World’s Largest Scientology Life Improvement Centre Opens in Johannesburg, South Africa

In an expansion of an already thriving Scientology community in Johannesburg, South Africa, the central Church of Scientology of Africa (located in Kensington, Johannesburg) has opened a Scientology Life Improvement Centre – the largest of its kind in the world – in the heart of Johannesburg, near Witwatersrand University.   Designed specifically to cater to those new to Scientology, and to provide solutions to immediately help anyone with any area of their life needful of improvement, the Scientology Information Centre of Johannesburg is uniquely equipped to provide a boost to the student-centric population of the Braamfontein neighborhood. 

Announced to the Scientology Community by Mr. David Miscavige during the events of this summer that celebrated the openings of Scientology organizations around the world, this building was the ninth major Scientology center to be opened in the past year, with at least six more to occur before this year is out.

One thousand Scientologists, university students and community and government leaders gather to celebrate the opening of the new Scientology Life Improvement Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa on March 26, 2010.  

Among those distinguished speakers at the Grand Opening was Ms. Phumzile Zuma, daughter of South African President Jacob Zuma and a Wits student.  Ms. Zuma spoke of the common-sense moral code, The Way to Happiness, and how much this book can help students, the community and the world.

“Imagine a world where everyone is clear as to exactly what is wrong and what is right. Imagine a world where you can achieve your goals and purposes while being at peace with yourself and those around you. Well, fellow South Africans and students, I have come to realize we can achieve that with the tools this new Scientology Life Improvement Centre is bringing into our neighborhood.”  – Ms. Phumzile Zuma

 

Following the ribbon cutting which opened the new Scientology Life Improvement Centre in Johannesburg, attendees toured the Centre’s interactive displays presenting Dianetics and Scientology principles and their application to life.

Those visiting the new Scientology Life Improvement Centre in Johannesburg take self-guided tours of multimedia displays presenting Dianetics and Scientology principles, the life and legacy of Founder L. Ron Hubbard and Church of Scientology’s global humanitarian and social betterment programs.

The Materials Guide Chart in the new Scientology Life Improvement Centre provides a chronological guide to the books and lectures of Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard.

You can contact the Johannesburg information center here, or call (011) 607-2100.

New L. Ron Hubbard Website Videos Highlight Historic Churches of Scientology

The Church of Scientology International just launched a fully-redesigned and video-packed, interactive website to educate the world on the life of the Founder of the Scientology Religion, L. Ron Hubbard. 

Among many of the engaging features of the site – which prominently features an interactive timeline of Mr. Hubbard’s life, are video excerpts describing some of the newly-restored historic Churches of Scientology, which have been made into public museums in their respective locations.

Specifically:

Original Founding Church of Scientology in Washington, D.C.:

Of course, as a DC-metro-area resident, and long-time parishioner of the Founding Church of Scientology, this one has the most significance to me.  Restored to the original state it was in when L. Ron Hubbard was the organization’s first Executive Director, the location features the original duplicating equipment used to produce and disseminate L. Ron Hubbard’s lectures to the world, and the studies & offices where he first researched & codified such massively fundamental basics as the Scientology Organizing Board (now used so extensively and successfully by businesses around the world) as well as the basics of communication, which is such a fundamental of the Scientology religion.

L. Ron Hubbard’s Camelback House in Phoenix, Arizona:

Next is the L. Ron Hubbard Camelback House in Phoenix, Arizona – a significant Scientology landmark as it is where L. Ron Hubbard researched much of the fundamental principles now covered in the essential Scientology texts of Science of Survival, Creation of Human Ability, and a number of landmark lectures.

 

Original Church of Scientology on Fitzroy Street in London:

In 1956, the Fitzroy Street building was acquired by the Hubbard Association of Scientologists International (or HASI – the original membership organization of Scientologists) and served as L. Ron Hubbard’s London office and headquarters for Scientology organizations of the time.

 

L. Ron Hubbard’s Linksfield Ridge House in Johannesburg, South Africa:

And last, but most assuredly not least, is L. Ron Hubbard’s restored house in Joburg, South Africa.  LRH always had an intense love of Africa and Africans, and this is so intensely evident when you watch what he did during his stays in Johannesburg.  The amount of research he executed and care that he took while there is staggering, exemplified by this building’s use as a meeting ground for local dignitaries with whom LRH pushed forward a message of freedom for all Africans, to the research he put into workable techniques for uplifting the self-worth and dignity of Africans and the rest of the world by extension.

Each of these houses is open for tours 7 days/week, so I encourage you to visit them!  And if that’s an impossibility, view the videos on the new L. Ron Hubbard website, which will give you a taste of the amount of care and devotion Mr. Hubbard had toward the bettering of man.