The worldwide growth of a religion
One of L. Ron Hubbard’s 437 Saint Hill lectures
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At Saint Hill Manor, south of London, Mr. Hubbard intensively trained Scientologists not only from Europe but around the world so they, in turn, might return to their homelands and teach others.
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As more and more people discovered his breakthroughs, Scientology churches sprang up rapidly around the world — in the United States, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, Europe and South Africa. Meanwhile, through his writings and lectures, he continued to make his discoveries available to those who sought answers.
Since Mr. Hubbard’s earliest days on this continent, European Scientologists have brought the practical benefits of the Scientology religion to the man on the street.
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In 1959, Mr. Hubbard and his family moved to England, where he purchased Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead, Sussex. This was to be his home for the next seven years, and the worldwide headquarters of the Church of Scientology. There, in addition to his constant writing and lecturing, he began intensively training Scientologists from around the world so they, in turn, might return to their homelands and teach others. The mid-1960s saw him develop a step-by-step route for anyone to reach states of higher awareness. He also codified administrative principles for the operation of Scientology churches — work that brought about the expansion of the Scientology movement on every continent.
On September 1, 1966, with Scientology established as a worldwide religion, Mr. Hubbard resigned his position as Executive Director of the Church and stepped down from the boards of all Church corporations in order to fully devote himself to researches into the highest levels of spiritual awareness and ability. On the threshold of breakthroughs that had never before been envisaged, he took to the sea, in part to continue his work in an undistracted environment.
