Organizations is a curated index of groups that Cultopedia currently tracks.
Cultopedia imports Wikipedia entries of organizations which, at least by some, have been indicated to be a cult or a sect. This page is intentionally selective and is meant to give a quick overview of the organizations currently included in the project.
| Organization
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Founded
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Status
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Founder
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Current leader
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Current name
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| Alamo Christian Foundation
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Active
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Tony Alamo, Susan Alamo
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|
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| Amnesty International
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1961
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Active
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Peter Benenson
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Agnès Callamard
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| Ant Hill Kids
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Unknown
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| Aum Shinrikyo
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1987
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Active
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Shoko Asahara
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No single leader
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Aleph / other successor groups
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| Branch Davidians
|
1955
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Active
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Benjamin Roden
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Trent Wilde (one continuing group)
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Branch Davidian Seventh Day Adventists and related claimant groups
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| Church of Bible Understanding
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Active
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|
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| Church of the First Born of the Lamb of God
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Unknown
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| Church of the Living Word
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1951
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Active
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John Robert Stevens
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The Living Word Fellowship
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| Church of Wells
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2011
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Active
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Ryan Ringnald
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| Church Universal and Triumphant
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1975
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Unknown
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| Colonia Dignidad
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Active
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| Destiny Church (New Zealand)
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Active
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Brian Tamaki, Hannah Tamaki
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Destiny Church
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| Divine Light Mission
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Unknown
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| Eckankar
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1965
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Active
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Paul Twitchell
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Doug Kunin
|
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| Falun Gong
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|
Active
|
|
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| Fellowship of Friends
|
1970
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Active
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Robert Earl Burton
|
Robert Earl Burton
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| Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
|
1935
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Active
|
Lorin C. Woolley
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Warren Jeffs
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FLDS Church
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| Good News International Ministries
|
2003
|
Closed 2019
|
Paul Nthenge Mackenzie
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|
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| Greenpeace
|
1971
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Active
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Irving Stowe, Dorothy Stowe, Jim Bohlen, Paul Cote, Bill Darnell, Bob Hunter, Ben Metcalfe, Patrick Moore
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Mads Christensen
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| Happy Science
|
1986
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Active
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Ryuho Okawa
|
|
Happy Science 幸福の科学
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| Heaven's Gate
|
1974
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Closed 1997
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Marshall Applewhite, Bonnie Nettles
|
None
|
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| House of Yahweh
|
1980
|
Active
|
Yisrayl Hawkins
|
|
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| International Churches of Christ
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|
Active
|
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| International Committee of the Red Cross
|
1863
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Active
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Henry Dunant, Gustave Moynier, Guillaume-Henri Dufour, Louis Appia, Théodore Maunoir
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Mirjana Spoljaric Egger
|
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| International Society for Krishna Consciousness
|
1966
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Active
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A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
|
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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| Jesus Christians
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Active
|
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| Kashi Ashram
|
|
Active
|
|
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| La Luz del Mundo
|
1926
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Active
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Aarón Joaquín González
|
Naasón Joaquín García
|
Church of the Living God, Pillar and Ground of the Truth, The Light of the World
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| Love Has Won
|
|
Active
|
Amy Carlson (religious leader)
|
Amy Carlson (religious leader)
|
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| Manson Family
|
|
Active
|
|
|
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| Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God
|
1989
|
Closed 2000
|
Credonia Mwerinde, Joseph Kibweteere
|
|
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| Nation of Yahweh
|
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Active
|
|
|
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| NXIVM
|
|
Active
|
|
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NXIVM Corporation
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| Oneness Movement
|
|
Active
|
|
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Oneness Pentecostalism
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| Order of the Solar Temple
|
1984
|
Closed 1994
|
Joseph Di Mambro, Luc Jouret
|
None
|
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| Peoples Temple
|
1955
|
Closed 1978
|
Jim Jones
|
None
|
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| Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
|
1848
|
Active
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John Nelson Darby
|
Bruce Hales
|
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| Raelian movement
|
|
Active
|
Raël
|
Raël
|
Raëlism
|
| Rajneesh movement
|
1970
|
Active
|
Rajneesh
|
No single leader
|
Osho movement / Osho International Foundation
|
| Remnant Fellowship
|
|
Active
|
|
|
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| Rotary International
|
1905
|
Active
|
Paul Harris
|
Paul P. Harris
|
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| Sahaja Yoga
|
|
Active
|
|
|
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| School of Economic Science
|
1938
|
Active
|
Leon MacLaren
|
Leon MacLaren
|
School of Philosophy and Economic Science
|
| Scientology
|
1952
|
Active
|
L. Ron Hubbard
|
David Miscavige
|
Church of Scientology
|
| Shincheonji Church of Jesus
|
1984
|
Active
|
Lee Man-hee
|
Lee Man-hee
|
Shincheonji
|
| Soka Gakkai
|
1930
|
Active
|
Tsunesaburō Makiguchi, Jōsei Toda, Daisaku Ikeda
|
Minoru Harada
|
Sōka Gakkai
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| Synanon
|
1958
|
Closed 1991
|
Charles Dederich Sr.
|
|
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| The Family (Australian New Age group)
|
|
Unknown
|
|
|
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| The Family International
|
1968
|
Active
|
David Berg
|
Karen Zerby
|
|
| The Way International
|
|
Active
|
|
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The Way International Victor Paul Wierwille
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| Twelve Tribes communities
|
1972
|
Active
|
Elbert "Gene" Spriggs
|
Elbert "Gene" Spriggs
|
Twelve Tribes
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| Unification Church
|
1954
|
Active
|
Sun Myung Moon
|
Hak Ja Han
|
Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
|
| Universal Church of the Kingdom of God
|
1977
|
Active
|
Edir Macedo
|
Edir Macedo
|
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| Wikimedia Foundation
|
2003
|
Active
|
Jimmy Wales, Angela Beesley Starling
|
Bernadette Meehan
|
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
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| Word of Faith Fellowship
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Active
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