7 2 5
1974 3 1 1 1
1975 6 6
1976 1 1
1977 3 1 2
1978 2 1 2
1979 6 1 1 5
1980 7 1 7
1981 10 1 3 1 8
1982 29 4 9 1 3 21
1983 6 10 1 1
1984 1 5 14 -13
1985 1 2 9 -8
1986 3 8 -5
1987 3 1 1 7 -5
1988 1 3 -2
1989 1 3 1
1990 2 3 -1
1991 1 1 -1
1992 1 3 -3
1993 3 1 3
1994 7 1 7
1995 1 -1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
115 7 42 2 64 42
Missouri
Year Created Doomed Renamed Mergered Died Net
???? 2 1 1 1
1954 1 1
1969 1 1
1973 1 1
1975 2 1 1 0
1976 1 1
1979 1 1 0
1981 1 -1
1982 1 1 0
1985 1 -1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
10 3 1 0 4 3
Nebraska
Year Created Doomed Renamed Mergered Died Net
1970 1 1
1983 1 1 0
1987 1 -1
1993 1 1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
3 1 0 0 1 1
District of Columbia
Year Created Doomed Renamed Mergered Died Net
1955 2 2
1985 2 2
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
4 0 0 0 0 4
New Hampshire
Year Created Doomed Renamed Mergered Died Net
1985 1 1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
1 0 0 0 0 1
Alaska
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
???? 1 0
1978 1 1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
1 0 1 0 0 1
Arizona
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1974 1 1
1982 1 1 0
1991 1 1 0
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
3 2 0 0 0 1
Nevada
Year Created Doomed Renamed Mergered Died Net
1970 2 2
1974 2 2
1975 1 1
1978 1 1
1980 1 1
1981 1 0
1985 4 -4
1986 1 -1
1990 1 1
1992 1 -1
1993 1 1
1994 1 -1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
9 0 1 0 7 2
North Carolina
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1977 1 1
1991 1 1 0
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
2 1 0 0 0 1
Kansas
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1987 1 1 0
1994 1 1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
2 1 0 0 0 1
Massachusetts
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1954 1 1
1969 1 1
1991 2 2
1993 1 1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
5 0 0 0 0 5
Oregon
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1957 1 1
1958 1 -1
1971 1 1
1974 1 1 0
1975 1 1 0
1983 2 2
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
6 2 0 0 1 3
South Carolina
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1993 1 1
1994 1 1
1995 1 1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
3 0 0 0 0 3
Connecticut
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1969 1 2 1
1974 1 0
1975 3 3 0
1980 1 1
1982 1 1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
6 3 3 0 0 3
Illinois
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1968 1 1
1970 1 1
1974 1 1
1976 1 1
1982 1 0
1983 1 0
1986 1 1
1987 1 1
1988 1 -1
1989 1 -1
1991 1 0
1992 1 -1
1994 1 1
1995 2 2
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
9 0 3 0 3 6
Indiana
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1975 1 1
1977 1 1
1988 1 -1
1989 2 1 1
1990 1 -1
1991 1 -1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
4 0 0 0 4 0
*note: I've been told that there is a church in Indianapolis.
The "death" in 1990 may just reflect bad standing, not dissolution.
Supporting evidence would be appreciated
Maryland
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
???? 2 2
1987 1 1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
3 0 0 0 0 3
Idaho
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1982 1 1
1985 1 -1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
1 0 0 0 1 0
Iowa
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1992 1 1
1994 1 -1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
1 0 0 0 1 0
Kentucky
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1990 1 1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
1 0 0 0 0 1
Minnesota
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1966 1 1
1975 1 1
1976 1 1
1990 1 1
1993 1 1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
5 0 0 0 0 5
Pennsylvania
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1956 2 2
1971 3 3
1977 2 2
1992 1 1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
8 0 0 0 0 8
Washington
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1956 1 1
1978 1 1
1980 1 1 0
1981 1 1
1994 1 1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
5 1 0 0 0 4
Colorado
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
???? 3 3
1974 1 1
1977 1 -1
1979 1 1
1981 1 0
1983 1 1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
6 0 1 1 0 5
Georgia
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1980 1 1 0
1982 1 1
1989 1 1
1992 1 -1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
3 1 0 0 1 1
Wisconsin
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1980 1 1
1982 1 1
1987 1 -1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
2 0 0 0 1 1
Utah
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1969 1 1
1980 1 1 0
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
2 1 0 0 0 1
New York
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1975 1 1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
1 0 0 0 0 1
Tennessee
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1985 1 1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
1 0 0 0 0 1
Texas
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1956 1 1
1965 1 -1
1967 1 1
1970 1 1
1971 1 1
1973 1 -1
1975 2 2
1976 1 1
1979 2 2
1982 1 1 1
1983 2 -2
1987 1 0
1988 1 1
1990 1 3 -2
1994 1 1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
13 0 2 0 7 6
Ohio
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1971 1 1 0
1976 3 1 2
1977 1 0
1978 2 2 1 0
1980 2 2 1 0
1982 1 1 1 0
1988 1 1 1 0
1993 1 1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
11 8 5 0 0 3
Louisiana
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
1967 1 1 0
1987 1 1
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
2 1 0 0 0 1
Michigan
Year Created Doomed Renamed Merge Died Net
???? 1 1
1960 1 1
1962 1 0
1966 1 0
1976 2 2
1978 2 2
1982 2 0
1983 1 1 1 0
1985 3 -3
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
7 0 5 1 3 3
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