Karin Pouw is international spokesperson for the Church of Scientology International. Contact through the website.

Scientology volunteer minister centers in specific regions can be located and contacted through this website.

Church locations worldwide, their contact information and links to their websites can be found on this map.

The Flag Service Organization in Clearwater, Fla., is referred to as the worldwide spiritual headquarters of the Church of Scientology. Contact through the website.

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights was established as an independent body by the Church of Scientology in 1969 “to investigate and expose psychiatric violations of human rights and to clean up the field of mental healing.” The commission maintains a museum in Los Angeles and has chapters in 16 states and 34 countries. Contact through the website.

The nonprofit Religious Technology Center was established in 1982 to “preserve, maintain and protect the Scientology religion.” The center guards against improper use of Scientology’s religious symbols and technologies and has final ecclesiastical authority regarding their application, but it is not involved in routine church matters. Its international headquarters are in Los Angeles. David Miscavige has been […]

A Sept. 20, 2004, article in the Deseret News reported that the church claimed to have 4 million adherents in the U.S. and 8 million to 9 million worldwide.

The website of the Hartford Institute for Religion Research has a New Religious Movements page with extensive links, including a listing of articles on Scientology.

Beliefnet summarizes some of Scientology’s basic tenets.