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By achorn@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Brett Achorn)10 Jul 1995 23:52:58 GMT
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This information may be out of date.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 ...
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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