For herein was also the lesson that while one man could not do it alone, a team of OT's could. Which, in very real terms, is the spirit in which South African Scientologists carried on through ensuing years exposing psychiatric labor camps wherein black inmates were literally leased out to corrupt corporate interests, then ramming home the issue until all black patients were afforded basic rights under law.

Working to empower the next generation, to "liberate through education," providing the tools for study to almost 2 million black students and teachers across every province. And during times of civil unrest, helping to calm full-scale riots by blanketing whole districts with a moral code all South Africa could embrace.

Until, yes, even when those chains of apartheid were fully broken, there were Scientologists providing the administrative tools for a new structure, so they could build a better tomorrow.

And that brings us to South Africa, today. For while the nation and world may yet speak of unemployment and crime, it's nothing more than the inevitable result of the past half century and evidence of the fact that "freedom from" is no freedom at all without the means to achieve that higher goal.

All of which returns us to that original LRH intention to rekindle the spirit of this land to inspire the world. And that's exactly the tradition in which you walk tonight. Because while, this evening, we celebrate the opening of this new church and its magnificent structure, what it ultimately represents is far greater than its physical presence.

In fact, and only now do we come to this event, why I am here, and what you mean to the world of Scientology. Two years ago this planet had a wake-up call. The curtain came down, exposing the fragile state of the world we live in. While others would respond with war and military action, we recognized terrorism as but a "symptom" of what really ails man.

More bluntly, the urgency of our mission had never been clearer. By the same token, the demand for our solutions had never been greater. People were asking and it was time for us to answer.

• Working on the front lines, bringing immediate help everywhere and anywhere through an army of Volunteer Ministers.