Membership in satanic worship organizations in America is on the rise. Three days following the 2016 presidential election, the Satanic Temple, established in 2013, announced a sudden surge in membership of 50,000 people, bringing their total numbers to around 100,000. The Church of Satan, founded in 1966, is estimated by observers and former members to have a membership of 4 million in the U.S. and at least 10 million worldwide. Both the Temple of Satan and the Church of Satan officially deny their namesake's existence, even as they commonly invoke his name in many of their worship rituals, depicting him as a being deserving of respect and admiration. Satanists are also becoming more involved socially. In 2014, the Satanic Temple launched its Protect Children Project, providing legal assistance to children who were victims of corporal punishment in schools across the nation. Two years later, the same organization introduced the After School Satan Clubs, an extracurricular program designed to counter evangelical Christian influence on schools, focusing on free inquiry and rationalism to give children an appreciation of natural wonders rather than fear of other-worldly horrors.