The Church of Scientology is an organization devoted to the practice and the promotion of the Scientology belief system. The Church of Scientology International is the Church of Scientology's parent organization, and is responsible for the overall management, dissemination and propagation of Scientology. Every Church of Scientology is separately incorporated and has its own local board of directors and executives responsible for its own activities and corporate well-being. The first Scientology church was incorporated in December 1953 in Camden, New Jersey, by American science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard. Its world headquarters are located in the Gold Base, located in unincorporated Riverside County, California.
Although in some places it has attained credibility as a religion, the church has been the subject of much controversy, and has been described as both a cult and a commercial enterprise.
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