SCIENTOLOGY MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL

'Scientology Missions International', or "SMI", is an umbrella organization overseeing the many religious Missions in the Church of Scientology.
The SMI describes itself this way on their own website:

"Missions provide a meeting place for the Scientology community and care for peoples needs. It does this by ministering beginning Dianetics and Scientology services. Scientology missions also preside over naming ceremonies, officiate over marriages and funerals and are there to assists those in distress. A mission opens its doors to Scientologists and non-Scientologists alike for Sunday Services and fosters the sense of community essential to any decent civilization.
To assist missions in these endeavors, Scientology Missions International (SMI) was formed to act as the mother church for all missions. SMI's international offices provide guidance, help and direction for existing missions through a global network of continental offices. Through training manuals, apprenticeships, direct consultation, magazines, newsletters, promotion and a wealth of other materials, SMI provides the wherewithal new and existing missions need to function and expand." ^[1]

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1. http://www.smi.org/about/index.htm