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| [[Alamo Christian Foundation]]
| [[Alamo Christian Foundation]]
|  
|  
| Unknown
| Active
| Tony Alamo; Susan Alamo
| Tony Alamo; Susan Alamo
|  
|  
|
|-
| [[Amnesty International]]
| 1961
| Active
| [[Peter Benenson]]
| [[Agnès Callamard]]
|  
|  
|-
|-
| [[Ant Hill Kids]]
| [[Ant Hill Kids]]
|  
|  
| Reformed
| Unknown
|
|  
|  
|  
|  
| Roch Thériault
|-
|-
| [[Aum Shinrikyo]]
| [[Aum Shinrikyo]]
| 1987
| 1987
| Reformed
| Active
| [[Shoko Asahara]]
| [[Shoko Asahara]]
| No single leader
| No single leader
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| [[Branch Davidians]]
| [[Branch Davidians]]
| 1955
| 1955
| Reformed
| Active
| [[Benjamin Roden]]
| [[Benjamin Roden]]
| [[Trent Wilde]] ''(one continuing group)''
| [[Trent Wilde]] ''(one continuing group)''
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| [[Church of the First Born of the Lamb of God]]
| [[Church of the First Born of the Lamb of God]]
|  
|  
| Closed
| Unknown
|  
|  
|  
|  
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| [[Church of the Living Word]]
| [[Church of the Living Word]]
| 1951
| 1951
| Reformed
| Active
|  
| [[John Robert Stevens]], [[Christianity]], [[cult]], [[the United States]], [[Canada]], [[Brazil]], [[Mexico]], [[South Gate, California]], [[John Robert Stevens]], [[Jesus]], [[1 John 1]], [[Jewish festivals]], [[Hebrew Bible]], [[Bible]], [[Trinity]], [[Christ (title)]], [[Spiritual gift]], [[Holy Spirit in Christianity]], [[Paul the Apostle]], [[Kalona, Iowa]], [[Anthony Cox (producer)]], [[Category:Christian new religious movements]], [[Category:Christian organizations established in 1951]], [[Category:1951 establishments in California]]
|  
| [[John Robert Stevens]]
| The Living Word Fellowship
| The Living Word Fellowship
|-
|-
| [[Church of Wells]]
| [[Church of Wells]]
| 2011
| 2011
| Unknown
| Active
|  
| Sean Morris, Jake Gardner, Ryan Ringnald
|  
| [[Ryan Ringnald]]
|  
|  
|-
|-
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| 1975
| 1975
| Unknown
| Unknown
|  
| [[Elizabeth Clare Prophet]], [[New Age]], [[religious organization]], [[Christianity]], [[Buddhism]], [[Hinduism]], [[Theosophy]], [[Elizabeth Clare Prophet]], [[Gardiner, Montana]], [[Theosophy]], [["I AM" Activity]], [[Mark L. Prophet]], [[Elizabeth Clare Prophet]], [[Montana]], [[Alzheimer's disease]], [[Communism]], [[Millenarianism]], [[anti-cult movement]], [[cult]], [[doomsday cult]], [[new religious movement]], [[sect]], [[New Age]], [[Catholic Church]], [[Church militant and church triumphant]], [[Mary Baker Eddy]], [[Alice A. Bailey]], [[Western esotericism]], [[New Age]], [[ascended master]], [[David V. Barrett]], [[Count of St. Germain]], [[Samuel]], [[Joseph]], [[Merlin]], [[Roger Bacon]], [[Christopher Columbus]], [[Francis Bacon]], [[Judeo-Christian]], [[Jesus of Nazareth]], [[Mary Magdalene]], [[reincarnation]], [[Roman Empire]], [[Atlantis]], [[AIDS]], [[Emma Curtis Hopkins]], [[New Thought]], [[right-wing politics]], [[left-wing politics]], [[socialism]], [[macrobiotic diet]], [[Rock music]], [[File:Helena Petrovna Blavatsky.jpg]], [[Theosophy]], [[Helena Blavatsky]], [[Theosophical Society]], [[Guy Ballard]], [[St. Germain (Theosophy)]], [[Mount Shasta]], [[J. Gordon Melton]], [[Golden Age]], [[Francis Ekey]], [[Pentecostalism]], [[Chippewa Falls]], [[Wisconsin]], [[Boston University]], [[political science]], [[Christian Science]], [[File:Lanello, Guru Ma e Tatiana.JPG]], [[Maria Montessori]], [[File:Elizabeth clare prophet 1984.jpg]], [[Pope John XXIII]], [[Virgin Mary]], [[Malibu, California]], [[Mulholland Highway]], [[zoning laws]], [[anti-cult movement]], [[Jonestown]], [[mass suicide]], [[Peoples Temple]], [[brainwashing]], [[File:Ecp-croagh-patrick-1980.jpg]], [[Teton Mountains]], [[Malcolm Forbes]], [[Rajneesh]], [[Ashland, Oregon]], [[Gallatin National Forest]], [[Yellowstone]], [[Wayne Owens]], [[Nichiren Shoshu]], [[File:Taylor Meadows fuel spill 1.jpg]], [[glasnost]], [[Mikhail Gorbachev]], [[Thanksgiving]], [[Internal Revenue Service]], [[anti-cult movement]], [[Chelsea, Vermont]], [[Insider Inc.]], [[Oxford University Press]], [[James R. Lewis (scholar)]], [[anti-cult movement]], [[Cult Awareness Network]], [[new religious movement]], [[cult]], [[Livingston Enterprise]], [[Bozeman Daily Chronicle]], [[sleep deprivation]], [[Newspapers.com]], [[Skeptic (American magazine)]], [[Stephen A. Kent]], [[Church of Scientology]], [[The Family International]], [[Great White Brotherhood]], [[Legends of Mount Shasta]], [[Saint Germain Foundation]], [[Skeptic Magazine]], [[The Skeptics Society]], [[Category:Apocalyptic groups]], [[Category:Ascended Master Teachings]], [[Category:New Age organizations]], [[Category:Religion in Montana]], [[Category:Religious organizations established in 1975]], [[Category:American organizations established in 1975]], [[Category:Religious belief systems founded in the United States]], [[Category:Macrobiotic diet advocates]], [[Category:New religious movements established in the 1970s]], [[Category:Anti-communist organizations in the United States]], [[Category:Park County, Montana]], [[Category:Theosophist groups]]
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| [[Colonia Dignidad]]
| [[Colonia Dignidad]]
|  
|  
| Unknown
| Active
|  
|  
|  
|  
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| [[Destiny Church (New Zealand)]]
| [[Destiny Church (New Zealand)]]
|  
|  
| Reformed
| Active
| [[Brian Tamaki]], [[Hannah Tamaki]]
| [[Brian Tamaki]], [[Hannah Tamaki]]
|  
|  
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| [[Divine Light Mission]]
| [[Divine Light Mission]]
|  
|  
| Closed
| Unknown
|  
|  
|  
|  
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| [[Eckankar]]
| [[Eckankar]]
| 1965
| 1965
| Unknown
| Active
| [[Paul Twitchell]]
| [[Paul Twitchell]]
|  
| [[Doug Kunin]]
|  
|  
|-
|-
| [[Falun Gong]]
| [[Falun Gong]]
|  
|  
| Unknown
| Active
|  
|  
|  
|  
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| [[Fellowship of Friends]]
| [[Fellowship of Friends]]
| 1970
| 1970
| Unknown
| Active
| Robert Earl Burton
| Robert Earl Burton
|  
| [[Robert Earl Burton]]
|  
|  
|-
|-
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| Paul Nthenge Mackenzie
| Paul Nthenge Mackenzie
|  
|  
|
|-
| [[Greenpeace]]
| 1971
| Active
| [[Irving Stowe]], [[Dorothy Stowe]], [[Jim Bohlen]], [[Paul Cote]], [[Bill Darnell]], [[Bob Hunter]], [[Ben Metcalfe]], [[Patrick Moore (consultant)|Patrick Moore]]
| [[Mads Christensen]]
|  
|  
|-
|-
| [[Happy Science]]
| [[Happy Science]]
|  
| 1986
| Reformed
| Active
| [[Ryuho Okawa]]
| [[Ryuho Okawa]]
|  
|  
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| [[House of Yahweh]]
| [[House of Yahweh]]
| 1980
| 1980
| Unknown
| Active
| Yisrayl Hawkins
| Yisrayl Hawkins
|  
|  
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| [[International Churches of Christ]]
| [[International Churches of Christ]]
|  
|  
| Unknown
| Active
|
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
| [[International Committee of the Red Cross]]
| 1863
| Active
| [[Henry Dunant]], [[Gustave Moynier]], [[Guillaume-Henri Dufour]], [[Louis Appia]], [[Théodore Maunoir]]
| [[Mirjana Spoljaric Egger]]
|  
|  
|-
|-
| [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness]]
| [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness]]
|  
| 1966
| Unknown
| Active
| [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]]
| [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]]
| [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]]
|
|  
|  
|-
|-
| [[Jesus Christians]]
| [[Jesus Christians]]
|  
|  
| Unknown
| Active
|  
|  
|  
|  
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| [[Kashi Ashram]]
| [[Kashi Ashram]]
|  
|  
| Unknown
| Active
|  
|  
|  
|  
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| [[La Luz del Mundo]]
| [[La Luz del Mundo]]
| 1926
| 1926
| Reformed
| Active
| Aarón Joaquín González
| Aarón Joaquín González
|  
| [[Naasón Joaquín García]]
| Church of the Living God, Pillar and Ground of the Truth, The Light of the World
| Church of the Living God, Pillar and Ground of the Truth, The Light of the World
|-
|-
| [[Love Has Won]]
| [[Love Has Won]]
|  
|  
| Unknown
| Active
| [[Amy Carlson (religious leader)]]
| [[Amy Carlson (religious leader)]]
| [[Amy Carlson (religious leader)]]
|
|  
|  
|-
|-
| [[Manson Family]]
| [[Manson Family]]
|  
|  
| Unknown
| Active
| [[Charles Manson]], [[Leiden]], [[Boston]], [[Brill Publishers]]
| [[Charles Manson]], [[Leiden]], [[Boston]], [[Brill Publishers]]
|  
|  
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| 1989
| 1989
| Closed 2000
| Closed 2000
| {{plainlist|
| [[Credonia Mwerinde]], [[Joseph Kibweteere]]
|  
|  
|  
|  
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| [[NXIVM]]
| [[NXIVM]]
|  
|  
| Reformed
| Active
|  
|  
|  
|  
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| [[Oneness Movement]]
| [[Oneness Movement]]
|  
|  
| Reformed
| Active
|  
|  
|  
|  
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| [[Plymouth Brethren Christian Church]]
| [[Plymouth Brethren Christian Church]]
| 1848
| 1848
| Unknown
| Active
| [[John Nelson Darby]], [[Wiley-Blackwell]]
| [[John Nelson Darby]], [[Wiley-Blackwell]]
| [[Bruce Hales]]
| [[Bruce Hales]]
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| [[Raelian movement]]
| [[Raelian movement]]
|  
|  
| Reformed
| Active
| [[Raël]]
| [[Raël]]
| [[Raël]]
|
| Raëlism
| Raëlism
|-
|-
| [[Rajneesh movement]]
| [[Rajneesh movement]]
| 1970
| 1970
| Reformed
| Active
| [[Rajneesh]]
| [[Rajneesh]]
| No single leader
| No single leader
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| [[Remnant Fellowship]]
| [[Remnant Fellowship]]
|  
|  
| Unknown
| Active
|
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
| [[Rotary International]]
| 1905
| Active
| [[Paul Harris]]
| [[Paul P. Harris]]
|  
|  
|-
|-
| [[Sahaja Yoga]]
| [[Sahaja Yoga]]
|  
|  
| Unknown
| Active
|  
|  
|  
|  
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| [[School of Economic Science]]
| [[School of Economic Science]]
| 1938
| 1938
| Reformed
| Active
| [[Leon MacLaren]]
| [[Leon MacLaren]]
| [[Leon MacLaren]]
|
| School of Philosophy and Economic Science
| School of Philosophy and Economic Science
|-
|-
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| [[Shincheonji Church of Jesus]]
| [[Shincheonji Church of Jesus]]
| 1984
| 1984
| Reformed
| Active
| [[Lee Man-hee]]
| [[Lee Man-hee]]
| [[Lee Man-hee]]
|
| Shincheonji
| Shincheonji
|-
|-
| [[Soka Gakkai]]
| [[Soka Gakkai]]
| 1930
| 1930
| Reformed
| Active
| {{Plainlist|
| [[Tsunesaburō Makiguchi]], [[Jōsei Toda]], [[Daisaku Ikeda]]
|  
| [[Minoru Harada]]
| Sōka Gakkai
| Sōka Gakkai
|-
|-
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| [[The Family (Australian New Age group)]]
| [[The Family (Australian New Age group)]]
|  
|  
| Closed
| Unknown
|  
|  
|  
|  
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| [[The Way International]]
| [[The Way International]]
|  
|  
| Unknown
| Active
|
|  
|  
|  
|  
| The Way International Victor Paul Wierwille
|-
|-
| [[Twelve Tribes communities]]
| [[Twelve Tribes communities]]
| 1972
| 1972
| Reformed
| Active
| Elbert "Gene" Spriggs
| Elbert "Gene" Spriggs
|  
| [[Elbert "Gene" Spriggs]]
| Twelve Tribes
| Twelve Tribes
|-
|-
| [[Unification Church]]
| [[Unification Church]]
| 1954
| 1954
| Reformed
| Active
| [[Sun Myung Moon]]
| [[Sun Myung Moon]]
| [[Hak Ja Han]]
| [[Hak Ja Han]]
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|-
|-
| [[Universal Church of the Kingdom of God]]
| [[Universal Church of the Kingdom of God]]
|  
| 1977
| Unknown
| Active
| Edir Macedo
| Edir Macedo
| [[Edir Macedo]]
| [[Edir Macedo]]
|  
|  
|-
| [[Wikimedia Foundation]]
| 2003
| Active
| [[Jimmy Wales]], [[Angela Beesley Starling]]
| [[Bernadette Meehan]]
| Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
|-
|-
| [[Word of Faith Fellowship]]
| [[Word of Faith Fellowship]]

Revision as of 20:11, 4 April 2026

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
Alamo Christian Foundation Active Tony Alamo; Susan Alamo
Amnesty International 1961 Active Peter Benenson Agnès Callamard
Ant Hill Kids Unknown
Aum Shinrikyo 1987 Active Shoko Asahara No single leader Aleph / other successor groups
Branch Davidians 1955 Active Benjamin Roden Trent Wilde (one continuing group) Branch Davidian Seventh Day Adventists and related claimant groups
Church of Bible Understanding Active
Church of the First Born of the Lamb of God Unknown
Church of the Living Word 1951 Active John Robert Stevens, Christianity, cult, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, South Gate, California, John Robert Stevens, Jesus, 1 John 1, Jewish festivals, Hebrew Bible, Bible, Trinity, Christ (title), Spiritual gift, Holy Spirit in Christianity, Paul the Apostle, Kalona, Iowa, Anthony Cox (producer), , , John Robert Stevens The Living Word Fellowship
Church of Wells 2011 Active Sean Morris, Jake Gardner, Ryan Ringnald Ryan Ringnald
Church Universal and Triumphant 1975 Unknown Elizabeth Clare Prophet, New Age, religious organization, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Theosophy, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Gardiner, Montana, Theosophy, "I AM" Activity, Mark L. Prophet, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Montana, Alzheimer's disease, Communism, Millenarianism, anti-cult movement, cult, doomsday cult, new religious movement, sect, New Age, Catholic Church, Church militant and church triumphant, Mary Baker Eddy, Alice A. Bailey, Western esotericism, New Age, ascended master, David V. Barrett, Count of St. Germain, Samuel, Joseph, Merlin, Roger Bacon, Christopher Columbus, Francis Bacon, Judeo-Christian, Jesus of Nazareth, Mary Magdalene, reincarnation, Roman Empire, Atlantis, AIDS, Emma Curtis Hopkins, New Thought, right-wing politics, left-wing politics, socialism, macrobiotic diet, Rock music, , Theosophy, Helena Blavatsky, Theosophical Society, Guy Ballard, St. Germain (Theosophy), Mount Shasta, J. Gordon Melton, Golden Age, Francis Ekey, Pentecostalism, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Boston University, political science, Christian Science, , Maria Montessori, , Pope John XXIII, Virgin Mary, Malibu, California, Mulholland Highway, zoning laws, anti-cult movement, Jonestown, mass suicide, Peoples Temple, brainwashing, , Teton Mountains, Malcolm Forbes, Rajneesh, Ashland, Oregon, Gallatin National Forest, Yellowstone, Wayne Owens, Nichiren Shoshu, , glasnost, Mikhail Gorbachev, Thanksgiving, Internal Revenue Service, anti-cult movement, Chelsea, Vermont, Insider Inc., Oxford University Press, James R. Lewis (scholar), anti-cult movement, Cult Awareness Network, new religious movement, cult, Livingston Enterprise, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, sleep deprivation, Newspapers.com, Skeptic (American magazine), Stephen A. Kent, Church of Scientology, The Family International, Great White Brotherhood, Legends of Mount Shasta, Saint Germain Foundation, Skeptic Magazine, The Skeptics Society, , , , , , , , , , , ,
Colonia Dignidad Active
Destiny Church (New Zealand) Active Brian Tamaki, Hannah Tamaki Destiny Church
Divine Light Mission Unknown
Eckankar 1965 Active Paul Twitchell Doug Kunin
Falun Gong Active
Fellowship of Friends 1970 Active Robert Earl Burton Robert Earl Burton
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1935 Active Lorin C. Woolley Warren Jeffs FLDS Church
Good News International Ministries 2003 Closed 2019 Paul Nthenge Mackenzie
Greenpeace 1971 Active Irving Stowe, Dorothy Stowe, Jim Bohlen, Paul Cote, Bill Darnell, Bob Hunter, Ben Metcalfe, Patrick Moore Mads Christensen
Happy Science 1986 Active Ryuho Okawa Happy Science 幸福の科学
Heaven's Gate 1974 Closed 1997 Marshall Applewhite, Bonnie Nettles None
House of Yahweh 1980 Active Yisrayl Hawkins
International Churches of Christ Active
International Committee of the Red Cross 1863 Active Henry Dunant, Gustave Moynier, Guillaume-Henri Dufour, Louis Appia, Théodore Maunoir Mirjana Spoljaric Egger
International Society for Krishna Consciousness 1966 Active A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Jesus Christians Active
Kashi Ashram Active
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
Love Has Won Active Amy Carlson (religious leader) Amy Carlson (religious leader)
Manson Family Active Charles Manson, Leiden, Boston, Brill Publishers
Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God 1989 Closed 2000 Credonia Mwerinde, Joseph Kibweteere
Nation of Yahweh Active
NXIVM Active NXIVM Corporation
Oneness Movement Active Oneness Pentecostalism
Order of the Solar Temple 1984 Closed 1994 Joseph Di Mambro, Luc Jouret None
Peoples Temple 1955 Closed 1978 Jim Jones None
Plymouth Brethren Christian Church 1848 Active John Nelson Darby, Wiley-Blackwell Bruce Hales
Raelian movement Active Raël Raël Raëlism
Rajneesh movement 1970 Active Rajneesh No single leader Osho movement / Osho International Foundation
Remnant Fellowship Active
Rotary International 1905 Active Paul Harris Paul P. Harris
Sahaja Yoga Active
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
Synanon 1958 Closed 1991 Charles Dederich Sr.
The Family (Australian New Age group) Unknown
The Family International 1968 Active David Berg Karen Zerby
The Way International Active The Way International Victor Paul Wierwille
Twelve Tribes communities 1972 Active Elbert "Gene" Spriggs Elbert "Gene" Spriggs Twelve Tribes
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
Wikimedia Foundation 2003 Active Jimmy Wales, Angela Beesley Starling Bernadette Meehan Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
Word of Faith Fellowship Active
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