Organizations

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	Founded	Status	Founder	Current leader	Current name
"I AM" Activity		Active
3HO	1969	Active	Yogi Bhajan
Adidam		Unknown
Aetherius Society	1955	Unknown
African Theological Archministry	1970	Active		Oba Adejuyigbe Adefunmi II
Agapemonites	1846	Closed 1956	Henry Prince
Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light		Active	Abdullah Hashem	Abdullah Hashem	The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light
Alamo Christian Foundation		Active	Tony Alamo, Susan Alamo
All Ranges Church		Unknown
AllatRa	2014	Active	AllatRa LLC	Igor Danilov
Amica Temple of Radiance	1959	Unknown	Roland T. Hunt, Dorothy Bailey
Amnesty International		Active	Peter Benenson, Eric Baker (activist), Seán MacBride	Agnès Callamard
Ananda Marga		Active	Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar	Purodhā Pramukha	Ánanda Márga Pracáraka Saḿgha
Ancient British Church		Unknown
Ancient Teachings of the Masters		Unknown
Ant Hill Kids		Unknown
Antoinism		Active		Louis Antoine
Antrovis		Closed 1994	Edward Mielnik
Apostles of Infinite Love		Active	Michel Collin	Michel Collin
Ashram Shambala		Unknown	Konstantin Rudnev
Ashtar Galactic Command		Unknown
Assembly of God Bethlehem Ministry	2018	Active	Honório Pinto	Honório Pinto	Assembly of God of Belém Pará, Brazil
Atman Foundation		Active		Heide Fittkau-Garthe
Aum Shinrikyo		Active, split successors	Shoko Asahara	No single leader
Ausar Auset Society	1973	Active		Ra Un Nefer Amen
Bana'im		Unknown
Bethel Church, Mansfield Woodhouse		Unknown
Brahma Kumaris		Active	Lekhraj Kripalani	Lekhraj Kripalani
Branch Davidians		Active, fragmented	Benjamin Roden	Trent Wilde (one continuing group)
British New Church Movement		Active
Brother Stair		Active
Brotherhood of the Cross and Star		Active
Bruderhof Communities		Active	Eberhard Arnold		Bruderhof
Buddhafield (religious movement)		Active	Jaime Gomez (also known as Michel Rostan)	Jaime Gomez (also known as Michel Rostan)	Buddhafield
California Institute of Integral Studies		Active		Brock Blomberg
Camisards		Unknown
CEIRUS		Unknown
Celestial Church of Christ	1947	Unknown	Samuel Oshoffa
Chapel of Russia's Resurrection		Active
Charismatic movement		Active
Chen Tao (UFO religion)	1996	Active	Hon-Ming Chen (陳恆明)	Hon-Ming Chen (陳恆明)	Chen Tao
Cherubim and Seraphim Society		Unknown
Christ Apostolic Church	1918	Active	Pastor Isaac Babalola Akinyele, Pastor David O. Odubanjo, Apostle Joseph Ayo Babalola	Pastor S.O Oladele
Christ Brotherhood	1956	Active	Wallace C. Halsey	Wallace C. Halsey
Christ Heart Church		Active
Christian fundamentalism		Active
Christian Science		Active	Mary Baker Eddy
Church Body of Christ – Filipinista		Active
Church of Almighty God		Unknown
Church of Bible Understanding		Active
Church of Body Modification		Unknown
Church of Cognizance		Unknown
Church of Euthanasia	1992	Active	Chris Korda	Chris Korda
Church of God Ministry of Jesus Christ International	1972	Active	Luis Eduardo Moreno, María Luisa Piraquive	María Luisa Piraquive	Church of God, Ministry of Jesus Christ International
Church of God Preparing for the Kingdom of God		Active
Church of Hakeem	1977	Active		Hakeem Abdul Rasheed
Church of Satan	1966	Active	Anton Szandor LaVey	Peter H. Gilmore
Church of the First Born of the Lamb of God		Unknown
Church of the Firstborn (Morrisite)		Unknown
Church of the Guanche People	2001	Unknown
Church of the Living Word	1951	Active		John Robert Stevens	The Living Word Fellowship
Church of the Lord (Aladura)		Active
Church of the Universe		Unknown
Church of Wells	2011	Active		Ryan Ringnald
Church Universal and Triumphant	1975	Unknown
Colonia Dignidad		Active
Community of the Lady of All Nations		Active
Concerned Christians		Unknown
Cosmic Circle of Fellowship	1954	Unknown	William R. Ferguson
Cosmon Research Foundation		Unknown
Cultural Office of Cluny	1963	Active	Olivier Fenoy	Olivier Fenoy
Dami Mission		Unknown
Destiny Church (New Zealand)		Active	Brian Tamaki, Hannah Tamaki		Destiny Church
Divine Immortality Church		Unknown
Divine Light Mission		Unknown
Divine Truth	2007	Active	Alan John Miller (known as "AJ" and "Jesus")	Alan John Miller (known as "AJ")
Dulcinians		Unknown
Dwell Community Church		Unknown
Dōkai		Active
Eckankar	1965	Active	Paul Twitchell	Doug Kunin
Edelweiss (organization)	1970	Closed 1984	Eduardo González Arenas
Eden Community		Active
Educo		Unknown
Elan Vital (organization)	1971	Active		Prem Rawat	Elan Vital
Emin (esoteric movement)		Active
Energo-Chromo-Kinese		Active
Eranos Foundation		Active
Erhard Seminars Training	1971	Closed 1984
Esalen Institute	1962	Active	Michael Murphy (author), Dick Price
Eschatology (religious movement)		Active
Evangelical Association of the Israelite Mission of the New Universal Covenant	1968	Active	Ezequiel Ataucusi Gamonal	Jonás Ataucusi Molina
Evangelical Baptist Church of Korea		Unknown
Evangelical Orthodox Church	1979	Active	Peter E. Gillquist	Jerold Gliege
Exegesis (group)		Unknown
Falun Buddha Society (Singapore)		Active
Falun Gong		Active
Family Radio	1959	Active	Richard H. Palmquist, Harold Camping
Federation of Damanhur	1975	Unknown
Fellowship of Friends	1970	Active	Robert Earl Burton	Robert Earl Burton
Fellowship of Isis		Active
Fiat Lux (UFO religion)	1980	Active	Erika Bertschinger-Eicke	Erika Bertschinger-Eicke
Findhorn Foundation		Active			Findhorn Foundation and Community
Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas	1908	Active	Benjamin Hardin Irwin and Bishop William Edward Fuller Sr.	Bishop Patrick L. Frazier Jr
First Cannabis Church of Logic and Reason		Active
First Church of Cannabis	2015	Active	Bill "Grand Poobah" Levin	Bill Levin
Five-Percent Nation		Active
Fort Hill Community		Unknown
Fourth Great Awakening		Unknown
Freie Interessengemeinschaft für Grenz- und Geisteswissenschaften und Ufologiestudien		Unknown
Friends of Man		Unknown
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints		Active		Warren Jeffs	FLDS Church
George Adamski Foundation		Unknown
Global Harvest Ministries		Unknown
Gloriavale Christian Community		Active	Neville Cooper	Neville Cooper
God Light Association		Unknown
Good News International Ministries	2003	Closed 2019	Paul Nthenge Mackenzie
Good News Mission	1972	Active	Ock Soo Park	Ock Soo Park
Gospel Assembly Churches	1914	Active	William Sowders	William Sowders
Grace Road Church	2002	Active	Shin Ok-ju	Shin Ok-ju
Greater Grace World Outreach	1973	Active	Carl H. Stevens Jr.	Thomas Schaller (Chair, Board of Elders)
Greenpeace		Active
Ground Crew Project		Active
Gruppo del Rosario		Unknown
Guanyin Famen		Unknown
Haizidao		Active
Hanau sect		Active
Happy Science	1986	Active	Ryuho Okawa		Happy Science 幸福の科学
Harmony Society		Unknown
Heaven's Gate	1974	Defunct	Marshall Applewhite, Bonnie Nettles	None
Ho No Hana		Unknown
Holy Ecclesia of Jesus		Active
Holy Ghost Church of East Africa		Active
Holy Order of MANS		Active
Holy Spirit Movement		Unknown
House of Israel (Guyana)		Active
House of Prayer Christian Church		Active
House of Yahweh	1980	Active	Yisrayl Hawkins
Hutaree		Active		David Brian Stone Sr
IFCA International	1930	Unknown
Iglesia Watawat ng Lahi	1936	Unknown
Inochentism		Active
Insight Seminars		Active
International Center of Parapsychology and Scientific Research of the New Age	1989	Active		Marie-Thérèse Castano	International Center of Parapsychology and the Scientific Research of the New Age
International Church of Cannabis	2017	Active
International Churches of Christ		Active
International Committee of the Red Cross	1863	Active	Henry Dunant	Mirjana Spoljaric Egger
International Community of Christ		Active
International Society for Krishna Consciousness	1966	Active	A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada	A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Invitation to Life		Active		Yvonne Trubert
Iriadamant		Active
Japan Ecclesia of Christ		Active
Jehovah's Witnesses		Active	Charles Taze Russell, Joseph Franklin Rutherford
Jesus Army	1969	Active	Noel Stanton		Jesus Fellowship Church
Jesus Christians		Active
Joshua Media Ministries		Active
Jurisdavidism		Unknown
Kabbalah Centre		Unknown	Philip Berg
Kalki Avatar Foundation	2000	Active		Younus AlGohar
Kartanoism		Unknown
Kashi Ashram		Active
Kashi Church Foundation		Unknown
Kerista		Unknown
Kimbanguism	1921	Active	Simon Kimbangu	Simon Kimbangu Kiangani
Kingdom of Jesus Christ (church)	1985	Active	Apollo Quiboloy		Kingdom of Jesus Christ,, The Name Above Every Name
La Luz del Mundo	1926	Active	Aarón Joaquín González	Naasón Joaquín García	Church of the Living God, Pillar and Ground of the Truth, The Light of the World
Landmark Worldwide		Active		Michael Leavitt	Landmark Worldwide LLC
Latter Day Saint movement		Active
Laymen's Home Missionary Movement		Active
Legio Maria	1961	Active		Baba Simeo Lodvikus Melkio Ondetto
Licht-Oase		Unknown
Life Word Mission		Active
Lifespring	1974	Closed	John Hanley Sr.
Lily Dale Spiritualist Assembly		Unknown
Lindisfarne Association		Unknown
Living Church of God	1998	Active	Roderick C. Meredith	Gerald E. Weston
Living Enrichment Center		Unknown	Mary Manin Boggs (Morrissey), and Haven Boggs
Living Word Fellowship		Unknown
Lokhimon	1959	Active	Kurusar Lokhon Engti Hensek	Kurusar Lokhon Engti Hensek
Lord Our Righteousness Church		Active
Love Family		Active	Paul Erdmann aka Love Israel	Paul Erdmann aka Love Israel
Love Has Won		Active	Amy Carlson (religious leader)	Amy Carlson (religious leader)
Lumpa Church		Unknown
Magarites		Unknown
Maharishi International University		Unknown	Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Makuya		Active
Mama Tata		Active
Manson Family		Active
Maná Church		Active
Maranatha Campus Ministries	1971	Active		Bob Weiner
Mark-Age	1962	Unknown	Pauline Sharpe and Charles Boyd Gentzel
Mentuhui	1989	Active	Ji Sanbao	Ji Sanbao	Three-Redemptive Christ
Messiah Foundation International	2002	Active		Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi
Messianic Judaism		Active
Methernitha	1960	Active	Paul Baumann	Paul Baumann
Metropolitan Community Church	1968	Active	Troy Perry	Cecilia Eggleston
Mind Dynamics	1968	Closed 1973	Alexander Everett
Miracle of Love		Active
Mission of the Holy Spirit		Unknown
Missionary Church of Kopimism		Active
Modekngei		Active
Monastic Order of Avallon	1970	Active	Henri Hillion	Henri Hillion
Moorish Orthodox Church of America		Active
Mormonism		Active
Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God	1989	Closed 2000	Credonia Mwerinde, Joseph Kibweteere
Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness	1968	Active	John-Roger Hinkins	John Morton
Nation of Islam	1930	Active	Wallace Fard Muhammad	Louis Farrakhan
Nation of Yahweh		Active
Nemenhah		Active
Neo-American Church		Active
Neo-Luciferian Church		Active
Neu-Salems-Gesellschaft		Unknown
New Acropolis		Unknown	Jorge Ángel Livraga Rizzi
New Forest Shakers		Unknown
New Israelites		Unknown
New Kadampa Tradition	1991	Active	Kelsang Gyatso	Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong	New Kadampa Tradition, International Kadampa Buddhist Union
New Message from God	1992	Active	Marshall Vian Summers	Marshall Vian Summers	The New Message from God
New Testament Church (Hong Kong)		Active		Elijah Hong
New World Alliance		Unknown
Niscience		Active
Nova Religio		Active
Nuwaubian Nation		Unknown
NXIVM		Active			NXIVM Corporation
Néo-Phare		Active	Arnaud Mussy	Arnaud Mussy
Okinawa Christian Gospel		Active
Olive Tree (religious movement)		Unknown
One World Family Commune	1967	Active	Allen Noonan	Allen Noonan
Oneness Movement		Active
Open Brethren	1848	Active	George Müller		Open Brethren, (Christian Brethren)
Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn		Unknown
Order of Nine Angles		Active
Order of the Solar Temple	1984	Defunct	Joseph Di Mambro, Luc Jouret	None
Palmarian Catholic Church	1978	Active	Jesus Christ, Clemente Domínguez y Gómez	Joseph Odermatt
Pana Wave		Unknown
People Unlimited		Active
Peoples Temple	1955	Defunct	Jim Jones	None
Phare-Ouest		Unknown
Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association		Active	Ruben Ecleo Sr.
Pilgrims of Arès	1974	Active	Michel Potay	Michel Potay
Plymouth Brethren Christian Church	1848	Active	John Nelson Darby	Bruce Hales
Potter's House Christian Fellowship	1970	Active	Wayman O. Mitchell	Wayman O. Mitchell
Process Church of the Final Judgement		Unknown
Providence (religious movement)	1980	Active	Jung Myung-seok	Jung Myung-seok	Christian Gospel Mission, , Providence
Pró-Vida		Active
Puissance spirituelle du verbe		Active	Bavua Ntinu Decantor Andrew	Bavua Ntinu Decantor Andrew
Radio Church of God		Unknown
Raelian movement		Active	Raël	Raël	Raëlism
Rajneesh movement		Active	Rajneesh	No single leader	Osho movement / Osho International Foundation
Ramtha's School of Enlightenment	1988	Active	J. Z. Knight	J. Z. Knight
Rational Culture		Active
Reborn in Christ Church	1986	Active	Estevam Hernandes and Sonia Hernandes	Estevam Hernandes
Remnant Fellowship		Active
Renewed Order of the Temple		Unknown	Raymond Bernard (esotericist)
Restored Church of God	1999	Active	David C. Pack	David C. Pack
River Road Fellowship		Closed 2014
Rod of Iron Ministries		Unknown
Rosicrucian Fellowship		Unknown
Rotary International	1905	Active	Paul P. Harris	Paul P. Harris
Sabbateans		Unknown
Sacrament of Transition		Active
Sahaja Yoga		Active
Salvation Sect		Unknown
Sanban Puren Pai		Active
Sanctuary of Thought		Unknown
School of Economic Science	1938	Active	Leon MacLaren	Leon MacLaren	School of Philosophy and Economic Science
Science of Identity Foundation		Active	Chris Butler (aka Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa)	Chris Butler (aka Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa)
Scientology		Active		David Miscavige	Church of Scientology
Sekta Niebo		Unknown
Shakers		Active	Ann Lee		United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing
Shambhala Training		Active
Share International		Active
Shiloh (Christian movement)		Unknown
Shincheonji Church of Jesus	1984	Active	Lee Man-hee	Lee Man-hee	Shincheonji
Siderella	1966	Active		Jean-Paul Appel
Silver Sisterhood		Unknown
Sky Kingdom		Unknown	Ayah Pin
Society of Guardians		Active
Soka Gakkai	1930	Active	Tsunesaburō Makiguchi, Jōsei Toda, Daisaku Ikeda	Minoru Harada	Sōka Gakkai
Soldiers of Heaven		Unknown
Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary (cult)		Active		Juliano Verbard	Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary
Spirit Church (China)		Unknown
Spirit of Jesus Church		Unknown
Sri Aurobindo Ashram	1926	Unknown	Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Rewa		Active
Staroizrail		Unknown
Sukyo Mahikari	1978	Active	ja:岡田恵珠	Kōō Okada
Summum		Active
Sunburst (community)	1969	Active		Patricia Paulsen	Sunburst
Swedenborgianism	1787	Unknown
Swissindo		Unknown
Sword of Christ Good News Ministries		Unknown
Synanon	1958	Closed 1991	Charles Dederich Sr.
Tabernacle Temple Church	1966	Closed 1980	ko:유재열
Tadtad	1972	Unknown
Takfir wal-Hijra		Active		Shukri Mustafa
Temple of Set	1975	Unknown	Michael A. Aquino
Temple of the Vampire	1989	Unknown	Anonymous
Temple of Zeus (organization)		Unknown	Andrea Maxine Dietrich (1962-2020)
Templers (Radical Pietist sect)		Active
THC Ministry		Active
The African Church		Active
The Brethren (Jim Roberts group)	1971	Active	Jimmie T. Roberts	Jerry Williams	Brethren , Body of Christ , Brothers and Sisters
The Bridge to Freedom		Active
The Christian Community		Active	Friedrich Rittelmeyer	João Torunsky
The Circle (sect)		Unknown
The Circle of Friends		Unknown
The Family (Australian New Age group)		Unknown
The Family International	1968	Active	David Brandt Berg	Karen Zerby
The Fellowship (Australia)		Active
The Finders (movement)		Active	Marion Pettie	Marion Pettie
The Living Word Fellowship	1951	Unknown
The Network (group of churches)	2006	Active	Steve Morgan	Steve Morgan	The Network
The Order of Christ Sophia		Unknown
The Satanic Temple	2012	Active	Lucien Greaves	Lucien Greaves
The Seekers (rapturists)	1953	Active	Charles Laughead	Dorothy Martin
The Shouters		Active
The Way International		Active			The Way International Victor Paul Wierwille
Theta Noir	2020	Active
True and Living Church of Jesus Christ of Saints of the Last Days		Active
True Buddha School		Active
True Jesus Church		Unknown	Paul Wei
True Russian Orthodox Church		Unknown
Twelve Tribes communities	1972	Active	Elbert "Gene" Spriggs	Elbert "Gene" Spriggs	Twelve Tribes
Twin Flames Universe		Active
Two by Twos		Active	William Irvine (Scottish evangelist)		The Truth, Two by Twos
Tyrannus Apostolic Church	2000	Active	Simon Mokoena	Simon Mokoena
Unarius Academy of Science	1954	Unknown
Understanding, Inc.		Unknown
Unification Church	1954	Active	Sun Myung Moon	Hak Ja Han	Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
Unitarian Universalist Association	1961	Active		Sofía Betancourt
Universal Church of the Kingdom of God	1977	Active	Edir Macedo	Edir Macedo
Universal Life Church	1962	Active	Kirby J. Hensley
Universal Medicine		Active
Universe People		Active
University Bible Fellowship		Unknown	Samuel Chang-Woo Lee, Sarah Barry
University of Cosmic Intelligence		Active		Rashad Jamal
União do Vegetal	1961	Unknown
Unión Espiritista Cristiana de Filipinas, Inc.		Active
Urantia Foundation		Active
Valley of the Dawn	1969	Active		Pai Seta Branca	Vale do Amanhecer
Victory Altar		Active
Vigrid (Norway)	1998	Active		Tore Tvedt	Vigrid
Waking Down in Mutuality		Unknown
Way of the Future	2017	Active	Anthony Levandowski	Anthony Levandowski
Weixinism		Active	Grand Master Hun Yuan (1944–2026)
Werner Erhard and Associates	1981	Closed 1991
White Brotherhood (religious group)		Active
Wikimedia Foundation	2003	Active	Jimmy Wales	Bernadette Meehan	Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
Word of Faith Fellowship		Active
Word of Life (Sweden)	1983	Active		David Ekerbring	Word of Life
World Divine Light	1963	Active	ja:関口榮	Katsutoshi Sekiguchi
World Elijah Evangelical Mission		Unknown
World Mission Society Church of God		Active	Ahn Sahng-hong	Kim Joo-Cheol	World Mission Society Church of God, 하나님의교회 세계복음선교협회
Worldwide Church of God		Unknown
Wotansvolk		Unknown	David Lane (white supremacist)
Yehowists		Active
Zendik Farm		Unknown
Zhong Gong		Unknown
Zion Christian Church		Unknown
Zizians		Active

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