List of new religious movements
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This '''List of [[new religious movements]]''' (NRMs), lists groups that either identify themselves as religious, ethical or spiritual organizations or are generally seen as such by religious scholars, which are independent of older denominations, churches, or religious bodies. This list reflects the fact that there is no generally agreed upon scholarly definition of [[new religious movement]].<ref>The definitions of "new" varies greatly. Some authors such as [[Eileen Barker]] and [[David V. Barrett]], see as new movements those originating or appearing in a new context after [[World War II]], others define as "new" movements originating after the [[Bahá'í Faith]] (mid 19th century) or even everything originating after [[Sikhism]] (17th century).</ref> [[Parody religion]]s are included.
=By main influence=
==Influenced by major religions==
Many new religious movements consider themselves continuations of one or several [[world religion]]s.
===Abrahamic ===
====Christian-oriented ====
{{main|List of Christian denominations}}
* [[Aaronic Order]]
* [[Church of the Lord (Aladura)]]
* [[Branch Davidians]]
* [[Branhamism]]
* [[The Body of Christ|Body of Christ]]
* [[The Brethren (Jim Roberts group)]], known as the "garbage eaters"
* [[Calvary Chapel]]
* [[Christian City Church]] ("CCC" or "C3i")
* [[Christian Conventions]] (non-denominational) (aka ''Two by Twos'', ''The Truth'', ''The Way'') and its offshoot [[Cooneyites]]
* [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] ([[Mormonism]])
* [[Catholic Mariavite Church]]
* [[Children of God]]
* [[Christian and Missionary Alliance]]
* [[Christian and Missionary Alliance]] - Began around [[1887]], but was not a denomination until [[1965]].
* [[Christian Coalition of America|Christian Coalition]] - A movement of [[right-wing]] Christians rather than a specific [[Christian denomination]].
* [[Christian Identity]]
* [[Christian Reconstructionism]]
* [[Christian Science]]
** [[Eschatology (religious movement)]]
* [[Church of Christ, Instrumental]] (Kelleyites)
* [[Church of the Last Testament]]
* [[Concerned Christians]]
* [[Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen]]
* [[Destiny Church, New Zealand]]
* [[Divine Science]]
* [[Doukhobor]]
* [[Endeavor Academy]]
* [[Eternal Grace]]
* [[Evangelical Covenant Church of America]] ("Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant")
* [[Evangelical Free Church of America]] (EFCA)
* [[Exclusive Brethren]]
* [[Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches]]
* [[Foundation for A Course In Miracles]]
* [[Grail Movement]]
* [[Grace Movement]] Churches
* [[Great Commission Association]]
* [[Holiness movement]]
* [[Holy Spirit Movement]]
* [[House of David]]
* [[Indian Shakers]]
* [[International Churches of Christ]]
* [[Jehovah's Witnesses]]
* [[Eddie Villanueva|Jesus is Lord Movement]]
* [[Jesus Movement]]
* [[Most Holy Church of God in Christ Jesus]]
* [[Legio Maria]]
* [[Love Holy Trinity Blessed Mission]]
* [[Love Israel]]
* [[Lumpa Church]]
* [[Mama Tata]]
* [[Members Church of God International]]
* [[Metropolitan Community Church]]es
* [[Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God]]
* [[New Frontiers]] (formerly New Frontiers International)
* [[Peoples Temple]]
* [[Process Church of the Final Judgement]]
* [[Schwenkfelder Church]]
* [[Spiritualism (religious movement)|Spiritualism]] ([[Second Great Awakening]], [[Mormonism]] influenced)
* [[The Way International]]
* [[Two by Two]] (non-denominational)
* [[Understanding Principles for Better Living Church]]
* [[Unification Church]]
* [[Unión Espiritista Cristiana de Filipinas, Inc.]]
* [[Universal Life]]
* [[Westboro Baptist Church]]
====Islam-oriented / Quranic ====
{{main|Quranic religions}}
* [[Ahmadiyya]]
* [[Dances of Universal Peace]]
* [[Ha-Mim]]'s religion
* [[Fourth Way]]
* [[Moorish Science Temple of America]]
* [[Nation of Islam]] (Black Muslims)
**[[Nation of Gods and Earths]]
***[[Faradian Islam]]
* [[Subud]]
*[[Universal Sufism]]
====Judaism-oriented ====
* [[House of Yahweh]]
* [[Black Hebrews]]
* [[Jewish Buddhists]] (syncretic with Buddhism)
===Eastern===
{{see|Eastern religions}}
====Buddhist-oriented ====
{{main|Schools of Buddhism}}
* [[Dalit Buddhist Movement]]
* [[Friends of the Western Buddhist Order]]
* [[Hoa Hao]]
* [[Jewish Buddhists]] (syncretic with Judaism)
* [[New Kadampa Tradition]]
* [[Share International]]
* [[Soka Gakkai]]
* [[Sucharitism]]
* [[True Buddha School]]
* [[Vipassana]]
* [[Won Buddhism]]
* [[Aum Shinrikyo]]/[[Aleph]]
====Hinduism-oriented ====
{{main|Hindu revivalism|List of Hindu organisations}}
* [[Ammachi]]
* [[Ananda Marga]]
* [[Art of Living]]
* [[Ayyavazhi]]
* [[Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University|Brahma Kumaris]]
* [[Divine Light Mission]]
* [[Eckankar]]
* [[School of Economic Science|SAS]]
* [[Oneness University]]
* [[Sahaja Yoga]]
* [[Sathya Sai Baba movement]]
* [[Sant Mat]]
* [[Savitri (book)|Savitri Era]]
* [[Self-Realization Fellowship]]
* [[Swadhyaya]]
* [[Swaminarayan]]
* [[Vedanta Society]]
====Taoism-oriented ====
* [[Way of Former Heaven]] sects, including
**[[Daoyuan]] ("Sanctuary of the Tao"),
**[[I-Kuan Tao]] ("Way of Unity"),
**[[T'ung-shan She]] ("Society of Goodness"),
**[[Tien-te Sheng-chiao]] ("Sacred Religion of Celestial Virtue"),
**[[Tz'u-hui Tang]] ("Compassion Society").
* [[Jeungism]]
* [[Cheondoism]]
* [[Daesunism]]
* [[Tenrikyo]]
===[[Syncretism|Syncretic]]===
{{see|Omnism}}
Faiths created from blending earlier religions or that consider all or some religions to be essentially the same, often founded by [[Messiah claimants|Messiah]]/[[Buddha claimants]] that profess to fulfill several prophecies at once.
*[[Revelation of Arès|Arès Pilgrim Movement]]
*[[Bwiti]]
*[[Byen Vidnasa]]
*[[Cao Dai]]
*[[Church Universal and Triumphant]]
*[[Huna]]
*[[Konkokyo]]
*[[Manichaeism]]
*[[Matrixism]]: [[The path of the One]]
*[[Modekngei]]
*[[Osho]]/[[Rajneesh]]ism
*[[Santo Daime]]
*[[Seicho-No-Ie]]
*[[Tenrikyo]]
*[[Universal Life Church]]
==Regional==
New religious movements with ties to local "indigenous" traditions or geographically limited influence.
===East Asian ===
====Filipino====
* [[Pulajans]]
* [[Union Espiritista Cristiana de Filipinas, Inc.]]
====Indonesian ====
* [[Parmalim]]
* [[Kejawen]]
* [[Kaharingan]]
* [[Marapu]]
* [[Santri]]
* [[Abangan]]
* [[Subud]]
====Japanese ====
* [[Aum Shinrikyo]] ([[Aleph]])
* [[Church of World Messianity]]
* [[Ho No Hana]]
* [[Kofuku no Kagaku]]
* [[Makuya]]
* [[Oomoto]]
* [[Pana Wave]]
* [[Reiki]]
* [[Seicho no Ie]]
* [[Shinreikyo]]
* [[Soka Gakkai]]
* [[Sukyo Mahikari]]
====Korean ====
* [[Jeung San Do]]
* [[Juche]] (influenced by [[Communism]])
* [[Providence (religion)|Providence]]
====Taiwanese====
* [[True Buddha School]]
* [[I-Kuan Tao]]
====Vietnamese====
* [[Cao Dai]]
* [[Hoa Hao]]
* [[Quan Yin Method]]
=== Central Asian===
*[[Burkhanism]]
===Pacific===
* [[Prince Philip Movement]]
===American ===
* [[Ghost Dance]]
* [[Longhouse religion]]
* [[Native American Church]]
===African===
New religious movements drawing on [[traditional African religions]].
*[[Bwiti]]
*[[Mungiki]]
====Afro-American====
[[Afro-American religions]]
*[[Santo Daime]] ([[entheogen]]ic [[folk Catholicism]] and [[Spiritism]], Brazil),
*[[Nation of Islam]] ([[Islam]], USA)
*[[Rastafari Movement]] ("Abrahamic", Jamaica),
*[[União do Vegetal]] (Brazil, [[entheogen]]ic, since 1961)
*[[Vale do Amanhecer]] (Brazil, Spiritism, since 1965)
*[[Ausar Auset Society]] ([USA, [[Kemetism]], [[Pan-Africanism]], since 1973),
*[[Black Buddhist Community in America]] (USA, [[Buddhism]], since the 1960s)
==Western==
[[Occident|Western]] new religious movements growing out of 19th and 20th century [[Romanticism]], [[Spiritism]], [[Occultism]] or the [[New Age]] movement.
===Esoteric, spiritist ===
* [[Agni Yoga]]
* [[Antoinism]]
* [[Association for Research and Enlightenment]]
* [[Breatharianism]] (Inedia)
* [[Church Universal and Triumphant]]
* [[Direct Worship of the Actual God]]
* [[Eckankar]]
* [[Faithists of Kosmon]]
* [[Gurdjieff]]
* [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]]
* [[Kardecist Spiritism]] ([[Allan Kardec]], 1850s)
* [[Kenja]]
* [[Koreshanity]]
* [[Left Hand Path]]
* [[Order of the Solar Temple]]
* [[Ordo Templi Orientis]]
* [[Process Church|Process Church of the Final Judgement]]
* [[Ramtha's School of Enlightenment]]
* [[Silva Mind Control]]
* [[Summum]]
* [[Synanon|Church of Synanon]]
* [[Thelema]] ([[Aleister Crowley]], 1904)
* [[Theosophy]] ([[Madame Blavatsky]], 1870s)
* [[Urantia]]
* [[Zendik farm]]
===[[UFO religion|Alien-based religions]]===
*[[Aetherius Society]]
*[[Chen Tao]]
*[[Heaven's Gate (religious group)|Heaven's Gate]]
*[[Raelism]]
*[[Scientology]]
*[[Universe people]]
*[[Unarius Academy of Science]]
*[[Venatism]]
===New Age, syncretic pagan, nature-oriented ===
*[[Church of All Worlds]]
*[[Discordianism]]
*[[Neo-druidism]] ''(Some Neo-druids are eclectic, some are [[Polytheistic Reconstructionism|Reconstructionist]])''
*[[Wicca]]
**[[Alexandrian Wicca]]
**[[Dianic Wicca]] ([[Feminist Wicca]])
**[[Faery Wicca]]
**[[Feri Tradition]]
**[[Gardnerian Wicca]]
**[[Reclaiming]]
**[[Seax-Wica]]
*[[World Pantheist Movement]]
*[[Summum]]
===[[Neopaganism]] ===
*Eclectic
**[[Church of All Worlds]]
**[[Neo-druidry]]
**[[Wicca]]
***[[British Traditional Wicca]]
****[[Gardnerian Wicca]]
****[[Alexandrian Wicca]]
****[[Central Valley Wicca]]
****[[Blue Star Wicca]]
***[[Celtic Wicca]]
***[[Christian Wicca]]
**** [[Witta]]
***[[Dianic Wicca]]
**** [[McFarland Dianic]]
**** [[Faerie faith]]
***[[Faery Wicca]]
***[[Odyssean Wicca]]
***[[Seax-Wica]]
***[[Shamanistic Wicca]]
*[[Polytheistic reconstructionist]]
**[[Baltic neopaganism]]
**[[Celtic neopaganism]]
***[[Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism]]
**[[Finnish neopaganism]]
**[[Germanic neopaganism]]
***[[Asatru]]
***[[Theodism]]
**[[Hellenic neopaganism]]
**[[Judeo-Paganism]]
**[[Kemetism]]
**[[Natib Qadish]]
**[[Nova Roma|Roman neopaganism]]
**[[Slavic neopaganism]]
**[[Stregheria]]
**[[Francis' superior pagans movement of Bradninch]]
===[[Entheogen]]ic ===
''Religions based around divinely inspiring substances''
*[[União do Vegetal]]
*[[Church of the Universe]]
*[[Peyotism]]
*[[Santo Daime]]
*[[THC Ministry]]
===[[Polytheistic reconstructionism|Reconstructionist]] Neopagan===
{{see|List of Pagan traditions}}
Modern religions seeking to reconstruct and revive historical, usually pre-Christian, beliefs and practices, since the 1970s.
*Balic
**[[Dievturība]]
**[[Romuva (church)|Romuva]]
*[[Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism]]
*[[Dievturiba]]
*[[Finnish Neopaganism]]
*[[Germanic Neopaganism]]
**[[Ásatrú]]
**[[Heathenry]]
**[[Odinism]]
**[[Theodism]]
**[[Wotanism]]
*[[Hellenic Neopaganism]]
*[[Judeo-Paganism]]
*[[Kemetism]]
*[[Nova Roma|Roman Polytheistic Reconstructionism]]
*[[Stregheria]]
===Technology-oriented===
''Movements that espouse faith in technology's role in human advancement, often promising a quasi-paradisical existence as advanced artificial intelligence gradually takes over the universe.''
*[[Digital Philosophy|Digitalism]]
*[[Memetic Hinduism]]
*[[Singularitarianism]]
*[[Synaptic Buddhism]]
*[[Technopagan]]
==Supremacist religions==
New religious movements emphasizing [[racial supremacism|racial]] or [[ethnic supremacism]].
{{see|religious terrorism}}
* [[Church of Jesus Christ Christian]] ([[Aryan Nations]])
* [[Kingdom Identity Ministries]]
* [[Ku Klux Klan|Church of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan]]
* [[LaPorte Church of Christ]]
* [[Nation of Yahweh]]
* [[Nazi mysticism]] ([[Esoteric Hitlerism]])
* [[Nuwaubianism]]
* [[Nation of Islam]] (Black Muslims)
**[[Nation of Gods and Earths]]
***[[Faradian Islam]]
* [[World Church of the Creator]] ([[Creativity Movement]])
* [[Westboro Baptist Church]]
== [[Parody religion|Parody or mock religions]] ==
''Groups that poke fun at other religions or religion in general''
*[[Church of Emacs]]
*[[Church of the SubGenius]] (The cult of [[J.R. "Bob" Dobbs]])
*[[Last Thursdayism|Church of Last Thursday of Queen Maeve]]
*Fictional religions turned Parody
**[[Bokononism]]
**[[Iglesia Maradoniana]] (The cult of former Argentinian [[soccer]] player [[Diego Maradona]])
*[[Flying Spaghetti Monster|Pastafarianism]] (Flying Spaghetti Monster)
*[[Invisible Pink Unicorn]]
*[[Kibology]]
*[[Landover Baptist Church]]
*[[Frisbeetarianism]] [[George Carlin]]
=Alphabetically=
==A==
*[[A Course in Miracles]] (ACIM)
*[[Aaronic Order]]
*[[Adidam]] (The Way of the Heart) founded by [[Adi Da Samraj]]
*[[Advent Christian Church]], founded 1855<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi">{{cite book
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*[[Advent Sabbath Church]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Aetherius Society]]
*[[The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem]]
*[[Aum Shinrikyo|Aleph]], formerly known as Aum Shinrikyo.
*[[Ananda Marga|Ananda Marga Yoga Society]]
*[[Andrew Cohen]] (founder of group variously called [[Friends of Andrew Cohen Everywhere]], "evolutionary enlightenment" or "EnlightenNext")
*[[Roch Thériault|Ant hill kids]] - A group led by [[Roch Thériault]]
*[[Antoinism]] Founder Louis-Joseph Antoine died in [[1912]]
*[[Jean-Gaston Tremblay|Apostles of Infinite Love]]
*[[Assemblies of God]]- Founded in 1913
*[[Assemblies of Yahvah]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Assemblies of Yahweh]], founded 1966<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Assemblies of Yahweh (Michigan)]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[AIVV]] - [[Brahma Kumari]] Breakaway group founded by ex-BK follower Veerendra Dev Dixit
==B==
*[[Bala Sai Baba]] (founder)
*[[Alice Bailey]] founder of '''Arcane Society''' in [[1923]]
*[[Beachy Amish]] - Amish group that separated from the [[Old Order Amish]] in [[1927]].
*[[The Body of Christ]] ('''defunct''')(Extinct '''Attleboro''' group)<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University]]-Formed in [[1937]].
*[[Branch Davidians]] ('''defunct''')<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Branhamism]] founded by [[William Branham]]
*[[Bruderhof]] - Founded [[1920]]
==C==
*[[Calvary Chapel]]
*[[Cao Dai]]-Dates from [[1926]]
*[[Catholic Mariavite Church]]-Dates from [[1935]], origins in [[1906]]
*[[Celestial Church of Christ]]
*[[Channeling (mediumistic)]] related: [[Cao Dai]], [[Church Universal and Triumphant]], [[Faithists of Kosmon]], [[Urantia]], and possibly a few others.
*[[Chen Tao]] (The Right Way)
*[[Children of God]]
*[[Christadelphians]] (Began as a named group began during the [[US Civil War]]. See article)
*[[Christian and Missionary Alliance]](Began around [[1887]] as an organization, but did not and was not deemed a denomination of its own until [[1965]].)
*[[The Christian Community]] - Movement started in the 1920s
*[[Christian Identity]]
*[[Christian Science]] ([[Ma Barker|founder]] died in [[1910]])
*[[Maria Devi Christos]]-Headed a Russian group influenced by [[Great White Brotherhood]] thought.
*[[Church of All Worlds]] - Began as a fictional religion in the book [[Stranger in a Strange Land]] but currently claims 2,000+ members and tax-exempt status as an actual religious group named for the fictional one.
*[[Church of Cognizance]]-Registered in [[1994]] in Arizona and founded by Danuel Quaintance.[http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0825marijuanasacrament25-ON.html]
*[[Church of God (Abrahamic Faith)]], founded in the 1880s<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Church of God, Body of Christ]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Church of God (Cleveland, Ohio)]], founded 1974<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Church of God, International]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Church of God (Sabbatarian)]], founded 1969<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Church of God (Seventh-day)]], founded 1933<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Church of God, Seventh Era]], founded 1974<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Church of God, the Eternal]], founded 1975<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Church of the Creator]]-Founded by Dr. Grace Marama.
*[[Church of the Ancestors]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster]]
*[[The Church of God for All Nations]]
*[[Church of God, House of Prayer]]-Founded [[1939]] and incorporated in [[1966]].
*[[Church of God International]] - Name for two separate denominations, both of them apparently dating from after [[World War II]]. One is a recent splinter of the [[Worldwide Church of God]]. The other is from the [[Philippines]].
*[[Church of God with Signs Following]](founded in [[1910]] and the main [[snake handling]] church.(Original Pentecostal Church of God has a belief in picking up poisonous snakes they find in nature as a test of faith, but does not bring snakes to service)
*[[Church of Humanity]] - Non-theistic religion founded in the [[1870s]]. (Possibly defunct)
*[[Church of Jesus Christ-Christian]], part of the [[Christian Identity]] movement and affiliated with the [[Aryan Nation]]
*[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], or [[Mormonism]] related NRMs: [[Aaronic Order]], [[Church of Christ with the Elijah Message]], [[Church of Jesus Christ in Zion]](defunct), several [[Mormon fundamentalism]] groups, [[True and Living Church of Jesus Christ of Saints of the Last Days]], [[New Covenant Church of God]](created by Mormons, but since 1992 it has deemed Mormonism to be false), [[Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]], [[Jeffrey Lundgren]]'s group, and some consider all Mormonism to be an NRM.
*[[Church of the Last Testament]] - New Russian movement founded by [[Sergei Torop]]
*[[Church of the Lord (Aladura)]] - [[African Initiated Church]] with [[Pentecostal]] aspects. Started in the [[1920s]]
*[[Church of Satan]]
*[[Church of Scientology]] - established 1954
*[[Church of the SubGenius]]
*[[Church of Venatism]]
*[[Church of World Messianity]] - Japanese [[Shinshūkyō]] dating from [[1926]] or [[1935]]
*[[Church Universal and Triumphant]] affiliated with [[The Summit Lighthouse]]
*[[Concerned Christians]]
*[[Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen]]
*[[Creativity Movement]]-[[White supremacy|White supremacist]] NRM.
==D==
*[[Davidian Seventh-day Adventist Association]], founded 1935<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Destiny Church, New Zealand]]
*[[Destiny Church Groningen]]
*[[Dievturība]] founded [[1925]]
*[[Direct Worship]] ''of the Actual God'' founded [[1984]]
*[[Discordianism]]
*[[Divine Light Mission]]
*[[Divine Science]] before [[1918]] is a denomination of the [[New Thought]]
==E==
*[[Eckankar]]
*[[Efraim Movement]]
*[[Elan Vital (organization)|Elan Vital]]
*[[End Time Ministries]], founded 1970s<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Endeavor Academy]] founded by [[Charles Buell Anderson]]
*[[Epiphany Bible Students Association]], founded 1956<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Nazi mysticism#Esoteric Hitlerism|Esoteric Hitlerism]]-A primarily post-[[World War II]] branch of [[Nazi mysticism]]
==F==
*[[Falun Gong]]
*[[Children of God|The Family International]]-More popularly known as the '''Children of God.'''
*[[Faradian Islam]] (African-American social/religious movement based on teaching elements from [[W.D. Fard]], [[Elijah Muhammad]], [[Nation of Islam]], and [[The Nation of Gods and Earths]]).
*[[Federation of Damanhur]]-Neo-Pagan/New age community.
*[[Fellowship of Friends]]
*[[Fellowship of Isis]]
*[[Fellowship of Reason]] - Non-profit "ethical community" of non-theists
*[[Findhorn Foundation]]
*[[Fourth Way]] Probably before [[World War II]], based on the teachings of [[G. I. Gurdjieff]]
*[[Freedomites]] (Founded in [[1902]])
*[[Friends of the Western Buddhist Order]]
*[[Fundamentalist Christianity]] (Before the [[Treaty of Versailles]] and possibly before [[1900]] see [[Niagara Bible Conference]])
*[[Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]] - Founded before [[World War II]]; it has had persistent legal problems due to its practice of [[polygamy]] (including [[arranged marriage]]s of [[child marriage|minors]]).
==G==
*[[General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh-Day)]], founded 1906<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[General Council of the Churches of God]], founded 1950<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Germanic Neopaganism]]
*[[Gnostic Institute of Anthropology]]
*[[God's Army (revolutionary group)|God's Army]] - A [[Para-military]] group that had religious aspects.
*[[The Great Story]]
*[[Growing in Grace]] - founded by [[Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda]]
==H==
*[[Harris Movement]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[3HO|Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization (3HO)]] founded by [[Harbhajan Singh Yogi]]
*[[Heaven's Gate (religious group)|Heaven's Gate]] ('''defunct''') (members committed suicide)
*[[Hoa Hao]] - Before [[World War II]]
*[[Holy Spirit Movement]] - ('''defunct''')
*[[Ho No Hana]] - ('''possibly defunct''')(Leader is in prison for [[fraud]])
*[[House of David]] - Founded [[1902]]
*[[House of Prayer for All People]], founded 1941<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[House of Yahweh]]
*[[Society for Humanistic Judaism|Humanistic Judaism]]
*[[Huna]]
==I==
*[[I AM Movement]]
*[[Iglesia Maradoniana]], founded in [[1998]]
*[[Iglesia ni Cristo]] [[1914]] founding, but included because its new to many of the nations where it exists.
*[[I-Kuan Tao]] - Before [[World War II]]
*[[International Church of Spiritual Vision, Inc.]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[International Churches of Christ]] -[[autonomous]], [[non-denominational]] [[Christian]] [[Congregation (worship)|congregations]]
*[[International Society for Krishna Consciousness]] (ISKCON)
*[[International Church of the Foursquare Gospel]] - Founded in [[1923]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[International Peace Mission Movement]], founded by [[Father Divine]] in the [[1930s]].
==J==
*[[Jedi census phenomenon]] - started as a joke, but has at least one serious church.
*[[Jehovah's Witnesses]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Jesus Army]] - Evangelical Christian church, also called Jesus Fellowship Church or New Creation Christian Community
*[[Jesus movement]]
*[[Jesus People USA]]
*[[Jeung San Do]] - Before [[World War II]], possibly before [[World War I]]
*[[Jon Frum|Jon Frum Movement]] - Formed during, or slightly before, [[World War II]] and also arose in relation to it.
*[[Jonestown]] ('''defunct''') (members committed suicide)
*[[Judeo-Paganism]]
==K==
*[[Kabbalah Centre]]
*Kalalism
*[[Kemetic Orthodoxy]]
*[[Kemetic reconstructionism]]
*[[Kenja]]
*[[Kerista]]
*[[Kimbanguism]], founded 1921<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Kitawala]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Kofuku no Kagaku]], also known as The Institute for Research in Human Happiness
==L==
*[[Laodicean Home Missionary Movement]], founded 1955<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Latter Rain Movement]]
*[[Laymen's Home Missionary Movement]], founded 1918<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Left Hand Path]]
*[[Liberal Catholic Church International]] - ([[1942]] schism in movement from [[1916]])
*[[Lifespring]] - Status as a religion or movement disputed.
*[[Living Church of God]] - An offshoot of the [[Worldwide Church of God]].
*[[Living Enrichment Center]] - ('''defunct''') (closed due to financial scandal) A church, unclear if it was a defined movement.
*[[Lobsang Rampa]] aka ''Tuesday Lobsang Rampa'' aka ''Cyril Hoskin'' (founder)
*[[Local Church]] - [[1920s]] [[China]]
*[[Lord's Resistance Army]] - northern [[Uganda]] ([[Acholiland]])
*[[Lou de Palingboer]] (founder) - Based in the Netherlands but later moved to [[Agimont]], Belgium.
*[[Lumpa Church]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
==M==
*[[Makuya]]
*[[Malagasay Protestant Church]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Mariavite Church]] - [[1906]] or after
*[[Maria Legio (of Africa)]], founded 1963<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Masowe Apostles]], founded around the 1940s<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Mata Amritanandamayi]] - Leader of a movement within [[Hinduism]].
*[[Matrixism|Matrixism: The path of the One]]
*[[Mastsouanism]] or [[Matswa]], founded 1926<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Mbueti]], founded 1910<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Megiddo Mission]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Meher Baba]]
*[[Memetic Hinduism]]
*[[Messianic Israel Alliance]] - MIA - founded in 1999
*[[Messianic Judaism]] - Meaning the MJAA and UMJC organizations
*[[Metropolitan Community Church]]
*[[Mission de Dieu du Bougie]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Mita Congregation]] - Founded circa [[1940]]
*[[Moorish Science Temple of America]] - Founded in [[1913]]
*[[Mother Meera]] Founder of a movement within [[Hinduism]]
*[[Mouvement Croix-Koma]], founded 1964<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness]]-[[MSIA]] started in 1968, became church in 1971
*[[Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God]] ('''defunct''') (members committed suicide)
*[[Mukyōkai]] - Somewhere between [[1893]] and [[1930]]
*[[Mungiki]]
==N==
*[[Nation of Gods and Earths]]
*[[Nation of Islam]] - Before [[World War II]] originally, but reorganization in [[1978]]. (Its article has NPOV disputes, but check it for explanation of dates.) (Possibly two incarnations, one '''defunct''' and the other a revival; leader died in 1975, new leader essentially renamed version 1 and merged it into mainstream Islam; [[Louis Farrakhan]] disagreed and founded version 2 in 1978.)
*[[Nation of Yahweh]]
*[[National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.]] - Founded in [[1915]].
*[[Neopaganism]] related - The following NRMs are Neopagan to some degree: [[Ár nDraíocht Féin]], [[Church of All Worlds]], [[Dievturība]], [[Germanic Neopaganism]], [[Summum]], [[Wicca]]
*[[New Acropolis]]
*[[New Age]] related - The following have New Age influences to varying degrees: [[A Course in Miracles]], [[Andrew Cohen]], [[Findhorn Foundation]], [[Rajneesh]], [[Transcendental Meditation]]
*[[New Covenant Church of God]] - bridging [[Evangelical Christianity]] and [[Messianic Judaism]]
*[[New Thought]] related denominations: [[Unity Church]], [[Religious Science]], [[Divine Science]] and smaller independent New Thought Churches churches include [[Living Enrichment Center]], [[Psychiana]], [[Understanding Principles for Better Living Church]]
*[[New York United Sabbath Day Adventist Church]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Nuwaubians]]
==O==
*[[Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov]] (founder)
*[[Oomoto]] - Founded back in [[1892]], but activities outside [[Japan]] mostly came in the [[1920s]]
*[[William Kamm|Order of Saint Charbel]]
*[[Order of the Solar Temple]]
==P==
*[[Palmarian Catholic Church]]
*[[Pana Wave]]-Apocalyptic [[Shinshūkyō]].
*[[Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]]
*[[Pentecostalism]](present form [[1901]]-[[1906]])
*[[People's Christian Church]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Peoples Temple]] ('''defunct''')(founded [[Jonestown]], members committed suicide)
*[[Philadelphia Church of God]]
*[[Primitive Advent Christian Church]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Process Church of the Final Judgment]]
*[[Promise Keepers]]-Religious movement, but not a religion.
*[[Providence (religion)|Providence]] - founded by fugitive [[Jung Myung Seok]]
*[[Providence Industrial Mission]], founded 1898<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
== Q ==
*[[Quan Yin Method]]- A term coined by [[Suma Ching Hai]]
==R==
*[[Raëlism]]
*[[Osho|Rajneesh]]
*[[Ramtha's School of Enlightenment]]
*[[Rastafari movement]] Founded in [[1930s]], there's some ambiguity about the precise date.
*[[Redeemed Christian Church of God]]-An African Instituted Pentecostal church.
*[[Religious Science]] - Currently called '''United Church of Religious Science''' Founded in [[1926]] denomination of [[New Thought]]
*[[Rissho Kosei Kai]] - [[1938]]
==S==
*[[Sahaja Yoga]]
*[[Santo Daime]] - Possibly since [[1930s]], but not an international movement until [[1990s]]
*[[Sathya Sai Baba]] (founder)
*[[Scientific Pantheism]] - Religious organization of a specific kind of [[pantheism]].
*[[Second Adventists]], founded 1840s<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Seicho-No-Ie]] [[Shinshukyo|Japanese new religion]] founded in [[1930]], but considered new by the standards of Japanese history.
*[[Sedevacantism]] related groups: [[Palmarian Catholic Church]], [[Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen]], [[True Catholic Church]], [[David Bawden]], [[William Kamm|Order of Saint Charbel]]
*[[Self-Realization Fellowship|Self Realization Fellowship]] founded by [[Paramahansa Yogananda]] in [[1920]]<!-- included because though for being new in many of the countries where it's found-->
*[[Seventh-day Adventist Church]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Seventh-day Adventist Reform Movement]], founded 1923<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Share International]] ([[Maitreya (Share International)|Maitreya]])
*[[Shilo True Light Church of Christ]], founded 1870<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Shinreikyo]]-Founded [[1947]]
*[[Soja We Mwari]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Swami Shyam]]'s ''Shyamspace'' aka '''International Meditation Institute'''
*[[Silva Mind Control]] (Silva Method)
*[[Soka Gakkai]] Founded in [[1930]], but considered new from a Japanese historical perspective.
*[[South China Church]]
*[[Spiritualism]] related: [[Antoinism]], [[Cao Dai]], and some non-NRM African traditional religions. (Overlap with Channeling as the two are related concepts)
*[[Sri Chinmoy]] (founder)
*[[Subud]] - Movement whose status as a religion itself is debated.
*[[Sucharitism]]
*[[Sukyo Mahikari]]
*[[Summum]]
*[[Swadhyay Movement]] founded by [[Pandurang Shastri Athavale]] in 1950s and currently has an internation effect over more than 38 countries.
*[[Swami Kriyananda]] founder of '''Ananda Church of Self Realization'''
*[[Swami Roberto]]-Founder of ''Anima Universale''
*[[Synanon]] ('''defunct''')
*[[Synaptic Buddhism]]
==T==
*[[Halcyon, California|Temple of the People]]-([[1898]], in current location [[1903]])
*[[Children of God|The Family]], the new name of the ''Children of God''
*The Forum
*[[The Way International]] (The Way, The Way Ministry): Religious organization/movement founded in [[1942]], status disputed.
*[[Thelema]]
*[[Theosophy]] related: [[Liberal Catholic Church]], [[Halcyon, California|Temple of the People]],
*[[Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship]]
*[[Transcendental Meditation]] (claims non-religious, considered by various sociologists and religious studies scholars as religious)
*[[True and Living Church of Jesus Christ of Saints of the Last Days]]
*[[True Buddha School]], founded in the late 1980s by [[Lu Sheng-yen]]
*[[True Catholic Church]], a sedevacantist faction led by traditionalist [[Lucian Pulvermacher]], known as "Pope Pius XIII"
*[[The Twelve Tribes (New religious movement)|The Twelve Tribes]] aka "[[Northeast Kingdom]] Community Church", "Church in [[Island Pond, Vermont|Island Pond]]", & "The Communities"
*[[Twentieth Century Church of God]], founded 1974<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Christian Conventions|Two by Twos]] (Founded by [[1904]]) (non-denominational)
==U==
*[[UFO]] related: [[Aetherius Society]], [[Chen Tao]] (The Right Way), [[Heaven's Gate (cult)|Heaven's Gate]], [[Raelians]], [[Unarius Academy of Science]], [[Universe people]]
*[[Understanding Principles for Better Living Church]]- [[New Thought]] group founded by actress/singer [[Della Reese]] and Dr. Johnnie Colemon
*[[Unification Church]]
*[[United Church of God]]-An offshoot of the [[Worldwide Church of God]]
*[[United Seventh-day Brethren]], founded 1947<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[United Submitters International]]-
*[[Universal Church of the Kingdom of God]]-Original Portuguese name is [http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igreja_Universal_do_Reino_de_Deus Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus]. Founded in the 1970s this [[Brazil]]ian [[Pentecostal]] group is mentioned as some claim it to be the most rapidly growing faiths/movements in the world.
*[[Unity Church]] Largest of the [[New Thought]] denomination.
*[[Universal Life]] - Founder [[Gabriele Wittek]] born [[1933]]
*[[Universal Life Church]]
*[[Universal Sufism]] - Came together sometime between [[1910]] and [[1926]]
*[[Urantia]] - Sometimes considered a religious text rather than a religion itself.
==V==
*[[Vale do Amanhecer]]
*[[Vedanta Society]]-(Founder died in [[1902]], gained legal status in [[1909]])
*[[Vineyard Movement]] - A movement, its status as a denomination is disputed.
==W==
*[[Walworth Jumpers]], 1860s-1870s
*[[Weni Mwanguvu]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Westboro Baptist Church]]
*[[Wicca]]
*[[World Insight]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
*[[Worldwide Church of God]] - Founded in the early [[1930s]]<ref name="Beit-Hallahmi"/>
==Z==
*[[Zionist Churches]]-African Instituted Church movement.
=Notes=
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=References=
*Barrett, D. V. ''The New Believers - A survey of sects, cults and alternative religions'' 2001 UK, Cassell & Co. ISBN 0-304-35592-5
* [[Jeffrey K. Hadden|Hadden, Jeffrey K.]] and [[Douglas Cowan]] ''The New Religious Movements Homepage @The University of Virginia'' [http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/]
[[Category:New religious movements|*]]
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