Editing List of Scientologists (section)

== Recruitment ==
[[File:Scientology e meters green black.jpg|thumb|Scientology stress tests being offered on public sidewalk]]

Most people who join the organization are introduced to it via friends and family.{{r|Westbrook2019|p=49}} It also offers free "personality tests" or "stress tests", typically involving an E-Meter, to attract potential recruits.{{r|Lewis2009b|p=134}}{{r|Bigliardi|p=671}} It hopes that if non-Scientologists purchase one service from the organization and feel a benefit from it{{nbsp}}– a "win" in Scientology terminology{{nbsp}}– they are more likely to purchase additional services from it.{{r|Harley2009|p=190}} Other recruitment methods include lectures and classes introducing non-Scientologists to the subject.{{r|Lewis2009b|p=134}}

The Church of Scientology's own statistics, published in 1998, reveal that 52.6% of those who joined did so through their family and friendship networks with existing members.{{r|Lewis2009b|p=138}}{{r|Rigal-Cellard2009|p=330}}{{r|Westbrook2019|p=49}} 18% were drawn in through personality tests, 4.8% through publicity, and 3.1% through lectures.{{r|Rigal-Cellard2009|p=330}}{{r|Westbrook2019|p=49}} Westbrook's interviews with members determined that most people who joined the organization were initially attracted by "the ''practical'' benefits advertised".{{r|Westbrook2019|p=47}} Westbrook found that various members deepened their involvement after having what they considered to be a spiritual experience, such as exteriorization or a past life memory, in their first few weeks of involvement.{{r|Westbrook2019|pp=48-49}}