| 3HO[6]:131 | Harbhajan Singh Khalsa[7]:162 | 1969[7]:162 | Sikh[7]:162 |
| Adidam, previously Free Daist Communion, Dawn Horse Fellowship, etc.[7]:146[8]:25–28[9]:2–3 | Adi Da[7]:146 | 1972[7]:146 | Neo-Hindu-inspired[7]:146 |
| Adonai-Shomo[8]:28 | Frederick T. Howland[10]:707 | 1861[10]:707 | Adventist Communal[10]:707 |
| Adonism[11] | Franz Sättler[11] | 1925[11] | Neo-pagan[11] |
| Adventures in Enlightenment, A Foundation[8]:28–29 | Terry Cole-Whittaker | 1985 | Religious Science |
| Aetherius Society[7]:3[8]:29–31[12]:25–26 | George King[7]:3 | 1954[7]:3 | UFO-Christian[7]:3 |
| The African Church[12]:26 | Jacob Kehinde Coker[13] | 1901[13] | Anglican |
| African initiated churches[12]:26–27 | Multiple |
| Syncretistic Christian-Indigenous |
| African Theological Archministry, previously Order of Damballah Hwedo Ancestor Priests, Shango Temple, and Yoruba Temple[8]:31 | Walter Eugene King[10]:934 | 1973[10]:934 | Voodoo[10]:934 |
| Agasha Temple of Wisdom[8]:32 | Richard Zenor[10]:764 | 1943[10]:764 | Spiritualism[10]:764 |
| Agni Yoga (Roerichism)[6]:6[8]:32 | Helena Roerich, Nicholas Roerich[10]:876 | mid-1920s[10]:876 | Neo-Theosophical[10]:876 |
| Ahmadiyya[6]:6[8]:32–33[12]:27–28 | Mirza Ghulam Ahmad[10]:985 | 1889[10]:985 | Indian Islam[10]:985 |
| Aladura[6]:7[12]:28–29 | Josiah Ositelu[10] | 1930[10]:517 | Pentecostal[10]:517 |
| Alamo Christian Foundation, also known as Alamo Christian Church, Consecrated, Alamo Christian Ministries, and Music Square Church[6]:7[8]:33–34[12]:29 | Tony Alamo; Susan Alamo[7]:13 | 1969[7]:13 | Fundamentalist Communal[7]:13 |
| Altruria[8]:34–35 | Edward Biron Payne[10]:707 | 1894[10]:707 | Christian Communal[10]:707 |
| American Buddhist Movement[8]:35–36 |
| 1980[10]:1116 | Western Buddhism[10]:1116 |
| American Buddhist Society and Fellowship, Inc.[8]:36 | Robert Ernest Dickhoff[10]:1102 | 1945[10]:1102 | Tibetan Buddhism[10]:1102 |
| American World Patriarchs[8]:37–38 | Uladyslau Ryzy-Ryski[10]:309 | 1972[10]:309 | Eastern Orthodox[10]:309 |
| Amica Temple of Radiance[8]:38 | Ivah Berg Whitten[10]:876 | 1932[10]:876 | Neo-Theosophical[10]:876 |
| Ananda Marga[6]:11[8]:41[12]:30–31[14]:370 | Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar[10]:1001 | 1955[10]:1001 | Neo-Hindu[10]:1001 Tantric |
| Ancient British Church in North America[8]:43 | Jonathan V. Zotique[10]:1142 |
| Homosexually Oriented[10]:1142 |
| Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis[6]:11[8]:42–43[12]:31 | H. Spencer Lewis[10]:841 | 1915[10]:841 | neo-Rosicrucianism[10]:841 |
| Ancient Teachings of the Masters, also known as ATOM[8]:43 | Darwin Gross[10]:1054 | 1983[10]:1054 | Sant Mat[10]:1054 |
| Anglo-Saxon Federation of America[6]:13[8]:43–44 | Howard B. Rand[10]:651 | 1928[10]:651 | British Israelism[10]:651 |
| Ansaaru Allah Community[8]:44 | As Siddid Al Imaan Al Haahi Al Mahdi[10]:986–987 | late 1960s[10]:986–987" | Black Islam[10]:986–987 |
| Anthroposophy (Anthroposophical Society)[8]:44–47[12]:33–34 | Rudolf Steiner[7]:20 | 1912[7]:20 | Western esotericism[15]:41 |
| Antiochian Catholic Church in America[8]:47 | Gordon Mar Peter[10]:241 | 1980s[10]:241 | Independent Catholic Monophysite[10]:241 |
| Antoinism[6] | Louis-Joseph Antoine[6] | 1910[6] | Christian Healing[6] |
| Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarean)[8]:47–48 | Samuel Heinrich Froehlich[10]:548 | 1906[10]:548 | European Free-Church[10]:548 |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America[8]:47–48 | Samuel Heinrich Froehlich[10]:548 | 1830[10]:548 | European Free-Church[10]:548 |
| Apostolic Church[6]:15 | Daniel Powell Williams[7]:23 | 1916[7]:23 | Pentecostal[7]:23 |
| Apostolic Church of Christ (Pentecostal)[8]:48 | Johnnie Draft; Wallace Snow[10]:464 | 1969[10]:464 | Apostolic Pentecostal[10]:464 |
| Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God[6]:16 | William Thomas Phillips[10]:465 | 1920[10]:465 | Apostolic Pentecostal[10]:465 |
| Arcane School[12]:38 | Alice and Foster Bailey[10]:857 | 1937[10]:857 | Neo-Theosophical[10]:857 |
| Arica School[6]:17[12]:38–39 | Oscar Ichazo[10]:971 | 1968[10]:971 | Sufism[10]:971 |
| Arkeon[16] | Vito Carlo Moccia[17] | 1999[17] | Reiki Roman Catholicism[16] |
| Art of Living Foundation, also known as Association for Inner Growth and Ved Vignan Maha Vidya Preeth[10]:1004 | Ravi Shankar[10]:1004 | 1981[10]:1004 | Neo-Hindu[10]:1004 |
| Arya Samaj[6]:18[12]:40–41 | Mul Shankara[10]:1004 | 1875[10]:1004 | Neo-Hindu[10]:1004 |
| Aryan Nations, also known as Church of Jesus Christ Christian, Aryan Nations[12]:91 | Wesley Swift[10]:654 | late 1940s[10]:654 | British Israelism[10]:654 |
| Ásatrú[18] | Stephen McNallen[18] | 1970s[18] | Neo-pagan[18] Polytheistic reconstructionism |
| Assemblies of God[12]:41–42 | merger[19]:106 | 1914[19]:106 | Pentecostal[19]:106 |
| Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ[6]:18 | merger[10]:466 | 1952[10]:466 | Apostolic Pentecostal[10]:466 |
| Assembly of Christian Soldiers[6]:21 | Jessie L. Thrift[10]:1131 | 1971[10]:1131 | Ku Klux Klan[10]:1131 |
| Association for Research and Enlightenment[6]:21[12]:42–43 | Edgar Cayce[7]:31 | 1931[7]:31 | Occult[7]:31 |
| Association of Vineyard Churches[6]:316 | John Wimber[10]:446 | 1982[10]:446 | Trinitarian Pentecostal[10]:446 |
| Aum Shinrikyo, also known as Aleph[6]:23[12]:44–45[20][21] | Shoko Asahara[10]:1073 | 1987[10]:1073 | Japanese Buddhism[10]:1073 |
| Ausar Auset Society[6]:24 | R.A. Straughn[10]:842 | mid-1970s[10]:842 | neo-Rosicrucianism[10]:842 |
| Azali or Azali Babi[22]:246 | Subh-i-Azal | 1863 | Babism |
| Bábism[23]:180[24][8]:58 | Báb (Ali Muhammad Shirazi)[24] | 1844[24] | Shia Islam-Millenarian[24] |
| Bahá'í Faith[6]:25–26[25]:243–248[12]:48–49[9]:58–56 | Bahá'u'lláh (Mírzá Ḥusayn-'Alí Nuri)[10]:992 | 1863[10]:992 | Bábism[26] |
| Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship[12]:50–51 | Bawa Muhaiyaddeen[10]:972 | 1971[10]:972 | Sufism[10]:972 |
| Bethel Ministerial Association[6]:32 | Albert Franklin Varnell[10]:466 | 1934[10]:466 | Apostolic Pentecostal[10]:466 |
| Bible Presbyterian Church[6]:33 | Carl McIntire[10]:370 | 1938[10]:370 | Reformed Presbyterian[10]:370 |
| Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ[6]:34[8]:77 | schism[10]:466 | 1957[10]:466 | Apostolic Pentecostal[10]:466 |
| The Blackburn Cult, also known as the Divine Order of the Royal Arms of the Great Eleven[27]:35 | May Otis Blackburn[27]:1 | 1922[27]:1 | Neo-pagan New Thought[27]:1 |
| Brahma Kumaris[6]:37[12]:56–57[28] | Dada Lekhraj[10]:1006 | 1936[10]:1006 | Neo-Hindu[10]:1006 |
| Brahmo Samaj, also known as the religion Adi Dharm[29][30]:1028–1030 | Ram Mohan Roy | 1828 | Neo-Hindu |
| Brahmoism (Brahmo Dharma)[29]:43–57 | Debendranath Tagore | 1848/1850 | Neo-Hindu |
| Branch Davidians[6]:38[12]:59 | Benjamin Roden[10]:617 | 1930[10]:617 | Seventh Day Adventist[10]:617 |
| Branhamism[31]:37–40 | William M. Branham[31]:37–40 | 1951[31]:37–40 | Pentecostal[31]:37–40 |
| Breatharians also known as Inedia[12]:60–61 | Wiley Brooks[32]:30 | 1970s[32]:30 | Hinduism-influenced[32]:30 |
| The Brethren (Jim Roberts group), also known as The Body of Christ and The Garbage Eaters[10]:1131–1132 | Jimmie T. Roberts[10]:1131–1132 | c. 1970[10]:1131–1132 | Unclassified Christian Churches[10]:1131–1132 |
| British Israelism, also called Anglo-Israelism[6]:39–40[12]:61–62 |
|
|
|
| Bruderhof, also known as the Hutterian Brethren and Hutterian Society of Brothers[12]:63–64 | Eberhard Arnold[33]:709 | c. 1920[10]:709 | Communal[10]:709 |
| Brunstad Christian Church[6]:269–270 | Johan Oscar Smith[34] | 1905[34] | evangelical non-denominational Christian |
| Builders of the Adytum[6]:41–42[12]:67–68 | Paul Foster Case[10]:891 | 1922[10]:891 | Ritual magic[10]:891 |
| Candomblé[6]:43–44[12]:68–69 |
| 19th century[7]:61 | Syncretistic Neo-African Divination[7]:61 |
| Cao Dai, also known as Dai Dao Tam Ky Pho Do[6]:44[12]:69–70 | Ngô Văn Chiêu Lê Văn Trung[7]:61 | 1919[7]:61 | Syncretistic Vietnamese Millenarian[7]:61 |
| Cargo cults[6]:45[12]:70 |
|
| Syncretistic Nativist[7]:62 |
| CAUSA International[12]:72 | Sun Myung Moon[10]:837–838 | 1970[10]:837–838 | Unification Church[10]:837–838 |
| Celestial Church of Christ[12]:73 | Samuel Oshoffa[7]:64 | 1947[7]:64 | Nativist Pentecostal[7]:64 |
| The Centers Network[12]:73–74 |
|
|
|
| Chabad-Lubavitch[6]:206,368[12]:70 | Shneur Zalman of Liadi. | late 18th century | Chasidic |
| Charismatic Movement[12]:78 |
| 1950s[31]:70 | Pentecostal |
| Chen Tao, also called God's Salvation Church and God Saves the Earth Flying Saucer Foundation[12]:78–79 | Hon-Ming Chen[35] | 1955 | UFO religion |
| Cheondoism, also called Chendogyo[12]:80–81 | Choe Je-u |
|
|
| Cherubim and Seraphim, also known as Sacred Cherubim and Seraphim Society and Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim[12]:79 | Moses Orimolade Tunolase[7]:65 | c. 1925[7]:65 | African Pentecostal[7]:65 |
| Christ Apostolic Church[12]:82–83 | Joseph Ayo Babalola[10]:479 | 1941[10]:479 | Pentecostal[10]:479 |
| Christadelphians, also called Thomasites[6]:50[12]:81–82 | John Thomas[31]:48 | 1844[10]:107 | Baptist family[10]:107 Restorationism |
| The Christian Community, also known as the Christian Community Church and Christengemeinschaft[12]:83 | Rudolf Steiner
Friedrich Rittelmeyer[7]:70 | 1922[7]:70 | Anthroposophy[7]:70 |
| Christian Identity[6]:138[12]:84 |
| 1940s[36]:48 | British Israelism[10]:652 |
| Christian Reformed Church in North America[12]:86 | Gijsbert Haan[10]:365 | 1857[10]:365 | Reformed Presbyterian[10]:365 |
| Christian Science[10]:741[12]:86–87. | Mary Baker Eddy[10]:741 | 1876[10]:741 | Christian Faith healing New Thought[37] |
| Christian World Liberation Front, also known as the Spiritual Counterfeits Project[12]:87–88 | Jack Sparks Fred Dyson Pat Matrisciana[7]:76 | 1969[7]:76 | Christian Fundamentalist-Millenarian[7]:76 |
| Church of All Worlds[6]:58[12]:88–89 | Tim Zell Lance Christie[10]:909 | 1962[10]:909 | Witchcraft Neo-pagan[10]:909 |
| Church of Aphrodite[6]:58 | Gleb Botkin[10]:911 | 1939[10]:911 | Witchcraft Neo-Pagan[10]:911 |
| Church of Bible Understanding[6]:59[12]:89–90 | Stewart Traill[7]:79 | 1971[7]:79 | Adventist Fundamentalist[7]:79 |
| Church of Daniel's Band[6]:61 |
| 1893[10]:395 | Non-Episcopal Methodism[10]:395 |
| Church of Divine Science[25]:326 | Malinda Cramer | 1888 | New Thought Faith healing |
| Church of God in Christ[6]:62 | Charles H. Mason[7]:85 | 1908[7]:85 | Pentecostal[7]:85 |
| The Church of God (Jerusalem Acres)[6]:62 | Grady R. Kent[10]:437 | 1957[10]:437 | White Trinitarian Holiness Pentecostal[10]:437 |
| Church of God Mountain Assembly[6]:63, 65 | J.H. Parks,
Steve N. Bryant,
Tom Moses,
and William O. Douglas | 1906[10]:437 | White Trinitarian Holiness Pentecostal[10]:437 |
| Church of God of Prophecy[6]:62–63 | Ambrose Tomlinson[10]:438 | 1903[10]:438 | White Trinitarian Holiness Pentecostal[10]:438 |
| Church of God with Signs Following[38]:300–301 | George Went Hensley[10]:489 | 1920s[10]:489 | Holiness Pentecostal[10]:489 |
| Church of Israel[6]:65 | Dan Gayman[10]:653 | 1974[10]:653 | British Israelism[10]:653 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Joseph Smith | 1830 | Latter-day Saint Movement-Millenarian |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)[39] | Joseph Smith
James Strang[39] | 1844[39] | Latter Day Saint movement |
| The Church of Light[8]:210–211[40]:105–106 | C.C. Zain[8]:210–211[40]:105–106 | 1932[8]:210–211[40]:105–106 | neo-Hermetism[8]:210–211[40]:105–106 |
| Church of Satan[25]:401–410[12]:91–92 | Anton LaVey[9]:508–509 | 1966[9]:508–509 | Satanism[9]:508–509 |
| Church of the SubGenius | J.R. "Bob" Dobbs | 1979 | UFO religion Apocalypticism |
| Church of the Creator[10]:668 | Rev. Dr. Grace Marama URI | 1969 | Liberal family[10]:668 |
| Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster[41][42] or Pastafarianism | Bobby Henderson | 2005 | Parody |
| Church of the Living Word, also known as The Walk[12]:92–93 | John Robert Stevens[7]:386 | 1954[7]:386 | Fundamentalist Occult[7]:386 |
| Church of the Lord (Aladura)[12]:93 | Josiah Ositelu[10]:517 | 1930[10]:517 | Pentecostal Family[10]:517 |
| Church of World Messianity[6]:94, 371[12]:94 | Mokichi Okada[10]:1120 | 1934[10]:1120 | Shinto[10]:1120 Health healing |
| Church Universal and Triumphant[6]:281[12]:94–95 | Mark Prophet Elizabeth Clare (Wolf) Prophet[7]:97 | 1958[7]:97 | Theosophical Occult[7]:97 |
| Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles, also known as CARP[12]:71 | Sun Myung Moon[43][44] | 1955[44] | Unification Church[44] |
| Commandment Keepers: Holy Church of the Living God[6]:74[8]:180 | Arnold Josiah Ford[10]:951 | 1924[10]:951 | Black Judaism[10]:951 |
| Community Chapel and Bible Training Center[6]:75 | Donald Lee Barnett[10]:496 | 1967[10]:496 | Latter Rain Pentecostal[10]:496 |
| Concerned Christians[12]:96 | Monte Kim Miller[45] |
|
|
| Conservative Judaism[6]:76[12]:97 | Sabato Morais Marcus Jastrow H. Pereira Mendes[10]:943 | 1887[10]:943 | Mainline Judaism[10]:943 |
| Core Shamanism, The Foundation for Shamanic Studies[9]:580[46] | Michael Harner | 1980 | Neoshamanism |
| Covenant of the Goddess[6]:98[12]:48–49 | merger[10]:915 | 1975[10]:915 | Goddess Witchcraft Neo-pagan[10]:915 |
| Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans[6]:99[12]:99 | Margot Adler[10]:915 | 1987[10]:915 | Witchcraft Neo-pagan[10]:915 |
| The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord[6]:78[12]:99–100 | James D. Ellison[10]:654 | mid-1970s[10]:654 | British Israelism[10]:654 |
| Creativity[47] | Ben Klassen[47] | early-1970's | Pantheism Agnostic Atheism White Racialism.[47] |
| Crossroads Movement[12]:100 |
| 1970s[38]:100 |
|
| Cyberchurches[12]:103 |
|
| non-denominational Christian |
| Dalit Buddhist Movement, also known as the Neo-Buddhist movement or Navayana Buddhist movement | B. R. Ambedkar | 1956 | Neo-Buddhism (Navayana) |
| Dances of Universal Peace[48] | Samuel L. Lewis |
|
|
| Dianic Wicca[6]:84 | merger[10]:916 | 1971[10]:916 | Witchcraft Neo-pagan[10]:916 |
| Discordianism | Greg Hill, Kerry Wendell Thornley[49] | 1963 | Absurdism, Greek Mythology |
| Eckankar[6]:91 | Paul Twitchell[10]:1056 | 1971[10]:1056 | Derived from Sant Mat but denies connection[10]:1056 |
| Elan Vital (formerly Divine Light Mission)[6]:85–86[28]:126[50]:156 | Shri Hans Ji Maharaj[10]:1055 | 1920s[10]:1055 | Sant Mat[10]:1055 |
| Emin | Raymond Armin | 1971 | New Age |
| End Time Survivors Jesus Christians[51] | David McKay[52] |
| Fundamentalist Millennialism |
| Esoteric Nazism[53]:17 |
|
| Occult Western esotericism[15] |
| Est (Erhard Seminars Training)[1]:44[28]:126–127[54] | Werner Erhard[55]:193 | 1971[31]:108[56]:167,171–172 | Human Potential Movement[5]:35[31]:107–108[57] Self religions[58] |
| Evangelical Methodist Church[6]:97 | J.H. Hamblen[10]:396 | 1946[10]:396 | Non-Episcopal Methodist[10]:396 |
| Family Federation for World Peace and Unification[59] | Sun Myung Moon[59] | 1994[59] | Unification Church[59] |
| Falun Gong[60] | Li Hongzhi[10]:1126 | 1992[10]:1126 | Qigong movement |
| Family International, previously known as the Children of God, the Family of Love and the Family[7]:133[28]:126[61] | David Berg[7]:133 | 1968[7]:133 | Fundamentalist,[7]:133 Jesus movement[61] countercultural evangelical[9]:185 |
| Fellowship of Isis[6]:103 | Olivia Robertson[10]:888 | 1976[10]:888 | Neo-pagan Goddess[10]:888 |
| Feraferia[62] | Frederick Adams[62] | 1967[62] | Neo-pagan Goddess[62] |
| Findhorn Foundation[6]:104 | Eileen Caddy Peter Caddy Alexis Edwards Roger Benson[7]:138 | 1963[7]:138 | Christian-Anthroposophistical-neo-Rosicrucian[7]:138 |
| Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas[6]:104 | W.E. Fuller[10]:482 | 1898[10]:482 | Black Trinitarian Pentecostal[10]:482 |
| First Satanic Church[63]:701 | Karla LaVey | 1997 | Satanism |
| Followers of Christ[10]:1137 | Marion Reece (or Riess)[10]:1137[64] | late 19th century[10]:1137 | Unclassified[10]:1137 Pentecostal[64] |
| Fourth Way[25]:259–266[15]:42 | George Gurdjieff | c. 1913 | Esoteric Sufism Western esotericism[15]:42 |
| Fraternitas Rosae Crucis[6]:108 | Paschal Beverly Randolph[10]:843 | 1858[10]:843 | neo-Rosicrucianism[10]:843 |
| Fraternity of the Inner Light[9]:217–219 | Dion Fortune | 1924 | neo-Hermeticism Esoteric Christianity[9]:217–219 |
| Freedomites[6]:272 |
|
|
|
| Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO)[65] now known as Triratna Buddhist Community | Sangharakshita (Dennis Lingwood) | 1967[65] | Neo-Buddhism |
| Fundamentalist Christianity[6]:113–114 |
|
| Christian |
| General Church of the New Jerusalem[6]:117 | schism[10]:763 | 1890[10]:763 | Swedenborgianism[10]:763 |
| The Genesis II Church of Health and Healing | Jim Humble | 2009 or 2010[66] | UFO-New Age inspired Pseudoscience[67][68][69] |
| Gentle Wind Project[70] | John "Tubby" Miller and Mary "Moe" Miller | 1980 | Spiritualism |
| Ghost Dance[6]:119 |
|
| Neo-pagan Native American religion |
| Global Peace Foundation[71] | Hyun Jin Moon[72] | 2007[71] | Unification Church[71] |
| Grail Movement[6]:122–123 | Oskar Ernst Bernhardt[10]:786 | 1924[10]:786 | Syncretistic Christian New Age Channeling[10]:786 |
| Hanuman Foundation[6]:129 | Richard Alpert (Ram Dass)[31]:51 | 1980[10]:1013 | Neo-Hindu[10]:1013 |
| Heaven's Gate[73] | Marshall Herff Applewhite Bonnie Lu Nettles[73] | 1973[73] | New Age UFO religion[73] |
| Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy[6]:133 | Swami Rama[10]:1014 | 1971[10]:1014 | Hindu[10]:1014 |
| Huna[8]:406–407 | Max Freedom Long | 1936 | New Thought Hawaiian religion |
| I AM Activity[6]:138 | Guy Ballard, Edna Anne Wheeler Ballard[10]:873 | early 1930s | Neo-Theosophical[10]:873 |
| Iglesia Ni Cristo[74] | Felix Y. Manalo[75] | 1914[75] | Restorationism Unitarianism |
| Isha Foundation[76] | Jaggi Vasudev | 1992 | Hindu |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America[6]:142 | R. Lee Kirkland[7]:179 | 1922[7]:179 | Unaffiliated Fundamentalist[7]:179 |
| Insight Meditation Society[6]:143 | Jack Kornfield Sharon Salzberg Joseph Goldstein[10]:1067 | 1976[10]:1067 | Theravada Buddhism[10]:1067 |
| International House of Prayer also known as (IHOP or IHOPKC) | Mike Bickle | 1999 | Charismatic Movement Post-tribulational Historic premillennialism |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel[6]:108 | Aimee Semple McPherson[10]:451 | 1923[10]:451 | White Trinitarian Pentecostal[10]:451 |
| International Community of Christ also known as Church of the Second Advent (CSA) and Jamilians[31]:139 | Eugene Douglas Savoy[31]:139 | 1972[31]:139 | New Age[31]:139 |
| Ivanovism (the Ivanovites)[77]:128–145 | Porfiry Ivanov | 1933 | Neo-pagan Slavic Native Faith |
| Jediism[78]:62 |
| 2000s[78]:62 | Star Wars-inspired New Age[78]:62 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses[6]:150, 152–153 | Charles Taze Russell[10]:637 | 1870[10]:637 | Adventist Bible Students[10]:637 |
| Jesus Army, also known as "Jesus Fellowship Church" and "Bugbrooke Jesus Fellowship"[6]:153 | Noel Stanton[14]:149–163 | 1977[14]:149–163 | Fundamentalist Communal[14]:149–163 |
| Jesus Movement[6]:153[79] |
| late 1960s[7]:196 | Fundamentalist[7]:196 |
| Jews for Jesus[6]:155 | Moishe Rosen[7]:197 | 1970[7]:197 | Fundamentalist[7]:197 |
| John Frum[6]:155 |
| 1936[7]:197 | Syncretistic Millenarian[7]:197 |
| Kabbalah Centre[9]:292–293 | Philip Berg[9]:292–293 | 1970s[9]:292–293 | New Age[9]:292–293 |
| Karma Triyana Dharmachakra[6]:157–158. | the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa[10]:1108 | 1976[10]:1108 | Tibetan Buddhism[10]:1108 |
| Kemetic Orthodoxy[80] | Tamara Siuda[80] | 1988[80] | Kemetic[80] |
| Kerista[6]:158 | John Presmont[10]:730 | 1956[10]:730 | Communal—After 1960[10]:730 |
| Kofuku-no-Kagaku (The Institute for Research in Human Happiness)[81] | Ryuho Okawa | 1986 | Japanese |
| Kopimism | Isak Gerson | 2012 | Internet religion |
| Konkokyo[6]:161 | Bunjiro Kawate[10]:1122 | 1859[10]:1122 | Shinto[10]:1122 |
| Krishnamurti Foundations[82] | Jiddu Krishnamurti | 1928 | Neo-Theosophical Universalism |
| Kripalu Center (Kirpalu)[6]:161 | Amrit Desai[10]:1019 | 1966[10]:1019 | Hindu[10]:1019 |
| Lama Foundation[6]:164 | Steve Durkee[10]:731 | 1967[10]:731 | Communal[10]:731 |
| Latter Day Saint movement (Mormonism)[6]:190, 192 | Joseph Smith[31]:187 | 1830[31]:187 | Christian restorationism |
| Latter Rain Movement[6]:165 | George Hawtin Percy Hunt[7]:209 | 1946[7]:209 | Millenarian Pentecostal[7]:209 |
| Laymen's Home Missionary Movement[6]:165 | Paul S. L. Johnson[10]:639 | c. 1920[10]:639 | Adventist Bible Students[10]:639 |
| Lectorium Rosicrucianum[6]:165–166 | Jan van Rijckenborgh; Zwier Willem Leene; Catharose de Petri[9]:338–339 | 1924[10]:844 | neo-Rosicrucianism[10]:844 |
| The Living Word Fellowship[83] | John Robert Stevens[10]:506 | 1951[10]:506 | Latter Rain Pentecostal[10]:506 |
| Local Church movement[6]:169, 171 | Ni Shu-tsu (Watchman Nee)[10]:609–610 | 1920s[10]:609–610 | Independent Fundamentalist Other Bible Students[10]:609–610 |
| Love Family, also known as the Church of Jesus Christ at Armageddon and Love Israel[12]:90–91 | Paul Erdman[7]:216 | 1969[7]:216 | Communalism[7]:216 |
| Lucis Trust[6]:172–173 | Alice A. Bailey[7]:217 | 1923[7]:217 | Neo-Theosophical[7]:217 |
| Madkhalism[84][85] | Rabee Al-Madkhali[86][87] | early 1990s[88][89][90] | Islam[91][92] |
| Mahikari[6]:176 | Kotama Okada[10]:1123 | 1959[10]:1123 | Shinto[10]:1123 |
| Maranatha Campus Ministries[6]:178 | Bob Weiner[7]:223 | 1972[7]:223 | Pentecosrtal[7]:223 |
| Mazdaznan[6]:181 | Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha'nish[10]:991 | 1902[10]:991 | Zoroastrianism[10]:991 |
| Meher Baba followers[50] | Merwan Sheriar Irani[10]:991 | 1921[10]:991 | Hindu-inspired[10]:991 |
| Messianic Judaism[6]:184 |
|
| Christianity |
| Million Man March[93] | Louis Farrakhan[93] | 1995[93] | Nation of Islam[93] |
| Mita Congregation[6]:186 | Juanita García Peraza[10]:462 | 1940[10]:462 | Deliverance Pentecostal[10]:462 |
| Modekngei (Ngara Modekngei)[94] | Tamadad from Chol | c. 1915 | Syncretistic Christian-Indigenous |
| Monastic Order of Avallon[95] | Henri Hillion de Coatmoc'han[95] | 1972[95] | Neo-pagan[95] |
| Moody Church[6]:186 | Dwight L. Moody[10]:602 | 1864[10]:602 | Fundamentalist Evangelical[10]:602 |
| Moorish Science Temple of America[6]:186, 188 | Timothy Drew[10]:988 | 1925[10]:988 | Black Islam[10]:988 |
| Moral Re-Armament[6]:188, 190 | Frank N. D. Buchman[7]:233 | 1921[7]:233 |
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| Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness[6]:194 | John-Roger Hinkins[10]:1054 | 1971[10]:1054 | Sant Mat[10]:1054 |
| Namdhari[6]:196 | Balak Singh[7]:243 | mid-19th century[7]:243 | Sikh[7]:243 |
| Nation of Islam[96] | Elijah Muhammad[7]:245 | mid-1930s[7]:245 | Black Islam[7]:245 UFO religion |
| Nation of Yahweh[97]:217[6]:200 | Hulon Mitchell, Jr.[10]:952–953 | 1970s[10]:952–953 | Black Judaism[10]:952–953 |
| National Spiritualist Association of Churches[6]:197 | Harrison D Barrett, James M. Peebles, Cora L. Richmond[10]:772 | 1893[10]:772 | Spiritualism[10]:772 |
| Native American Church, also known as Peyotism[6]:202 |
| 1906[10]:809 | Native American religion Entheogen Groups[10]:809 |
| Native Ukrainian National Faith, also known as RUNVira or Sylenkoism[77]:130 | Lev Sylenko | mid-1960s | Neo-pagan Slavic Native Faith |
| New Acropolis (Nouvelle Acropole)[9]:441–442[98]:217 | Jorge Ángel Livraga Rizzi | 1957 | Neo-Theosophical Western esotericism |
| New Apostolic Church[6]:205 | Heinrich Geyer[10]:1139 | 1863[10]:1139 | Catholic Apostolic Church Unclassified Christian Churches[10]:1139 |
| New Kadampa Tradition[99]:310–311 | Geshe Kelsang Gyatso[10]:1112 | mid-1970s[10]:1112 | Tibetan Buddhism[10]:1112 |
| The New Message from God[100] | Marshall Vian Summers | 1992[101] | UFO religion |
| New Reformed Orthodox Order of the Golden Dawn[6]:207 |
| 1969[10]:923 | Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn Witchcraft Neo-pagan[10]:923 |
| New Thought[6]:208[25]:325–330 | Phineas Parkhurst Quimby[7]:258 | mid-19th century[7]:258 | Metaphysical[7]:258 Faith healing |
| Oahspe Faithists[102] | John Ballou Newbrough | 1882 | UFO religion |
| Odinism[103] | Orestes Brownson[103] | 1848[103] | Neo-pagan[103] |
| Oomoto[6]:216 | Mrs. Nao Deguchi[7]:266 | 1899[7]:266 | Shinto-Millenarian[7]:266 |
| Open Bible Standard Churches[6]:217 | merger[10]:454 | 1935[10]:454 | White Trinitarian Pentecostal[10]:454 |
| Opus Dei[28]:126[9]:427–428[104][105]:3, 122–123[106][107][108]:251 | Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer[9]:427–428 | 1928[9]:427–428 | Roman Catholic[9]:427–428 |
| Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.)[7]:270 | Carl Kellner;[7]:270[9]:430Theodor Reuss[9]:430 | 1895;[7]:270 1906[9]:430 | Western esotericism Neo-Hermetism Thelema[9]:430 |
| Pentecostal Church of God[6]:225 |
| 1919[19]:109 | Pentecostal[19]:109 |
| Pentecostalism[6]:224–225 |
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| Holiness movement |
| Peoples Temple[6]:226[109] | Jim Jones[10]:832 | 1955[10]:832 | Psychic-New Age[10]:832 |
| Philosophical Research Society[6]:228 | Manly Palmer Hall[10]:849 | 1934[10]:849 | Occult[10]:849 |
| Pilgrims of Arès[110] | Michel Potay[110] | 1974[110] |
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| Plymouth Brethren[6]:228–229[12]:61 | John Nelson Darby[7]:281 | 1830[7]:281 | evangelical Millenarian[7]:281 |
| Potter's House also known as Christian Fellowship Ministries (CFM), The Door, Victory Chapel, Christian Center, Crossroads Chapel, etc.[31]:51–52 | Wayman Mitchell[31]:51–52 | 1970[31]:51–52 | Pentecostal[31]:51–52 |
| Radha Soami Satsang Beas[6]:234 | Seth Shiv Dayal Singh[10]:1059 | 1861[10]:1059 | Sant Mat[10]:1059 |
| Raëlism[6]:234 | Claude Vorilhon (Rael)[10]:806 | 1973[10]:806 | UFO religion[10]:806 |
| Rainbow Family[6]:234, 236 | Barry Adams[10]:732 | late-1960s[10]:732 | Communal[10]:732 |
| Rajneesh movement, also Osho movement[6]:236, 238 | Rajneesh Chandra Mohan[10]:1051 | 1966[10]:1051 | Indian religions[10]:1051 |
| Ramakrishna Mission, also known as Ramakrishna movement or Vedanta Society[111]:57–58[6]:314 | Swami Vivekananda | 1897 | Neo-Hindu Neo-Vedanta[7]:382 |
| Ramtha[112] | J. Z. Knight[113] | 1977[114] | New Age[112] |
| Rastafari[6]:241,243[115] | Leonard Howell, Joseph Hibbert, Archibald Dunkley, Robert Hinds[10]:954 | 1935[10]:954 | Jewish and Christian-influenced Afro-centric new religious movement[10]:954 |
| Reformed Druids of North America[6]:244 |
| 1960s[7]:299 | Neo-pagan[7]:299 |
| Reiki, also Usui Shiko Ryoho System of Healing[9]:528–529 | Mikao Usui | 1922 | Energy medicine Japanese Buddhism |
| Religious Science[6]:245–246 | Ernest Holmes[7]:301 | 1948[7]:301 | New Thought[7]:301 |
| Ringing Cedars' Anastasianism[116]:442 | Vladimir Megre | 1997 | Neo-pagan Slavic Native Faith |
| Risshō Kōsei Kai[6]:248 | Nikkyo Niwano Myoko Naganuma[117] | 1938[117] | Nichiren Buddhist[117] |
| The Rosicrucian Fellowship[6]:249 | Carl Louis von Grasshof[10]:845 | 1909[10]:845 | neo-Rosicrucianism[10]:845 |
| Sacred Name Movement[6]:251 | Clarence Orvil Dodd | 1930s | Adventist Church of God (Seventh-Day) |
| Sadharan Brahmo Samaj[29]:43–57 | Anandamohan Bose, en:Sivanath Sastri, Umesh Chandra Dutta | 1878 | Brahmoism |
| Sahaja Yoga[118] | Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi[10]:1029 | 1970[10]:1029 | Neo-Hindu[10]:1029 |
| Saiva Siddhanta Church[6]:251 | Subramuniy[10]:1029 | 1957[10]:1029 | Hindu[10]:1029 |
| The Salvation Army[6]:252, 254 | William Booth[10]:419 | 1865[10]:419 | Holiness movement[10]:419 |
| Saminism Movement, Samin movement[119]:207–240 | Samin Surosentiko | 1889 | Abrahamic religions Nativist |
| Sant Nirankari Mission[6]:210 | Baba Buta Singh Ji | 1929 | Sikh |
| Santa Muerte Cult[120] |
| 2000s | Syncretic Folk Catholic |
| Scientology[25]:385–392[28]:126[121][122][123] | L. Ron Hubbard[10]:816 | 1955[10]:816 | UFO-Psychic New Age[10]:816 |
| Sekta Niebo[124] | Bogdana Kacmajora | 1990 | Christian |
| Seicho-no-Ie[9]:568–569[81] | Masaharu Taniguchi, Fenwicke Holmes | 1930 | Religious Science-Shinto |
| Self-Realization Fellowship[6]:261 | Paramahansa Yogananda[10]:1031 | 1935[10]:1031 | Neo-Hindu[10]:1031 |
| Semitic Neopaganism[125] | Raphael Patai[125] | 1960s[125] | Neo-pagan Feminism[125] |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church[6]:262 | Ellen G. White[10]:621 | 1860[10]:621 | Adventist[10]:621 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Reform Movement[6]:262–263 | schism[10]:622–623 | 1925[10]:622–623 | Seventh Day Adventists[10]:622–623 |
| Shakers[6]:263, 265 | Ann Lee[10]:724 | 1750s[10]:724 | Communal—Before 1960[10]:724 |
| Shengdao, also Tongshanshe[126] | Peng Tairong (Ruzun) | early 20th century | Chinese salvationist |
| Shepherd's Rod, also known as the Davidians, officially, the Davidian Seventh-day Adventist Association[8]:189 | Victor T. Houteff[10]:619 | 1935[10]:619 | Seventh Day Adventists[10]:619 |
| Shiloh Youth Revival Centers[6]:266 | John J. Higgins, Jr.[10]:734 | 1969[10]:734 | Communal—After 1960[10]:734 |
| Shinji Shumeikai, also Shumei[81] | Mihoko Koyama | 1970 | Church of World Messianity Faith healing |
| Shinnyo-en[6]:266–267 | Shinjo Ito Tomoji Ito[10]:1081 | 1936[10]:1081 | Japanese Buddhism[10]:1081 |
| Shinreikyo[6]:266 | Kanichi Otsuka[10]:1123 | post–World War II[10]:1123 | Shinto[10]:1123 Syncretistic |
| Shri Ram Chandra Mission[127] | Shri Ram Chandraji Maharaj[127] | 1945[127] | Hindu[127] |
| Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres[6]:268–269 | Kuppuswami Iyer[10]:1035 | 1935[10]:1035 | Neo-Hindu[10]:1035 |
| Slavic Native Faith, also known as Rodnovery[77]:112–127 | Władysław Kołodziej, Jan Stachniuk | 1920–30s | Neo-pagan Polytheistic reconstructionism |
| Soka Gakkai International[6]:271[128] | Tsunesaburo Makiguchi[10]:1082 | 1930[10]:1082 | Nichiren Buddhism[10]:1082 |
| Spiritualism, Spiritism[25]:331–338[129]:248 | Kate and Margaret Fox | 1848 | Psychic-Mediumship Metaphysical |
| Subud (Susila Budhi Dharma)[6]:279[25]:267–274[9]:607–608 | Muhammed Subuh[10]:981 | 1933[10]:981 | Kejawèn Sufism[10]:981 |
| Sufi Ruhaniat International[6]:279 | Samuel L. Lewis[7]:342 | 1968[7]:342 | neo-Sufism[7]:342 |
| Sukyo Mahikari[6]:281 | Sekiguchi Sakae[7]:344 | 1978[7]:344 | Mahikari Syncretistic[7]:344 |
| Summum[6]:281 | Claude Rex Nowell[10]:1141 | 1975[10]:1141 | Unclassified Christian Churches[10]:1141 |
| Syntheism[130] | Alexander Bard[130] | 2012[130] | Pantheist Humanist Netocratic |
| The Satanic Temple[131][132][133] | Lucien Greaves Malcolm Jarry[134] | 2012[135] | Satanism Nontheistic[132] |
| Tenrikyo[6]:287–288 | Miki Nakayama[10]:1124 | 1838[10]:1124 | Shinto[10]:1124 |
| Tensegrity[9]:581[46] | Carlos Castaneda | 1995 | Neoshamanism[9]:581 New Age |
| Terasem[136] | Martine Rothblatt | 2004 | Transhumanism |
| Thelema, also known as the A∴A∴ order[15]:41–42 | Aleister Crowley | early 1900s | Occult neo-Hermetism Western esotericism[15]:41–42 |
| Theosophical Society, also known since 1882 as Theosophical Society Adyar[25]:315–324[9]:624–625[137] | Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan Judge[137] | 1875 | Occult Eastern and Western esotericism[9]:624–625[15]:40–41 |
| Theosophical Society Pasadena[25]:315–324[137]:blz. 427 | William Quan Judge | 1895 | Theosophical |
| Tolstoyan primitivism[138]:672 | Leo Tolstoy[138]:672 | 1901[138]:672 | Christian anarchism Pacifism[138]:672 |
| Toronto Blessing[139] | Randy Clark[14]:122–123 | 1994[14]:122–123 | Pentecostal[14]:122–123 |
| Transcendental Meditation (TM)[6]:292–293, 295–296 | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi[10]:1045 | 1958[10]:1045 | Neo-Hindu[10]:1045 |
| Triratna Buddhist Community (formerly FWBO)[65] | Sangharakshita (Dennis Lingwood) | 1967[65] | Neo-Buddhism |
| True Buddha School[140] | Lu Sheng-yen[140] | Late 1980s | Tibetan Buddhism Taoism[140] |
| True Gnostic Church[141] | Azrael Ondi-Ahman (Archie D. Wood)[141] | 1979[142] |
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| Twelve Tribes[6]:212, 334–335 | Gene and Marsha Spriggs[10]:737 | 1972[10]:737 | Messianic Jewish Communal—After 1960[10]:737 |
| Two by Twos, also known as Cooneyites, Christian Conventions, the Workers and Friends, the Truth, etc.[6]:298 | William Irvine[12]:330 | 1897[143] | Independent fundamentalist family[10]:611 |
| Umbanda[6]:299 | Zélio Fernandino de Moraes[144] | 1920[144] | Spiritism[144] |
| Unarius Academy of Science[6]:300, 302–303 | Ernest Norman, Ruth Norman | 1954 | UFO Religion |
| Unification Church, also known as the Moonies[6]:300, 302–303 | Sun Myung Moon[7]:365 | 1954[7]:365 | Syncretistic Christian[7]:365 |
| Unitarian Universalism[38]:335 | consolidation[31]:308–310 | 1961[31]:308–310 | Unitarian Universalism[31]:308–310 |
| United Holy Church of America[6]:304 | Isaac Cheshier[10]:487 | 1900[10]:487 | Black Trinitarian Pentecostal[10]:487 |
| United House of Prayer for All People[6]:304–305 | Marcelino Manoel de Graca[7]:371 | 1925[7]:371 | African American Pentecostal[7]:371 |
| United Israel World Union[6]:305 | David Horowitz[10]:959 | 1944[10]:959 | Other Jewish Groups[10]:959 |
| United Lodge of Theosophists[6]:305 | Robert Crosbie[10]:855 | 1909[10]:855 | Theosophical[10]:855 |
| United Pentecostal Church International[6]:287–306 | merger[10]:476 | 1945[10]:476 | Apostolic Pentecostals[10]:476 |
| Unity Church[6]:306–307 | Charles Fillmore and Myrtle Fillmore[7]:373 | 1889/1903[7]:373 | New Thought-Christian[7]:373 |
| Universal Great Brotherhood[6]:310 | Serge Raynaud de la Ferriere[10]:883 | late 1940s[10]:883 | Other Theosophical Groups[10]:883 |
| Universal Life Church[6]:311 | Kirby Hensley[10]:680 | 1962[10]:680 | Liberal Family[10]:680 |
| Universal White Brotherhood[145] | Peter Deunov[10]:880 | 1900[10]:880 | Other Theosophical Groups[10]:880 Esoteric Christianity |
| Urantia Foundation[31]:319–322 | William S. Sadler[31]:319–322 | 1934[31]:319–322 | UFO religion[31]:319–322 Psychic New Age[10]:839 Christian occultist[7]:380 |
| Vajradhatu[6]:313 | Chögyam Trungpa[10]:1115 | 1973[10]:1115 | Tibetan Buddhism[10]:1115 |
| Vale do Amanhecer[146] | Tia Neiva[146] | 1959[146] | Spiritualism[146] |
| Volunteers of America[6]:316 | Ballington Booth Maud Booth[10]:420 | 1896[10]:420 | Holiness movement[10]:420 |
| Varankar[147] | Sri Allen Feldman |
| The Way International[6]:318 | Victor Paul Wierwille[10]:608 | 1942[10]:608 | Independent fundamentalist family[10]:608 |
| The Way of the Livingness (Universal Medicine)[148] | Serge Benhayon[148] | 1999[148] | Neo-Theosophical[149] and/or "Socially harmful cult".[150] |
| White Eagle Lodge[6]:319 | Lady Elizabeth Carey[10]:884 | 1943[10]:884 | Other Theosophical Groups[10]:884 |
| Wicca[25]:339–346[15]:55 | Gerald Gardner[31]:338 | c. 1949[31]:338 | Neo-pagan Witchcraft[25]:339–346 Occult[31]:338 |
| Women's Federation for World Peace[151]:203–205 | Hak Ja Han[151]:203–205 | 1992[151]:203–205 | Unification Church[151]:203–205 |
| Wotansvolk[152] | David Lane | 1990s | neo-völkisch paganism |
| The Word Foundation[6]:320 | Harold W. Percival[10]:856 | c. 1904[10]:856 | Theosophical[10]:856 |
| World Peace and Unification Sanctuary Church[153][154] | Hyung Jin Moon Yeon Ah Lee Moon | 2015 | Unification Church-based ultra-Orthodox/Fundamentalism |
| Yiguandao[9][126]:702–703 | Wang Jueyi; Chang Thien Ran | late 19th century | Chinese salvationist-Millenarian |
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