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LATIN AMERICAN SOCIO-RELIGIOUS STUDIES PROGRAM

PROLADES

TOWARD ACLASSIFICATION SYSTEMOF RELIGIOUS GROUPS

IN THE AMERICASBY MAJOR TRADITIONS

AND FAMILY TYPES

by Clifton L. Holland

First Edition: October 30, 1993

Revised edition: April 23, 2001

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CONTENTS

1. Document #1: TOWARD A CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM OF

RELIGIOUS GROUPS IN THE AMERICAS BY MAJOR TRADITIONS

AND FAMILY TYPES 5

2. Document #2: AN ANNOTATED OUTLINE OF THE

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM OF RELIGIOUS GROUPS BY MAJOR

TRADITIONS, FAMILIES AND SUBFAMILIES WITH SPECIAL

REFERENCE TO THE AMERICAS 13

3. Document #3: AN APPLICATION OF THE CLASSIFICATION

SYSTEM TO THE STUDY OF RELIGIOUS GROUPS IN THE

CONTEXT OF THE GREATER LOS ANGELES METROPOLITAN

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Document #1:

TOWARD A CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM OF

RELIGIOUS GROUPS IN THE AMERICAS

BY MAJOR TRADITIONS AND FAMILY TYPESby Clifton L. Holland

INTRODUCTION

During the past 30 years, the author has sought to gain a clearer understanding of theorigin, growth and development of religious movements around the world. We have approachedthis study from the perspective of an evangelical missiologist ("missiology" is the study of theChristian Mission), who has attempted to understand the phenomenology of religion aided bythe social sciences.

Much of our research has been in the area of the sociology of religion, and we have focusedlargely on the Latin American and Caribbean cultural regions. One of the early results of ourresearch was The Religious Dimension in Hispanic Los Angeles: A Protestant Case Study(Pasadena, CA: William Carey Press, 1974). This study was done while the author was astudent in the School of World Mission at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California(1968-1972; M.A. in Missiology, 1974). In 1972, he moved to Costa Rica and began hismissionary career with the Latin America Mission, where he served with the InternationalInstitute for In-Depth Evangelization (INDEPTH), and later as Executive Director of theMissiological Institute of the Americas (1981-1989).

Between 1974 and 1981, the author coordinated a regional study of the ProtestantMovement in Central America, under the auspices of PROLADES (Programa Latinoamericano deEstudios Sociorreligiosos/Latin American Socio-Religious Studies Program). At that time,PROLADES was the research department of INDEPTH but this function was incorporated intoIMDELA when it was founded in 1981.

Part of the information from this regional study was published in 1982 by the MARCDivision of World Vision International, edited by Clifton L. Holland, World Christianity:Central America and the Caribbean (Monrovia, CA). The larger body of information from thisstudy remains unpublished: "A History of the Protestant Movement in Central America: 1780-1980" (Doctor of Missiology dissertation, School of World Mission, Fuller Theological Seminary,1985). The original text was written in English, but we have also produced a Spanish versionand updated the graphics to 1990 for both versions.

Since 1980 the author has done similar research in at least 15 countries of Latin Americaand the Caribbean, as well as helping with research projects sponsored by other organizations.One such project was developed as a joint venture between IDEA/PROLADES and VELA (VisiónEvangelizadora Latinoamericana/Latin American Evangelistic Vision) in Mexico City, under theleadership of Professor Galo Vázquez (Executive Director of VELA) and Dr. Peter Larson(Director of Research for VELA and Professor of Missiology at the Lomas Verdes BaptistSeminary). VELA has published a six volume series on "Protestant Church Growth in theMexico City Metro Area" (1987-1997).

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TOWARD A TYPOLOGY OF RELIGIOUS GROUPS BY FAMILY TYPES

One of the tools that we developed to aid our research has been a classification system (ortypology) of religious groups. Many of the basic elements of the current version of the typologywere adapted from J. Gordon Melton's innovative study, Encyclopedia of American Religions(Detroit, MI: Gale Publishing Company, 1978, 2nd Edition, 2 volumes; an edition by TruimphBooks, Terrytown, NY, 1991, 3 volumes; and the latest edition by Gale Research, Detroit, MI,1996, 5 edition, 1 volume).

Rather than using the traditional terminology and concepts defined by Troeltsch and hisdisciples derived from the "church-sect" dichotomy (see Troeltsch, The Social Teaching ofChristian Churches, and the writings of Weber, Wach, Becker, Yinger, Friedman and others ofthe same tradition), we have opted to follow Melton and a new tradition in the sociology ofreligion that focuses on the nature and growth of "primary religious groups." The fathers of thisnew tradition are McComas, Clark, Wilson, Kopytoff, Piepkorn and Melton, with specialreference to the North American religious context.

The innovation made by Melton was that of identifying and defining major "families ofreligious groups" within each religious "tradition," according to the sociological characteristicsof each "primary religious group" and its corresponding subculture or group culture. Meltondefines three categories of factors that have to do with the classification of "primary religiousgroups" by family types: worldview (belief system), common heritage (historical background),and lifestyle (interaction with the larger society). This implies that primary religious groupswithin a "family" have more in common among themselves than with religious groups that arenot of the same family.

However, within each "family of primary religious groups," a few notable differences mayexist that divide the members of the same family into subgroups, each with its correspondingreligious subculture. This is the case, for example, with the "Baptist Family" which can besubdivided into Calvinists, Arminians, and Restorationists. Although Melton places theAdventists within the Baptist Family, we have made the Adventist Movement a separatecategory due to its problematic historical relationship with other Protestant groups.

Although we have depended upon Melton quite heavily for the principal features of ourtypology, our fieldwork experience in Latin America and the Caribbean regions since 1970 hasled us to make modifications in Melton's typology to contextualize it for these cultural areas.Some of Melton's categories proved to be inadequate to describe the complex phenomena thatwe discovered. This was true especially regarding religious groups within the "PentecostalTradition." We found it necessary to define new "sub-families" of denominations or independentchurches, thus adding new categories to Melton's basic typology. In other cases, we decided tochange the names of some of the "families" listed by Melton for the sake of clarity: for example,the "European Free Church Family" was changed to the "Anabaptist/Mennonite Family."

It should be noted that our revised typology includes Christian Churches of differenttraditions as well as other churches and/or primary religious groups that are non-Christian.Our typology is intended to be all inclusive (global/universal) in scope, so there is room for allreligious groups to be described and included, whether or not they are "Christian."

Presented below is an overview of our classification system:

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A OLDER LITURGICAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES

A1 EASTERN ORTHODOX TRADITION

A2 WESTERN ROMAN TRADITION

B PROTESTANT MOVEMENT

C MARGINAL CHRISTIAN GROUPS

D NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS

E MULTI-RELIGIOUS GROUPS

F NON-RELIGIOUS GROUPS/POPULATION SEGMENTS

G UNCLASSIFIED GROUPS

TOWARD A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROTESTANT MOVEMENT

Our primary purpose, however, has been to concentrate on the "Protestant Movement" as asocio-religious phenomenon within the Latin American and Caribbean context; to demonstrateits diversity as well as its unity within a complex stream of consciousness that sets it apartfrom other religious movements in human history; and to define the origin and development(historical heritage) of each family and subfamily within each religious tradition, as well as thebelief system (worldview) and relationship to the larger society (lifestyle) of each group.

The final version of our typology will include a description of each denomination (primarygroup), family of denominations (family type), and general tradition (clusters of families ofdenominations) within the Protestant Movement. Hence, it will be an encyclopedia of theProtestant Movement with information on each country of Latin America and the Caribbean,including Hispanics in the USA and Canada.

This project started with a country-by-country study of the Central American region in1977-1981, and the preparation a series of reports on each Central American country where wehave classified each denomination, church association, and/or independent church based onthe families defined in this typology. These reports include a statistical analysis of the growth ofeach "tradition" and "family" within the Protestant Movement of each country (national analysis)as well as for the entire Central America region (regional analysis).

The chart shown below gives a general overview of our working definition of the ProtestantMovement, and includes the approximate initiation (or birth) dates of each "tradition" and"family."

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A CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM OF THE PROTESTANT MOVEMENT BYMAJOR TRADITIONS AND DENOMINATIONAL FAMILIES

B1.0 OLDER LITURGICAL (CLASSICAL) TRADITION, 1517-1530

B1.1 Lutheran Family (1517, 1530)

B1.2 Reformed/Presbyterian Family (1523)

B1.3 Anglican/Episcopal Family (1534)

B2.0 EVANGELICAL SEPARATIST ("FREE CHURCH") TRADITION, 1521

B2.1 Anabaptist/Mennonite Family (1521)

B2.2 Baptist Family (1610)

B2.3 Pietist Family (1670)

B2.4 Independent Fundamentalist Family (1827)

B2.5 Holiness Family (1830s)

B2.6 Restoration Movement Family (1830s)

B2.7 Other Separatist churches

B3.0 ADVENTIST TRADITION, 1836

B3.1 Millerist Family that observes Sunday (1855)

B3.2 Millerist Family that observes Saturday (1850s)

B3.3 Adventist Church of God Family (1863)

B3.4 Other Adventist churches

B4.0 PENTECOSTAL TRADITION: 1901, 1906

B4.01 Apostolic Faith Pentecostal Family (1901)

B4.02 Pentecostal Holiness Family (1906)

B4.03 Name of Jesus ("Oneness") Pentecostal Family (1907)

B4.04 Finished Work Pentecostal Family (1910)

B4.05 Sabbatical Pentecostal Family (1930s)

B4.06 Healing/Deliverance Pentecostal Family (1947)

B4.07 Latter Rain Pentecostal Family (1948)

B4.08 Charismatic/Pentecostal Family (1950s)

B4.09 Shepherding Pentecostal Family (1968)

B4.10 Word of Faith Pentecostal Family (1970s)

B4.11 Other Pentecostal churches

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B5.0 UNCLASSIFIED GROUPS

B6.0 PARA-CHURCH GROUPS/NON-DENOMINATIONAL GROUPS

SOURCE: Clifton L. Holland, IDEA/PROLADES (10/27/93)

OUR CONTINUING RESEARCH EFFORTS

We hope to continue updating our studies on Central America during the next few years,and to expand our research activities to every country of Latin America and the Caribbeanduring the 1990s, with the assistance of professors and students in programs of theological anduniversity education, together with the support and encouragement of denominational andpara-church leaders. To that end we have created a "Latin American Church Growth TaskForce," composed of a dozen representatives of educational institutions and mission agencies.This volunteer group of Latin American specialists, which had its first meeting in 1988 at FullerTheological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, is led by Clifton L. Holland (IDEA-PROLADES) andDaryl Platt (O.C. Ministries-SEPAL).

We have a growing relationship with key leaders in many countries who are involved innational and international organizations that are unifying Evangelicals around common causesthat further the Gospel of Christ, such as national Evangelical alliances and/or ministerialassociations, the Latin American Fellowship of Evangelicals (CONELA), the Latin AmericanTheological Fraternity (FTL), the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, the WorldEvangelical Fellowship (WEF), the "AD2000 and Beyond Movement" and other organizations.We will continue to network with these interdenominational groups, together withdenominational and para-church organizations, to serve the Body of Christ throughout theAmericas.

Our general focus in this document has been to present an overview of all religious groupsknown to exist in the Americas (North, Central and South America, as well as the Caribbeancultural area) in order to help us "understand our universe" in the important area of thesociology of religion. More specifically, it has been to help us define the parameters of the"Protestant Movement" and to create a greater understanding of this phenomenon in thecontext of the Americas. In order for the reader to better comprehend the global proportionalrepresentation of the world’s religions, we have included below two graphics that illustrate thedata provided by Dr. David Barrett in the International Bulletin of Missionary Research(IBMR, Vol. 20, No. 1, January 1996):

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ANNOTATED OUTLINE OF PRESENT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

Presented below is an Annotated Outline of the Classification System of Religious Groups,identifying the major traditions and family types, that we have developed under the auspices ofIDEA and its CHURCH GROWTH STUDIES PROGRAM/ PROLADES, as part of our ongoingresearch activities and studies throughout the Americas under the direction of the author.

Later we will present a more detailed computer-generated report based on this classificationsystem that will list all of the primary religious groups by family types (clascode), along withtheir respective denominational acronyms (dencode), that currently are in our database. Wewould like to emphasize that this typology is not in its final form, but rather it is a preliminaryversion, one in process. What we mean by this is that our efforts up to this point are tentative,en route, and that we are moving progressively toward a more comprehensive typology that willmore accurately and clearly describe the religious reality of the Americas, with a particularfocus on the historical development of the Protestant Movement.

The fact that this information now exists in a computer database with search codes, as partof our IDEA Church Directory Software (ICDS, version 3.2), gives us the ability to continuouslyupdate our files and to quickly and easily print out new reports that show the contents of thisgrowing database of information on religious groups in the Americas. As of August 1, 2000,this database is called RITA (Religion In The Americas) and includes information on 45countries.

Therefore, we welcome your comments and suggestions regarding the current edition of ourtypology--there have been many previous editions/versions of our classification system since1980. During the next few years, we would like to make appropriate modifications and revisionsin the database and produce an updated version of this classification system. During the nextfive years, we hope to produce an "Encyclopedia of the Protestant Movement in the Americas" inSpanish.

If you would like to receive the updated reports, or work with us on this project, pleasecontact us at our Regional Office for Latin America in San Jose, Costa Rica: prolades@racsa.co.cr

Since 1998, we have had our own Internet website where we will make available updatedinformation about this classification system, as well as reports and graphics about thecountries where we are working. Eventually, we plan to have a searchable database for all thecountries of the Latin American and Caribbean regions that will be available on our website:www.prolades.com

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Document #2

AN ANNOTATED OUTLINE OF THE

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM OF RELIGIOUS GROUPS

BY MAJOR TRADITIONS, FAMILIES AND SUBFAMILIES

WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE AMERICASCompiled by Clifton L. Holland

First Edition: October 30, 1993

(last revised on April 23, 2001)

PART A: OLDER LITURGICAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES

A1.0 EASTERN LITURGICAL CHURCHES (Hellenist/Byzantine)

General Overview: founded by the early apostles and disciples of Jesus inthe 1st century A.D. throughout the Middle East, beginning with the Dayof Pentecost (ca. 33 A.D.); the Christian Church developed an episcopalstructure of national autonomous "sees" [seat of authority, led by abishop], the most prominent of which were designated "patriarchates"[originally there were five: Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, Rome andConstantinople]; other churches [called "autocephalous" = self-governing],led by a bishop, were established in the Mediterranean, the Middle East[including Armenia], and as far east as India [Church of South India] bythe end of the First Century; after the conversion of the Roman EmperorConstantine [312 A.D.], the Christian Church was granted equal legalstatus with paganism within the Roman Empire; this led to thecelebration of the First Ecumenical Council, held in Nicaea in 325 A.D.,that included the participation of the Bishop of Rome who was given aspecial place of honor as the "patriarch" of the Church of the West[Western Roman Empire]; however, the Eastern Church has neverrecognized the supremacy of the Bishop of Rome over the variouspatriarchs of the Eastern Church; all of the ecumenical councils [325-787A.D.] were called by the Roman Emperor, not by the Bishop of Rome; itwas not until the Great Schism of 1040 that the Western Church [Romanand Latin-speaking] and the Eastern Church [Byzantine and Greek-speaking] severed the ecumenical relationship that had existed for a

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millenium and went their separate ways for the next millenium.

A1.100 EASTERN ORTHODOX TRADITION

Overview: uses the Greek Liturgy of St. Chrysostom [Eastern rite], affirmsthe authority of the seven ecumenical councils and creeds; recognizes theprimacy of the "ecumenical" patriarch of Constantinople [position ofhonor, not of power]; all the patriarches are of equal authority and nonehas the right to interfere with the work in another's territory[patriarchates]; rejects the "filioque" doctrine of the Roman CatholicChurch, the supremacy of the Bishop of Rome, celibacy of the priesthood,papal infallibility, etc.; but affirms the doctrine of "apostolic succession"that is shared equally by all the patriarchs and bishops of the EasternChurch.

A1.1100 PATRIARCHATES:

A1.1101 Constantinople ("see" of the Eastern Orthodox Churches)

A1.11011 Turkish Orthodox Church

A1.11012 Eastern Orthodox Church of Crete and the Aegean

A1.11013 Greeks of the dispersion, together with certain Russian, Ukrainian, Polishand Albanian dioceses in emigration--including the following:

** Synod of the Russian Church in exile

** The Moscow Patriarchate

** The Russian Archdiocese of Western Europe

** The Orthodox Church in America

** The Monastery of Mount Athos, Greece

** Eastern Orthodox Church of Finland

A1.1102 Alexandria (Egypt): Alexandrian Orthodox Church

A1.1103 Antioch (Damascus: includes Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and emigrants toAmerica)

A1.1104 Jerusalem/Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre

A1.1105 Church of Greece/Greek Orthodox Church

A1.1106 Church of Cyprus/Cypriot Orthodox Church

A1.1107 Church of Sinai/Monastery of St. Catherine

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A1.1200 AUTOCEPHALOUS ORTHODOX CHURCHES:

A1.1201 Albanian Orthodox Church

A1.1202 Bulgarian Orthodox Church

A1.1203 Byelorussian Orthodox Church

A1.1204 Croatian Orthodox Church

A1.1205 Cypriot Orthodox Church (see A1.1106)

A1.1206 Czechoslovakian Orthodox Church

A1.1207 Estonian Orthodox Church

A1.1208 Finnish Orthodox Church (see: A1.11013)

A1.1209 Georgian Orthodox Church

A1.1110 Greek Orthodox Church (see A1.1105)

A1.1211 Macedonian Orthodox Church

A1.1212 Orthodox Church in America (see: A1.11013)

A1.1213 Polish Orthodox Church

A1.1214 Romanian Orthodox Church

A1.1215 Russian Orthodox Church (see A1.11013)

A1.12151 Russian Orthodox Church (Old Believers)

A1.12152 Russian Orthodox Church in Exile, Diocese of North America

A1.12153 Russian Orthodox Church in Exile, Diocese of South America (underBishop Alexander of Los Angeles, CA)

A1.1216 Serbian Orthodox Church (Yugoslavia)

A1.1217 Sinai Orthodox Church (see A1.1107)

A1.1218 Slavonic Orthodox Church

A1.1219 Ukrainian Orthodox Church

A1.1300 OTHER EASTERN ORTHODOX GROUPS IN THE AMERICAS:

A1.1301 African Orthodox Church (1921, Chicago)

A1.1302 American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church (1930s,Johnston, PA)

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A1.1303 American Independent Orthodox Church (Bridges, 1976; Compton,California)

A1.1304 American Orthodox Catholic Church (Propheta, 1965; Shirley, New York)

A1.1305 Holy Eastern Orthodox Church (1927, Philadelphia)

A1.1306 Western Orthodox Church of America (1974)

A1.1307 Orthodox Catholic Church of North and South America (1969, Akron, OH;Bishop Joseph W. Alisauskas, Jr.; in 1988 the Catholic Orthodox Churchof Guatemala and Latin America--about 200,000 parishioners--becameaffiliated with this body under Bishop José Imre of Tiquisate, Guatemala;Father Andrés Giron of this Church was elected to the GuatemalanParliament and is a member of the UN Human Rights Commission)

A1.1399 Other similar groups

A1.1400 SCHISMATIC GROUPS/EASTERN ORTHODOX ORIGINS:

A1.1401 Khlysty (founded by Daniel Filppov in 1631 in Kostroma Province inRussia)

A1.1402 Doukhobors (Russian roots; led by Sabellius Kapustin in the Ukraine;Peter Verigin led a migration to Western Canada in the 1890s; namemeans "spirit wrestlers")

A1.1403 Molokans (Russian roots; founded by Simeon Uklein in the late 1800s;migration to American began in 1904; known today as the "MolokanSociety of Spiritual Jumpers")

A1.200 NON-CHALCEDONIAN ORTHODOX TRADITION

Overview: rejects the Chalcedonian Creed of 451 A.D.; separated indoctrine and culture from the Eastern and Western Churches;geographically isolated and marginalized by the spread of Islam; affirmsthe doctrine of "apostolic succession" from Jesus and the Apostles in the1st century to their own patriarchs and bishops today.

A1.2100 THE NESTORIAN FAMILY ("Church of the East")

Overview: liturgy and scriptures in Aramaic; observe seven sacraments;claim a special relationship with the Apostle Thaddeus, who visited theKingdom of Oshroene soon after Pentecost and won converts in Edessa;historically centered in Syria [Kurdistan] but spread to India and China;trace their authority to Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople, who wasdeposed by the Council of Ephesus in 431 A.D. because of his opinionsconcerning the "nature of Christ" [two natures, one human and onedivine, and separable; hence Christ was not divine, but God was living inChrist]; also reject the "Theotokos" statement that affirms that Christ was"begotten...of Mary the virgin, the God-bearer [theotokos]"; the Nestorian

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position was considered to be "heretical" by the Council of Chalcedon[451 A.D.] that defined the "orthodox" solution to this controversy in theChalcedonian Creed which was rejected by the Nestorians andMonophysites.

A1.2101 American Orthodox Church (Philippines; 1981, Los Angeles, California)

A1.2102 Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, North American Diocese(1st century in Edessa [Kurdistan]; "see" today in Damascus, Syria;1890s, Chicago)

A1.2103 Byzantine Catholic Church (1984, Los Angeles)

A1.2104 Catholic Apostolic Church in America (1950, San Francisco, California)

A1.2105 Church of the East in America (1959, Vashon, WA)

A1.2106 Church of South India (India and Ceylon, 1st century)

A1.2107 Holy Orthodox Catholic Church, Eastern and Apostolic (1938, Tarzana,CA)

A1.2108 Malankara Orthodox (Syrian) Church (1st century in India near Madras;1960s, New York City)

A1.2199 Other Nestorian Groups

A1.2200 THE MONOPHYSITE FAMILY

Overview: rejects the Chalcedonian Creed and its "orthodox" view of thenature of Christ; monophysite = "one nature" = the human and divine inChrist constituted only one nature, not two--one human and one divine.

A1.2201 Armenian Apostolic Church (1st century, Kingdom of Armenia; 1890s,New York City)

A1.22012 Armenian Church of America (1933, New York City)

A1.2202 Syrian Orthodox Church (Jabobite) of Antioch and All the East (1stcentury, Antioch; "see" now in Damascus, Syria; 1949, New Jersey)

A1.22021 Syrian Orthodox Church of Malabar (1st century, southwest India;1960s, New York City)

A1.2299 Other Monophysite Groups

A1.2300 COPTIC CHURCH FAMILY

Overview: Patriarchate of Alexandria, now located in Cairo; prior to 450A.D. the Christian Church in Egypt, the Coptic Church, was among thelargest in Christendom; but after its patriarch, Dioscurus, was deposedby the Council of Chalcedon, the Coptic believers suffered persecution by

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other Christians and later [after 640 A.D.] by the Arabs; many Copticsuse the Liturgy of St. Basil the Great [born 330 A.D.]; there is particulardevotion to the Virgin Mary.

A1.2301 Coptic Orthodox Church (Cairo, Egypt)

A1.23011 Coptic Orthodox Church in America (1962, New York)

A1.2302 Ethiopian Orthodox Church (1st century; origin traced to the conversionof the Ethiopian eunoch by Phillip; the Abyssinians became Christians inthe 4th century and were under the jurisdiction of the Coptic Church inAlexandria; "see" now in Addis Abba, Ethiopia)

A1.23021 Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Church, Diocese of North and South America(1959, New York)

A1.2399 Other Coptic Groups

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A2.0 WESTERN LITURGICAL TRADITION (Western Roman Empire)

General Overview: affirms the doctrine of "apostolic succession" fromJesus through the Apostle Peter, who became the first Bishop of Rome(ca. 64-67 A.D.; led today by the Pope [Bishop of Rome] and the College ofCardinals who elect the Pope; the "holy see" is Vatican City, near Rome;worship is centered on the liturgy and the seven sacraments [baptism,confirmation, eucharist, pennance, extreme unction, holy orders andmatrimony], the most important of which is the Mass ["eucharist" = basedon the doctrine of "transubstanciation"--belief that the bread and wineare transformed into the true real and substancial presence of the bodyand blood of Christ]; traditional Mass was conducted in Latin [Latin rite]but since the Second Vatican Council [1960s], the vernacular languagesare commonly used; the liturgical year and calendar, along with the"sacramentals" [holy water, rosaries, holy medals, etc.], sacred art, sacredmusic, prayer cycle of the Liturgy of the Hours [the Divine Office], arestrong components of tradition RCC worship.

Distinctive doctrines that separate the RCC from other Christian Groupsinclude: the infallibility of the Pope, the immaculate conception of Mary[thus, sinless], the assumption of Mary [she didn't die, but was takenbodily to heaven alive], celibacy of the clergy, the veneration of the saintsand their images, the exclusive and absolute right of the Holy CatholicChurch to interpret and understand the Scriptures, the authority of theSacred Canons [creeds] and the Church Councils [especially the Councilof Trent and the First Vatican Council] to define official doctrine andpractice, and "the primacy, not only of honor but also of jurisdiction, ofthe Roman Pontiff, successor of St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles, Vicar ofJesus Christ."

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However, since the 1960s, the reforms of Vatican II and the CatholicCharismatic Renewal Movement have brought new life and vitality to oldforms and structures within the RCC around the world, although notwithout a price: a numerical decline in clergy and members of thereligious orders, growing rebellion among the laity against official policies[for example, regarding divorce, remarriage, use of birth control methods,abortion, etc.], censorship of some Catholic priests and theologians overdoctrinal or political issues [e.g., "Charismatic Renewal" and "LiberationTheology"], and the outspoken rebellion of some of the councils of bishopsagainst decisions by the Vatican [e.g., the National Catholic Council inthe United States].

A2.100 ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH (Vatican City, a sovereign state in Italy)

Administratively, the RCC is organized into "diocese" (under the authorityof a bishop = bishopric), and the largest and most important aredesignated "archdiocese" (under the authority of an archbishop =archbishopric); diocese are grouped into provinces, regions andconferences; since the 1950s USA bishops have been organized into theNational Catholic Conference in the U.S., and in Latin America intoCELAM (Conferencia Episcopal Latinoamericana, 1955); the RCC is thelargest Christian body in the world with churches in nearly every country.

A2.200 RELIGIOUS ORDERS

General Overview: institutes of men and women of pontifical right;various ordered communities formed by priests, nuns and lay brothersand sisters carry out the work of the Church in many countries of theworld; whereas in Protestantism dissent and reform often produce new"denominations," within Roman Catholicism these creative energies areoften channeled into new religious movements within the Church ofRome; such religious orders often show all the characteristics of sectarianbodies including distinctive liturgy, theology, dress, and social zeal buttend to remain loyal to the officials of their religious order and to theBishop of Rome; there are hundreds of religious orders within the RCC;"secular" (or diocesan) priests serve in the diocese and are assigned tolocal parishes, but "religious" priests normally carry out theirassignments directly through the officials of their religious orders, as donuns and lay brothers and sisters.

A2.300 OLD CATHOLIC MOVEMENT/FAMILY

Overview: founded in Utrecht, Holland, 1870s; autonomous "Catholic"churches in Europe and the USA that affirm the Confession of Utrecht[1889] and reject the First Vatican Council's declaration of "papalinfallibility," while affirming the authority of the seven ecumenicalcouncils [held between 325-787 A.D.] and their respective creeds.

A2.301 Polish National Catholic Church (1904, Scranton, PA)

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A2.302 Polish Old Catholic Church in America (1906, primarily in New Jerseyand Massachusetts)

A2.303 North American Old Roman Catholic Church—Rogers (1916, Chicago, IL;Rev. Carmel Henry Carfora)

A2.304 North Old Catholic Church in North America, Catholicate of the West(1950, Santa Monica, CA)

A2.305 Old Catholic Church—Anglican Rite (1951, Laguna Beach, CA; hasmission work in Mexico)

A2.306 Apostolic Orthodox Old Catholic Church (1958, Chicago, IL; JorgeRodríguez; established a mission to Latin America under the name“Iglesia Católica Apostólica Ortodoxa” that exists in Colombia, Ecuador,Panama and Venezuela with about 10,000 adherents)

A2.307 Holy Catholic Apostolic Church of Puerto Rico (1961)

A2.308 North American Old Roman Catholic Church—Schweikert (1965,Chicago, IL)

A2.309 Mariavite Old Catholic Church, Province of North America (1972,Wyandotte, MI; Bishop Robert R.J.M. Zaborowski)

A2.310 Old Holy Catholic Church of the Netherlands (1970s, Montreal, Canada;1979, Vicariate of Colorado)

A2.311 American Catholic Church—Old Catholic (1986, Orange, CA; E. PaulRaible)

A2.399 Other similar churches

A2.400 OTHER CHURCHES IN THE WESTERN ROMAN TRADITION (auto-nomous, non-papal)

A2.401 Apostolic Episcopal Church, Order of the Corporate Reunion (1874,London, England; 1924, New York City; 1952, The Netherlands; USAheadquarters are now in Apple Valley, CA)

A2.402 Mexican National Catholic Church (1920s, an independent nationalisticCatholic Church was formed in Mexico following the Revolution of 1917under Bishops José Juaquín Pérez y Budar, Antonio Benicio López Sierra,and Macario López y Valdez; a sister church was formed in Los Angeles,CA, in 1928 under the name “El Hogar de la Verdad,” which later becameknown as the Old Catholic Orthodox Church of St. Augustine of theMystical Body of Christ under Bishop Alberto Luis Rodríguez y Durand)

A2.403 Catholic Church of the Apostles of the Latter Times (1935, Clemery,Lorraine, France, under Fr. Michael Collin; also known as the RenewedChurch of Jesus Christ and the Apostles of Divine Love—Order of the

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Mother of God; 1940s in Montreal, Canada, and since 1962 in St. Jovite,Quebec; mission houses have been established throughout Canada, theUSA, the West Indies and Latin America; the current leader is PopeGregory XVII)

A2.404 Independent Catholic Church in Brazil (Mons. Salomao Ferraz, 1950s?)

A2.405 Catholic Apostolic Church in Brazil (Dom Carlos Duarte Costa, 1950s?)

A2.406 Catholic Apostolic Episcopal Church, Order of the Corporate Reunion(1874, London, England; 1924, New York City; 1952, The Netherlands;USA headquarters are now in Apple Valley, CA)

A2.407 Tridentine Latin-Rite Catholic Church (1968, Spokane, WA; affiliated withthe traditional movement of Pierre Martin Ngo-Dinh-Thuc, former Bishopof Hue, Vietnam). Rejects the authority of Pope John Paul II and theinnovations of Vatican II; a mission parish was formed in Mexico in 1981under Moises Carmona and Adolfo Zamora)

A2.408 Holy Palmarian Church (1968, Troya, Spain; Clemente DominguezGómez, who claimed to have witnessed apparitions of the Blessed VirginMary). The movement spread to the USA during the 1970s; in 1975,Clemente was ordained by Pierre Martin Ngo-Dinh-Thuc during a trip toSpain; since then the movement has spread to many other countries,particularly in Latin America.

A2.409 Apostolic Episcopal Church, Order of the Corporate Reunion CatholicChurch, 1979 (uses 1928 Book of Common Prayer; see B1.33)

A2.410 Anglican Catholic Church (1979, St. Louis, MO; uses 1928 Book ofCommon Prayer; see B1.33)

A2.411 Hispanic-Brazilian Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, St. Pius X (1958,Brooklyn, NY: Mons. Héctor Gonzáles). The original name was the PuertoRican National Catholic Church, with a loose affiliation with the PolishNational Catholic Church in the USA; in 1961, the former changed itsname to the Holy Catholic Apostolic Church of Puerto Rico as an affiliateof the Russian Orthodox Church in the Americas; in 1968 Gonzálezwithdrew from the latter and formed the Western Rite Vicariate withparishes in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Brazil and the USA; thename was latter changed to the United Hispanic Old Catholic Episcopate;after several years of controversy, the official name was changed again tothat used today.

A2.412 Society of St. Pius X (1967, Mons. Marcel Lefebvre: Econe, Switzerland)During the 1970s and 1980s the movement spread to the USA andCanada, where affiliated groups were formed; the movement claims about150,000 adherents worldwide.

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A2.413 Chinese Catholic Church (Patriotic Association of Chinese Catholics,founded in 1957 in the People’s Republic of China under the Communistregime). Bishop Fu Tieshan was appointed by the State and is the leaderof about 4 million Catholics; another 10 million Catholics remain faithfulto the Pope and are under his jurisdiction.

A2.414 African-American Catholic Congregation (1989, Washington, DC; GeorgeA. Stallings, Jr.).

A2.415 Christ Catholic Church International (1993, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada,with William Donald Mullen as presiding Archbishop). Formed as amerger between several Old Catholic jurisdictions and has subsequentlygrown through further mergers; includes groups previously known as:Liberal Catholic Church of Ontario (1930s), Church of St. Francis ofAssisi (1955), Christ Catholic Church (1989), Ontario Old CatholicChurch (1962), Old Catholic Church of British Columbia (1920s).

A2.416 Reformed Apostolic Roman Catholic Church (1998, Miami, Florida;Bishop Dr. Karl Raimund Rodig). Formed among progressive priests inthe USA, Africa, Sri Lanka, and Latin America to create a place formarginalized Roman Catholics to worship and serve withoutdiscrimination. The RARCC allows priests to marry, allows women fullparticipation in the priesthood, and offers Holy Communion to all whoattend (including the excommunicated, the divorced and remarried,homosexuals, etc.). Bishops are chosen by the laity and there is anecumenical spirit of cooperation with other Christian churches, Catholicand non-Catholic. Reports about 10,000 members in the USA, about thesame amount in Africa and Sri Lanka, and a few hundred in CentralAmerica (Costa Rica has 5 churches and about 250 members).

A2.499 Other similar churches

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PART B: CHRISTIAN CHURCHES OF THE PROTESTANT MOVEMENT

General Overview: at the beginning of the 16th Century in Europe, therewere signs of general unrest against the growing power, corruption, andabuse of authority by the Papacy; the RCC was beset from within bycenturies of frustrated attempts at reform, and without by the rise ofstrong nation states along the northern border of the Old Roman Empirethat were tired of bondage to civil and religious authorities in Rome; whatstarted out as a symbolic protest by a rebellious monk in [East] Germanyin 1517, against perceived abuses by his superior officials in Rome,turned out to be the spark that ignited strong movements of religious andcivil disobedience ("protests") against "the powers that be"; it led to thebirth of the Protestant Reformation and the civil independence ofNorthern Europe; the monk was Martin Luther, an Augustinian Biblescholar and professor at the University of Wittenburg, and his "protest"included the composition of "Ninety-Five Thesis" and nailing thedocument to the door of the Castle Church at Wittenburg for the wholeworld to see.

B1.000 OLDER LITURGICAL PROTESTANT TRADITION, 1517-1530

Most were "Established" or State Churches in Europe during the earlyyears of the Protestant Movement.

B1.100 LUTHERAN FAMILY

Martin Luther, 1517: Ninety-five Thesis; 1530, Augsburg Confession;various denominations of German, Danish and Scandinavian roots;1529-1550, Welser Colony in Venezuela; Manitoba, Canada, 1619;Delaware Colony, USA, 1638.

B1.200 REFORMED/PRESBYTERIAN FAMILY

John Calvin, 1530s; defined "Reformed Theology" and established a formof church government known as "Presbyterian" -- a representativedemocracy.

B1.210 Reformed churches

Swiss, French and Dutch roots; John Calvin, Geneva, 1530s; FrenchHuguenots in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1555-1567; Florida, 1564; DutchCalvinists in New York, 1623; Dutch Reformed Church in Pernambuco,Brazil, 1624-1654.

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B1.220 Presbyterian churches

Scottish roots; John Knox, 1549; Virginia Colony, 1611; ScottishPresbyterian Colony in Panama [Darien Peninsula], 1698-1700.

B1.230 Congregational churches

English roots among Independents in 1550s; "Congregationalism" = aform of Puritanism that lies between Presbyterianism and Separatism;emerged in New England in the 1620s among the Puritan Colonists.

B1.300 ANGLICAN/EPISCOPAL FAMILY

English roots: in 1535 the Church of England or "Anglican Church"became independent of Rome under King Henry VIII; under QueenElizabeth I, the shift to Protestantism and Calvinism began: Thirty-NineArticles of Religion and The Book of Common Prayer; these documentsdefine the distinctive character of Anglicanism.

B1.310 Anglican Church

Canterbury, England: the High Church Tradition is Anglo-Catholic inorientation, and the Low Church Tradition is more Protestant incharacter; Newfoundland, 1593; Virginia Colony, 1587; Anglican priestsin Jamaica and West Indies, 1660s; missionaries of the SPG (Society forthe Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 1701) in Central America,1760s: Belize, Honduras [Black River/Río Sico] and Nicaragua[Blewfields].

B1.320 Protestant Episcopal Church

New York: represents the Anglican tradition in the USA, founded 1789;new name since 1967 = "The Episcopal Church."

B1.330 Anglican Catholic Church

1977, St. Louis, MO; a protest movement within the Protestant EpiscopalChurch against the modernization of the Church, the ordination ofwomen, and the discontinuance of the "Book of Common Prayer, 1928Edition; the Hispanic Province includes dioceses in the USA (Southeastand Northeast), Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, Mexico, Guatemala andCentral America, Colombia (Atlantic Coast and the Interior), and Ecuador(Quito and Guayaquil).

B1.340 Other autonomous/independent churches that follow the Anglican/Episcopal Church tradition

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B2.00 EVANGELICAL SEPARATIST ("FREE CHURCH") TRADITION

General Overview: roots in Europe, 1520s; separatist or non-conformisttendencies; reaction against dogmatism of State Churches, hence their"anti-authoritarianism"; emphasis on the "priesthood of all believers," freeassociation of adult believers, believer's baptism, lay-oriented,volunteerism, etc.; anti-liturgical and anti-clerical.

B2.100 ANABAPTIST/MENNONITE FAMILY

Founder = Andreas Bodenstein of Carlstadt, Germany, 1521; alsoAustrian, Swiss, Dutch and Russian origins;"anabaptist" = rebaptizers;"mennonites" = followers of Menno Simons, a Dutch Catholic reformer,1536.

B2.110 Amish Churches (Swiss origins, late 1600s; followers of Jacob Amman,hence "Amish")

B2.120 Brethren Churches (German origins, Alexander Mack, 1708; PeterBecker, Germantown, PA, 1723; originally known as "Dunkers")

B2.130 Friends/Quaker Churches (English roots: George Fox, 1647; RhodeIsland Colony, 1661; William Penn, 1660s--founded the Colony ofPennsylvania)

B2.140 Mennonite Churches (German roots, 1520s: Bodenstein, Munstzer,Denck; Germantown, PA, 1683)

B2.200 BAPTIST FAMILY (English and Dutch roots, ca. 1610)

B2.210 Arminians or General Baptists

(English roots: John Smyth, 1611; Rhode Island Colony, Roger Williamsin 1639 and John Clarke in 1648).

Examples in USA: National Association of Free-Will Baptists, BaptistGeneral Conference, General Association of General Baptists, etc.

B2.220 Seventh-Day Baptists (English roots: John Trask, London, 1617)

Examples in USA: German Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, late1700s in Pennsylvania; Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, 1801 inWisconsin.

B2.230 Calvinistic or Particular Baptists

(English roots, 1630s; both pro-missionary and anti- missionary factions;Philadelphia, 1688; Philadelphia Baptist Association, 1707; EnglishBaptists sent missionaries to West Indies and Belize in early 1800s;Jamaican Baptists sent missionaries to Central America in the 1890s;Welsh Baptists in Argentina, 1865)

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Examples in USA: American Baptist Churches in the USA, ConservativeBaptist Association, Southern Baptist Convention, Primitive Baptists, etc.

B2.300 PIETIST FAMILY

(Roots in German Pietism, 1670s; founded by Phillip Jacob Spener andAugust Hermann Francke)

B2.310 French, Italian and German Free Churches (ca. 1170s)

Overview: some pre-Reformation churches later became identified withthe Protestant Reformation and were influenced by the Pietists.

B2.3101 Waldensian Church (Peter Waldo, 1170s in Italy and France; "Walden-sians" = followers of Peter Waldo; large migration to Uruguay in 1857,later to Brazil and Argentina; largest Evangelical denomination inUruguay in late 1960s)

B2.3102 Lombardi Humiliati (Milan, Italy, 1180s: "The Poor Brethren of Milan")

B2.3103 Moravian Church ("Unitas Fratrum" = Unity of the Brethren; began inPrague, Moravia [Czechoslovakia] by followers of martyred Catholicreformer Jon Hus [1369-1415]; some of Hus’ followers migrated to Saxony[now, East Germany] and settled on the estate [known as Hurrnhut] ofCount Von Zinzendorf in 1727; this group reorganized itself as “TheMoravian Brethren” and began mission work in the West Indies andDutch Guyana [1730s], later in Nicaragua [1849]; after 1735 someMoravians migrated from Saxony to the USA and settled in Georgia,Pennsylvania, and North Carolina; today the European Moravians aremainly located largely in Germany, The Netherlands and the USA;)

B2.3104 Unity of the Brethren ("Unitas Fratrum" = Unity of the Brethren; beganin Prague, Moravia [Czechoslovakia] by followers of martyred Catholicreformer Jon Hus [1369-1415]; some of the Brethren from Moravia andBohemia migration to Texas in the 1850s; this group reorganized in 1919with a new name [originally called "Evangelical Union of Bohemian andMoravian Brethren in North America].

B2.320 Methodist churches

Founded in England by John Wesley in 1739 as a revitalizationmovement within the Church of England; the first Methodist churcheswere founded in the USA at Leesburg, Virginia, in 1766; Methodist workin the USA was organized in 1784 under Bishops Thomas Coke andFrancis Asbury; mission work in West Indies by British Wesleyans,1780s; Methodists in the West Indies were opposed to slavery; British,Canadian, Australian and American subfamilies of Wesleyan origins)

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Examples in USA: United Methodist Church, African Methodist EpiscopalChurch, African Methodist Episcopal Zion, the Christian MethodistChurch, etc.

B2.330 Scandinavian "Free" Churches

(origins in Pietist renewal movement among Lutherans in Scandinaviaand USA; 1830s revival in Sweden led by Carl Olof Rosenius)

Examples in USA: Evangelical Covenant Church, 1885; Evangelical FreeChurch, 1884; Churches formed by the Evangelical AllianceMission/TEAM around the world, etc.

B2.400 INDEPENDENT FUNDAMENTALIST FAMILY

(origins in Plymouth, England; founded by John N. Darby in 1827; fatherof "Dispensationalism")

EXAMPLES:

** Open Brethren (Plymouth Brethren/Christian Brethren/ChristianMissions in Many Lands)

** Exclusive/Closed Brethren (meeting places are called "Gospel Halls"("Salas Evangélicas" in Latin America)

** Central American/Mexican/Spanish evangelical churches formed bythe Central American Mission/CAM International (founded by Dr. C. I.Scofield in Dallas, TX in 1890s)

** Independent Bible Church Movement (1920s)

** Independent Fundamentalist Churches of America (Dr. R. LeeKirkland, 1930s)

** "The Church Which is Christ's Body" (founded by Maurice Johnson inLos Angeles, 1920s; mission work in El Salvador: "Christian's who meetin the name of the Lord"/"Cristianos congregados en el Nombre delSeñor")

** Local Church Movement (founded by Watchman Nee in China, 1920s;congregations known as "Little Flock," "Assembly Hall," or "Local Church;spread to Hong Kong, Philippines, Southern Asia, and the USA between1922-1972; largely within Chinese communities)

** Living Stream Ministries (1960s, Los Angeles; founded by Witness Lee,an associate of Watchman Nee; largely among Chinese but hasmissionary work in Mexico)

B2.500 HOLINESS FAMILY

General Overview: Charles Finney, 1839; a reform movement in the USA

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within the Wesleyan Tradition on the western frontier, noted for its "campmeetings" where people sought the "second blessing" of immediatesantification or holiness as a second work of God's grace--hence the term"holiness."

Examples: Free Methodist Church, Church of the Nazarene, Christianand Missionary Alliance, Church of God/Anderson, Indiana, etc.

B2.600 RESTORATION MOVEMENT (CAMPBELLITES)

General Overview: Thomas and Alexander Campbell [hence the name"Cambellites"], Barton Stone and Walter Scott founded churches inPennsylvania, Kentucky and Ohio in the 1830s for the purpose of"restoring" primitive Christianity in America; formed fellowships ofautonomous congregations that used the name "Christian Church" or"Church of Christ"; the Christian Church/Disciples of Christ [1967] is theonly denomination to be formed out of this movement; two of the largestfellowships of autonomous churches are those known as Independent.Christian Churches/Churches of Christ (instrumental and non-instrumental varieties, referring to the use or prohibition of musicalinstruments in their respective churches.

B2.700 OTHER SEPARATIST/INDEPENDENT CHURCHES

Non-Pentecostal independent churches or denominations whosehistorical origins are unknown or that are as yet unclassified due to alack of information about them.

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B3.00 ADVENTIST TRADITION

General Overview: in 1832, William Miller, a licensed Baptist preacher inNew York, announced the imminent Return of Christ to establish HisMillennial Kingdom--an earthly reign of 1,000 years--beginning onOctober 22, 1844, a date that became known as the "GreatDisappointment" to Millerites; Adventism is an example of an Americanmillennial [or "apocalyptic"] movement.

B3.01 MILLERIST FAMILY that observes Sunday (1855)

Examples:

** Advent Christian Church (1863, Charlotte, NC)

** Church of God General Conference (1869, Oregon, IL)

B3.02 MILLERIST FAMILY that observes the Sabbath (1850s, disciples ofMrs. Ellen G. White)

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Examples:

** General Conference of Seventh Day Adventists (founded in 1863, BattleCreek, Michigan; headquarters now in Washington, D.C.; mission work inWest Indies and Central America, 1890s; the Adventist Church is one ofthe largest Protestant bodies in Central America and many othercountries of Latin America).

** Seventh-Day Adventist Reform Movement (1919 in Germany; USAheadquarters in Denver, Colorado)

B3.03 CHURCH OF GOD FAMILY (1863, sabbaticists that reject theteachings of Ellen G. White)

Examples:

** Church of God (Seventh-Day) (1933, Salem, West Virginia)

** General Conference of the Church of God, Seventh Day (1866, Marion,Iowa; 1889, Stanberry, Missouri; headquarters now in Denver, Colorado)

** Church of God (Israelite), founded in Mexico City in the 1910s; hasrelated churches in Belize, Guatemala and El Salvador.

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B4.00 PENTECOSTAL TRADITION, 1901

General Oveview: Charles Parham, Topeka, Kansas, 1901; WilliamSeymour, Los Angeles, California, 1906, leader of the Azusa StreetRevival; similar outpourings of the Holy Spirit in the early 1900s werereported around the world; characterized by the "Baptism in the HolySpirit," speaking in "other tongues," and other "signs andwonders"--miracles, healings, and supernatural manifestations in thelives of ordinary people; similar to what happened in the New Testament(Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 2) on the Day of Pentecost, following thedeath and resurrection of Jesus -- hence the term "Pentecostals."

B4.01 APOSTOLIC FAITH/APOSTLES AND PROPHETS FAMILY, 1901

General Overview: rooted in the Pentecostal Revival of the early 1900s;churches were usually called "Apostolic Faith Mission" and had nodenominational structure; a fellowship of autonomous local congregationspreaching the "Apostolic Faith."

Examples: Charles Parham's "Apostolic Faith Mission" in Topeka, Kansas;William Seymour's "Apostolic Faith Gospel Mission" on Azusa Street inLos Angeles; the "Free Apostolic Movement" founded by Fredrick Mebius[an independent Canadian missionary from Vancouver, BC] who came toEl Salvador in 1904; the "Church of the Apostles and Prophets" and the

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Apostolic Church "El Aposento Alto" in El Salvador are part of thistradition.

B4.02 PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS FAMILY, 1906

General Overview: rooted in the holiness movement of the mid-1800s;many of the early Pentecostal leaders in the early 1900s were fromHoliness churches and continued to preach and teach the Holinessdoctrine in their churches.

Examples: Pentecostal Holiness Church; Church of God/Cleveland, TN;Church of God of Prophesy, etc.)

B4.03 NAME OF JESUS ("ONENESS") PENTECOSTAL FAMILY, 1907

General Overview: Parham used the "Jesus Name" formula as early as1903 and Urshan began doing the same in 1910; apparently, both theTrinitarian and the Jesus Name [or "Oneness"] formulas were used at the"Apostolic Faith Gospel Mission" [Azusa Street] in Los Angeles underSeymour; early Mexican Pentecostals began baptizing [or rebaptizing]followers in "Jesus Name" in So. California as early as 1909; the"Pentecostal Assemblies of the World" [the oldest Oneness Pentecostalgroup] held its first meeting in Los Angeles in 1907; however, acontroversy erupted in 1913 over the "Jesus Only" [or "Oneness"] issueduring the "Arroyo Seco Worldwide Camp Meeting" near Pasadena, led bythe Rev. R.E. McAlister; early leaders of the movement in Los Angeleswere Frank J. Ewart and Glenn A. Cook who rebaptized each other in"Jesus Name" in 1914 and began rebaptizing other Pentecostals with thenew formula, which made it a divisive issue among early Pentecostals.)

Examples: Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (1907; incorporated in1919); Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus, 1916 ("Iglesia dela Fe Apostólica del Pentecostés" [name chosed at first convention in1925], changed to "Asamblea Apostólica de la Fe en Cristo Jesús" at theirincorporation in 1930); Apostolic Christian Church ("Iglesia CristianaApostólica del Nombre de Jesucristo" [a split from the "ApostolicAssembly"], 1927); "Iglesia Apostólica de la Fe en Cristo Jesús" (foundedin Mexico in 1914 by Mexican Pentecostals from So. Calif.); GeneralAssembly of the Apostolic Assemblies (1917; Daniel C.O. Opperman).

B4.04 FINISHED WORK PENTECOSTAL FAMILY, 1910

General Overview: William Durham (1910, Chicago, IL) defined thedoctrine of the "Finished Work of Calvary" that appealed to many earlyPentecostals from a non-holiness background; this interpretation of theBible drew support from Calvinistic Baptists and Reformed/Presbyterianswho became Pentecostals between 1900 and 1914; when the Assembliesof God were organized in 1914 at Hot Springs, Arkansas, the newdenomination adopted this position, while rejecting the doctrinal positionof the Holiness Tradition and the “Jesus Only” position held by other

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early Pentecostal leaders.

Examples: General Council of Assemblies of God (1914), Intl. Church ofthe Foursquare Church (1923), Pentecostal Church of God of America(1919), "Prince of Peace" Evangelical Church (Guatemala, 1950s), etc.

B4.05 SABBATICAL PENTECOSTAL FAMILY, 1930s

General Overview: Pentecostal churches that observe the Sabbath(Saturday), rather than Sunday, as well as other Old Testament practices.

Examples: Association of Seventh-Day Pentecostal Assemblies,Vancouver, WA, since the early 1930s; Gideon's Band/Soldiers of theCross of Christ, founded in Havana, Cuba by "Daddy John" in 1924, andrelocated to Miami in the 1960s following the Cuban Revolution.

B4.06 DIVINE HEALING-DELIVERANCE FAMILY, 1940s

General Overview: churches born out of the evangelistic crusades ofindependent evangelists, such as William Branham, Gordon Lindsay,Evelyn Wyatt, T.L. Osborn, Oral Roberts, and A.A. Allen, beginning in the1940s; in Latin America, similar evangelistic crusades conducted byOsborne, Hicks, Melgar, Avila and others gave birth to new churches anddenominations after month-long crusades; apparently, the radicalpreaching on divine healing and casting out demons by the evangelistsand the life-style of the new converts did not fit in well with the traditionalchurches.

Examples in Costa Rica include: Crusade of Faith (La Cruzada de la Fé),Rose of Sharon Mission, Association of Christian Churches, etc.

B4.07 LATTER-RAIN PENTECOSTAL FAMILY, 1948

General Overview: this movement originated in Saskatchewan, Canada,under the leadership of George Hawtin, P.G. Hunt and Herrick Holt;characterized by an emphasis on healing and prophecy, bestowing ofspiritual gifts by laying-on-of-hands, and the emergence of modern day"apostles and prophets."

Examples: The Church of the Living Word; Elim Fellowship, Lima, NY;Elim Assemblies in Costa Rica; God's End-Time Handmaidens; GospelHarvesters Evangelistic Association; Independent Assemblies of God,International; Independent Churches of the Latter-Rain Revival, etc.

B4.08 CHARISMATIC-PENTECOSTAL FAMILY, 1950s

General Overview: the movement began as a new pentecostal experienceamong mainline Protestant leaders and churches, like Dennis Bennett atSt. Mark's Episcopal Church in Van Nuys, CA (1959-1960), and spread toother Episcopalian churches on the West Coast and Canada; later themovement spread to Baptists, Lutherans, Mennonites, Methodists and

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Presbyterians; a similar "renewal movement" began in Brazil, Colombia,Argentina and Guatemala in the late 1950s-early 1960s and spread tomany other countries during the period 1965-1975.

Examples from Latin America: Calvary Church Association and "LaFraternidad Cristiana" in Guatemala, "La Hacienda del Rey" in CostaRica, "Avance Misionero" in Puerto Rico and Honduras; in the USA,Calvary Chapel (Costa Mesa, CA), Melodyland Christian Center (Anaheim,CA), Pat Robertson of the Christian Broadcasting Network (VirginiaBeach, VA), John Wember at the Vineyard Fellowship in Anaheim, CA,etc.

B4.09 SHEPHERDING PENTECOSTAL FAMILY, 1969

General Overview: a movement led by Prince, Basham, Simpson,Mumford, Baxter, under the banner of "New Wine/Vino Nuevo" magazinepublished by Christian Growth Ministries in Fort Lauderdale, FL (foundedin 1969); characterized by an emphasis on authority, submission,discipleship and pastoring- shepherding.

Examples: in Costa Rica, The Center for Christian Development/Centropara el Desarrollo Cristiano, publishers of "Vino Nuevo."

B4.10 WORD OF FAITH PENTECOSTAL FAMILY, 1970s

General Overview: a movement led by Kenneth Hagen, Kenneth Copelandand Fred Price, beginning in the 1970s; emphasis on "name it and claimit" or the "faith confirmation" doctrine; some denominational leaders,such as Paul Yonggi Cho of Korea (Assemblies of God), have also beenlinked with this doctrine, although they are not directly associated withHagen, Copeland and Price.

Examples: International Convention of Faith Churches and Ministries,Fellowship of Inner-City Word of Faith Ministries, Crenshaw ChristianCenter in Los Angeles.

B4.11 MISC./UNCLASSIFIED PENTECOSTAL GROUPS

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B5.0 UNCLASSIFIED CHURCHES OF THE PROTESTANT MOVEMENT

B5.01 Federated Churches

B5.02 Independent Community Churches

B5.03 Metropolitan Community Churches (Gay and Lesbian oriented)

B5.04 Neighborhood Churches

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B5.05 United or Union Churches

B5.06 Independent Protestant churches (unclassified groups)

B5.07 Unclassified Protestant Churches/Denominations

B6.0 PROTESTANT PARA-CHURCH, INTER-DENOMINATIONAL OR NON-DENOMINATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

B6.1 Inter-Denominational Organizations or Service Agencies

B6.101 International Organizations or Service Agencies

B6.102 National Organizations or Service Agencies

B6.103 Regional Organizations or Service Agencies

B6.104 State-wide Organizations or Service Agencies

B6.105 Sub-regional (several counties) Organizations or Service Agencies

B6.106 County-wide Organizations or Service Agencies

B6.107 City-wide (Municipal) Organizations or Service Agencies

B6.2 Non-Denominational Service Agencies

B6.4 Non-Denominational Mission Agencies

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PART C: MARGINAL CHRISTIAN GROUPS

General Overview: sometimes called Christian "sects"; characterized ashaving some affinity with Christianity, but are non-Catholic,non-Orthodox, non-Protestant in orientation; hence the term "marginal";not only have these groups experienced the rejection of other branches ofChristianity, but they tend to be exclusive and reactionary in theirdealings with others (an exception to this rule would be theUnitarian/Universalists).

C1.00 ADVENTIST-RELATED GROUPS

C1.01 Anglo-Israelism (1850s, John Wilson, England)

C1.02 Southcottities (1801, Joanna Southcott)

C1.03 Jehovah's Witnesses (1879, Charles Taze Russell)

C1.04 Sacred Name Movement (1930s)

C1.05 Worldwide Church of God (1933, Herbert W. Armstrong)

C1.051 Associates for Scriptural Knowledge (1984, Ernest Martin)

C1.052 Church of God International (1978, Garner Ted Armstrong)

C1.06 Branch Davidian SDAs (1930, Victor Houteff)

C1.99 Other similar groups

C2.00 COMMUNAL FAMILY (4TH CENTURY A.D.)

C2.01 Monastic Communities (Europe and Middle East, beginning in the 4thCentury A.D.)

C2.02 Taborite Communities (Bohemia, 1400s)

C2.03 Munsterites (Germany, 1530s)

C2.04 Plockhoy's Commonwealth (Delaware, 1660s)

C2.05 Labadist Community (Maryland, 1680s)

C2.06 Society of the Woman in the Wilderness (PA, 1690s)

C2.07 Shaker Communities (USA, 1770s)

C2.08 Rappites (Pennsylvania, 1800s)

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C2.09 Amana Church Society (Iowa, 1850s)

C2.10 Hutterian Brethren (Germany, 1520s; USA, 1870s)

C2.99 Other communal societies: many belong in other categories/"families"

C3.00 JESUS PEOPLE FAMILY (WEST COAST OF USA, 1960s)

C3.01 Alamo Christian Foundation (Tony and Susan Alamo, 1966)

C3.02 Children of God (1969, David Berg, alias "Moses David"); since 1983known as "Family of Love"

C3.99 Other "radical" Jesus People Groups that deviated from acceptablestandards of Protestant Christianity

C4.00 LATTER-DAY SAINTS/MORMON FAMILY (1830s, JOSEPH SMITH)

C4.01 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Utah Mormons)

C4.02 Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Missouri)

C4.99 Other LDS groups:

C5.00 LIBERAL FAMILY (UNITARIAN/UNIVERSALIST, 1800S)

C6.00 NEW THOUGHT-METAPHYSICAL FAMILY (1863, PHINEAS QUIMBY)

D6.01 Christian Science Movement (Mary Baker Eddy, 1866; a disciple ofPhineas P. Quimby in New England)

** Church of Christ, Scientist (Mary Baker Eddy, 1866; Boston, MA)

** Institute of Religious Science (Ernest S. Holmes, 1916, Los Angeles,CA)

** Religious Science International (1949, Spokane, WA; formerly known as"International Association of Religious Science Churches"; Holmes-relatedgroups that did not join UCRS in 1953)

** United Church of Religious Science (1953, Los Angeles, formerlyknown as "Institute of Religious Science," founded by Ernest Holmes in1916)

** Nonaffiliated Science of Mind churches (Holmes-related)

** International Metaphysical Association (1955, New York)

D6.02 New Thought Movement (Charles & Myrtle Fillmore, 1880s)

** Unity School of Christianity (Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, 1880s:Kansas City, MO)

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** Hopkins Metaphysical Association (1887, Chicago, IL; Emma CurtisHopkins)

** Divine Science Federation International (1892)

** International Alliance of Churches of the Truth (1913)

** International New Thought Alliance (1914)

** Seicho-No-Ie (Japanese New Thought movement organized by Dr.Masaharu Taniguchi, 1930)

** Miracle Community Network (Santa Fe, NM; “A Course in Miracles,”first published in 1975, was developed by Dr. Helen Schucman,beginning in 1965)

C7.00 OTHER MARGINAL CHRISTIAN GROUPS/MOVEMENTS KNOWN TOEXIST IN THE AMERICAS, BY PLACE OF ORIGIN:

C7.01 LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN

C7.0101 Light of the World Movement/Iglesia Luz del Mundo (1926, Guadalajara,Mexico: "The Church of the Living God, Column and Pillar of Truth, Jesusthe Light of the World"; Eusebio Joaquín González, known by hisfollowers as “Aarón”)

C7.0102 Mita Congregation/Congregación Mita (1940, Puerto Rico; Juanita GarcíaPeraza, who is known as “Mita” = “Spirit of Life”; her followers are called“los Mitas”; she is believed to be the embodiment of the Holy Spirit)

C7.0103 Voice of the Cornerstone/Voz de la Pierdra Angular (1974, Cayey, PuertoRico; founded by William Soto Santiago, a disciple of William Branham,who founded a similar movement in Jeffersonville, Indiana, in 1955)

C7.0104 Israelites/Los Israelitas (1950s, Bolivia & Peru; a splinter group from theSeventh-Day Adventists in the Lake Titicaca region among the AymaraIndians; the leaders are “priests” who wear long beards and white robesimitating the priesthood of Aaron, and organize their lives aroundsacrificial worship similar to that found in the Old Testament)

C7.0105 Universal Church of the Kingdom of God/Iglesia Universal del Reino deDios (founded in Brazil by Bishop Edir Macedo; founding date unknown;also known as Fervent Prayer to the Holy Spirit/Oración Fuerte alEspíritu Santo in Colombia, Costa Rica and Nicaragua)

C7.0106 God is Love Church/Iglesia Dios es Amor (founded in Sao Paulo, Brazil byDavid Miranda; founding date unknown)

C7.0199 Others

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C7.02 NORTH AMERICA (USA & CANADA)

Examples:

** Christadelphians (1844, Richmond, VA; Dr. John Thomas; this move-ment believes and studies the Bible, but rejects the divinity of JesusChrist and the concept of the Trinity; they resemble the early Unitariansin Christology; closed communion is practiced; members do notparticipate in politics, voting, war, nor do they hold public office)

C7.03 ASIAN-PACIFIC

Examples:

** Iglesia Ni Cristo (1914, Manila, Philippines; Felix Manalo Ysugan; hisfollowers are known as Manalists; “Iglesia Ni Cristo” = Church of Christ)

C7.04 ASIA

Examples:

** Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (1950s,Korea; Sun Myung Moon; also known as “Moonies”; Melton places thisgroup in D5.0 Psychic-Spiritualist-New Age Family)

** Chundokwan Missionary Church (founded in Korea and now existsamong Koreans in Los Angeles, CA)

C7.05 AFRICA

Examples: see the Turner Collection on the African IndependentChurches at Selly Oaks Colleges, Birmingham, England.

C7.06 EUROPE

Examples:

** Moral Re-Armament/Oxford Group Movement (1930s, England)

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PART D: NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS GROUPS

D1.00 EASTERN RELIGIOUS GROUPS, PART I

D1.01 BUDDHISM

D1.0101 Asian-Indian Buddhist Groups

D1.01011 Mahayana Buddhism (Mahayana = "Greater Vehicle")

D1.01012 Theravoda Buddhism (Hinayana = "Lesser Vehicle")

D1.0102 Chinese Buddhist Groups (Pure Land sect)

D1.0103 Japanese Buddhist Groups

D1.01031 Shin Buddhism: Jodoshu and Shinshu

D1.01032 Nichiren Buddhism (1253, Nichiren; Lotus Sutra)

D1.01033 Soka Gakkai International (1930, Makiguchi Tsunesaburo)

D1.0104 Korean Buddhism

D1.0105 Southeast Asian Buddhist Groups: Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and VietNam.

D1.0106 Tibetan Buddhism

D1.0107 Zen Buddhism

D1.01071 Renzai Zen Buddhism (Lin-chi sect)

D1.01072 Soto Zen Buddhism (Ts'ao-tung sect)

D1.02 CHINESE RELIGIONS

D1.0201 Confucianism (Master K'ung, Han Dynasty, 6th Century B.C.)

D1.0202 Taoism (Lao-Tzu, 6th Century B.C.; Tao = "the Way")

D1.0203 Falun Gong/Falun Dafa (Qigong = Magical Art; a revitalization movementin China during the 1990s, which has been declared illegal bygovernment authorities; its leaders claim to have over one millionfollowers; based on primitive beliefs and practices that are as old asChinese culture; some trace its origin to the Tang Dynasty [3,000 B.C.]and earlier; a modern blend of ancient herbal medicine, meditation,

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exercise and mind-control that serves to improve one’s physicalconditioning and health, and to cultivate one’s True Being = Benti )

D1.0204 Chen Tao (“Way of Truth” or “God’s Salvation Church”); a smallTaiwanese group now in the USA.

D1.0205 Tribal religions (shamanism/magical art; see: D5.042 ANIMISM: ASIA)

D1.03 JAPANESE RELIGIONS

D1.031 Shinto (the ancient religion of Japan = “the Way of the gods”; there were13 original Shinto sects prior to World War I; the principal ones are:Honkyoku, Inari, Jinga, Jinsha and Taishakyo)

D1.032 Japanese New Religions (those founded since 1800 after contact withChristianity and Western civilization)

D1.03201 Kondo Kyo (1859, founded by Bunjiro Kawate; spread to Seattle, WA, in1919)

D1.03202 Omoto (1892, Deguchi Nao; “Teaching of the Great Origin”; now calledAizen-en = “Garden of Divine Love”).

D1.03203 Tenrikyo (1938, founded by Miki Nakayama; the largest of the NewReligions: “Teaching of Divine Wisdom”; spread to Seattle, WA, in 1927and to other West Coast cities in the USA)

D1.03204 Sekai Kyusei Kyo (“Church of World Messianity”); founded in 1934 byMokichi Okada; spread to Hawaii and California in the 1950s.

D1.032041 Mahikari (“Divine True Light”); founded in 1959 by Kotama Okada; alsohas centers in the USA and Puerto Rico.

D1.032042 Society of Johrei (1971, Japan, Korea and Brazil)

D1.03205 Perfect Liberty Kyodan (1946, Tokuchika Miki; spread to California in1960; also exists in several Latin American countries)

D1.03206 Tensho Kotai Jingu Kyo (“The Absolute God of the Universe”) or OdoruShukyo (“The Dancing Religion”); founded in 1947 by Kitamura Sayo; hascenters in 76 countries, including California, USA.

D1.03207 AUM Supreme Truth (1987, founded by Chizuo Matsumoto = Asahara)

D2.00 EASTERN RELIGIOUS GROUPS, PART II

D2.01 HINDUISM (Rig Veda, ca. 1,000 B.C.)

D2.0101 Vaishnava Hinduism (Vishnu sect)

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D2.0102 Shaiva Hinduism (Shiva sect)

D2.0103 Shakta Hinduism (Shakti sect)

D2.0104 Yoga Groups: AHIMSA Yoga School, Gnana Yoga, Kripalu Yoga, RajaYoga, Shabd Yoga, etc.

D2.0105 Other Hindu-related Groups (includes Hare Krishna, Brahma KumarisWorld Spiritual University, Self-Realization Fellowship, TranscendentalMeditation, Krishnamurti Foundation, Holy Mother Ammachi Cult, PranicHealing, Osho Meditation, Tyohar Foundation and Pacha Mama, VaisnavaMission, Vedism, etc.)

D2.02 JAINISM (Vardhamana Mahavira, 6th century B.C.)

D2.03 SIKHISM (Guru Nanak, North India, 6th century A.D.)

D2.04 SANT MAT (“the Holy Path” – India; founded by Param Sant Soami JiMaharaj, 1860s, Punjab, India)

D2.0401 Radha Soami Satsang, Beas (international headquarters in Beas, Punjab,India: founded by Baba Jaimal Singh in 1889, based on the teachings ofParam Sant Soami Ji Maharaj in Agra, India)

D2.0402 Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission (also known as Ruhani Satsang-DivineScience of the Soul; founded by Kirpal Singh in 1951 in Delhi, India)

D2.0403 ECKANKAR (Religion of the Light and Sound of God; founded by ECKmaster, Paul Twitchell, in 1965 in San Francisco, CA)

D2.0404 Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (MSIA, founded in 1971 by John-Roger Hinkins in Los Angeles, CA)

D2.0405 Master Ching Hai Mediation Association (or Supreme Master Hai;founded in the 1970s by Ching Hai Wu Shang Shih, a teacher of ShabdYoga; she was born in Vietnam; international headquarters in Mioa LiHsien, Taiwan)

D3.00 MIDDLE EASTERN RELIGIOUS GROUPS, PART I: JEWISH FAMILY

D3.01 ORTHODOX JUDAISM (12th century A.D., Moises Maimonides)

The body of Jews that remain faithful to the halaka--classical Jewish lawas derived from the written Torah and the enactments of the rabbinicsages (the oral Torah); its theology is based on the thirteen principles ofJewish faith enunciated by Moises Maimonides (12th century) who isregarded as the greatest mind in medieval Judaism; Orthodox Jews inAmerica retain older traditions of European Judaism including strictkeeping the the Sabbath, kosher food laws, special attention to tradition

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("the keeping of the exact forms of their elders"), and the learning and useof Hebrew; preliminary efforts at cooperative endeavor began in the 1880sin reaction to Reform Judaism followed by the establishment of RabbiElchanan Theological Seminary in New York (1897, now YeshivaUniversity), the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America(1898), the Union of Orthodox Rabbis (1902, Eastern European rabbis),Hebrew Theological College in Chicago (1922), and the Rabbinical Councilof America (1935, English-speaking rabbis).

D3.02 HASSIDIC ("PIOUS ONES") JUDAISM (18th century, Baal Shem Tob)

A branch of Orthodox Judaism that took form in Poland during the 18thcentury under the leadership of Israel son of Eliezer (1700-1760), knownas Baal Shem Tob ("the Master of the Good Name"); Hasidism combinedOrthodoxy with mysticism (Kabbalah = a Jewish magical system) andcharismatic leadership (ziddikim = "righteous ones" who were honored fortheir mystical powers); the movement spread quickly through Poland, theUkraine, White Russia, Romania, and Hungary; at its height it attractedabout half the Jews in Europe; some of the major Hassidic groupsflourishing today are those of Bratslav, Belz, Bobov, Ger, Lubavitch (alsoknown as "Habad"), Radzyn, and Satmar.

D3.03 REFORM JUDAISM (18th century in Central Europe)

A reform movement within Judaism that began in the 18th century inCentral Europe; its aim was to retain within Judaism people who soughta more modern and rationalistic approach and who no longer foundmeaning or inspiration in the old patterns of practice and belief; thisbecame the dominant expression of the Jewish faith in many Americancommunities beginning in the mid-19th century; a major leader wasRabbi Isaac Wise who came to America in 1846 from Bohemia; Wisefounded the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (1875) and HebrewUnion College (1877), and he was the first president of the CentralConference of American Rabbis (1889).

D3.04 CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM (1885)

This movement is indigenous to America, beginning as a reaction againstthe 1885 Pittsburgh Platform of American Reform Judaism by rabbis andscholars who were more "conservative" in their faith; its rabbinic academywas founded in New York, Jewish Theological Seminary; the strength ofthe movement is based on its adoption of the middle way betweenOrthodoxy and Reform Judaism.

D3.05 RECONSTRUCTIONIST JUDAISM (1930s, Mordecai Kaplan)

Kaplan taught for many years at the Jewish Theological Seminary, theacademy of Conservative Judaism; this tradition is one of four majordivisions within American Judaism, but for most of its existence it soughtto function as a force and influence within the three other branches; in

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the 1930s Kaplan called for the "reconstruction" of Judaism "not aroundthe synagogue but the community as a whole" and he argued thatJudaism was not so much a religion as an evolving religious civilization; itis considered to be "left-wing Conservatism"; the movement tookorganizational form with the founding of the Jewish ReconstructionistFoundation (1940), the Federation of Recontructionist congregations andHavurot (1954), a rabbinical college in Pennsylvania (1968), and theReconstructionist Rabbinical Association.

D3.06 BLACK JEWS (late 19th century in USA)

The interest among Afro-Americans to choose Judaism as an alternativeto Christianity began in the late 19th century with the discovery of theFalashas, a group of Black Jews in Ethiopia that were believed to be thedescendants of the Queen of Sheba; the origin of the Black Jewishmovement began with three leaders in northern urban Blackcommunities in the early 1900s: F.S. Cherry, William S. Crowdy, andElder Warren Roberson; during the 1920s Marcus Garvey and ArnoldJosiah Ford provided inspiration for Black nationalism (ZionRevivalism/Garveyism), both in the USA and the West Indies (primarilyJamaica); in 1935 the coronation of Haile Selassie as emperor of Ethopiagave birth to the Rastafarian movement in Jamaica led by Hibbert,Dunkley, Hinds and Howell who claimed that Selassie was the Messiah ofthe black people (see 5.02).

D3.07 MESSIANIC JEWS (1960s in the USA)

A growing number of Jews have accepted Jesus of Nazareth ("Jesua") astheir Messiah, and have formed Messianic Synagogues where Jewishsocial customs are preserved along with Jewish religious traditions;presently, we are listing Christian ("born again") Jews here in thiscategory along with a cross-reference under "Protestant" (see B4.0806 =Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations).

D3.08 OTHER JUDAISM GROUPS

D4.00 MIDDLE EASTERN RELIGIOUS GROUPS, PART II

D4.01 ZOROASTRIANISM (Persia, 7th century B.C.)

D4.0101 Classical Zorastrianism (Middle Eastern and South Asian countries; amonotheistic religion founded by Zarathrustra in Persia during the 7th

century B.C.; he taught his followers about Ahura Mazda, the oneSupreme God; emphasis is given to an ethical life based on goodthoughts, good words and good deeds, but in a context of conflict betweenopposing forces of good and evil; there is also hope in a final resurrectionof the faithful, who will live forever in a state of bliss and perfection)

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D4.0102 Mazdaznan Movement (1902, Chicago, IL): this was the first, and formany years the only, Zoroastrian group in the USA; founded by Dr.Otoman Zar-Adhusht Hanish; headquarters were moved to Los Angeles in1916, then to Encinitas, CA, in the 1980s; there is one known center inMexico.

D4.0103 Lovers of Meher Baba (1921, Poona, India): founded by Merwan SheriarIrani of Zorastrian parents; in 1925, Merwan [now called Meher Baba =“Compassionate Father”] founded a permanent colony near Ahmednagar,India, with a free hospital and clinic for the poor, and a free school forstudents of all creeds and castes; he made several trips to the USA,beginning in 1931; there are now small groups of his followers in manyWestern countries, including the USA.

D4.0104 Federation of Zoroastrian Associations in North America: during the1950s, immigrants from Iran and India came to the USA and migratedacross the continent, where some have become prominent members of thebusiness community; in 1987, a Federation was created (withheadquarters in Hinsdale, IL) to coordinate activities among the variousZoroastrian communities in the USA and Canada; there are only about200,000 Zoroastrians in the world, with about 15,000 living in NorthAmerica.

D4.02 ISLAMIC BODIES (Islam = "submission" to Allah; founded by theprophet Mohammed, Saudi Arabia, 7th century A.D.)

D4.0201 Orthodox Sunni Muslims (622 A.D., Saudi Arabia)

D4.0202 Shi'a Muslims (656 A.D., Kufa in Iraq; 4th caliph)

D4.0203 Sufism (8th century A.D.; mysticism)

D4.02031 Gurdjieffism (1922, Paris; Georgei Gurdjieff)

D4.02032 Subud (1933, Java, Indonesia; Mohammed Subuh)

D4.0204 Black Muslims (early 1900s)

D4.0205 Other Islamic Groups

D4.03 BAHA'I (1844 in Persia, now known as Iran)

Founded by Mirza Ali Muhammad (1819-1850) after his declaration in1844 that he was the Bab (“Gate”) through whom people would knowabout the advent of another messenger of God; his followers were knownas Babis (“followers of the Bab”); the Bab was martyred in 1850 in a waveof persecution; in 1852, one of his followers, Mirza Husayn-Ali (1817-1892), came to understand himself as the Holy One whom the Bab hadpredicted; in 1863, he revealed this to his close friends and familymembers, and from then on a growing number of Babis acceptedBaha’u’llah (as Husayn-Ali was called) as the Holy One and became

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Baha’is; he moved from Baghdad and finally settled at Akka in Palestine,now part of present-day Israel; after a succession of leaders, the worldheadquarters were established in Haifa, Israel, in 1957; the movement isnow governed by the Universal House of Justice, also known as theInternational Baha’i Council; the main temple in the USA, built between1912-1953, is located in Wilmette, IL; the USA Baha’i movement split intothree organizations after the death of Shoghyi Effendi in 1957; the Baha’iFaith is found in many counties of the Americas)

D4.031 Baha’i World Spiritual Assembly (1957, Haifa, Israel) and its NorthAmerican counter-part, National Spiritual Assembly in the USA(Wilmette, IL).

D4.032 Orthodox Baha’i Faith, Mother Baha’i Council of the United States (1957,Charles Mason Remey; Roswell, NM)

D4.033 Orthodox Abha World Faith, now known as the Remey Society (1961,Charles Mason Remey; first in Florence, Italy, and now in Marseille,France; reorganized in 1974 after Remey’s death by Donald Harvey andFrancis C. Spataro)

D4.034 Orthodox Baha’i Faith under the Regency (1974, Joel B. Marangella; LasVegas, NM)

D5.00 ANIMIST TRADITIONS/FAMILIES (SPIRITIST)

The term “animism” was used by Anthropologist Sir Edward Tylor (1832-1917) to denote a belief in spirit beings, which have personalities but lackphysical bodies, and that are found in a variety of forms: human andanimal souls, witches, demons, ghosts, globins, angels and other forms.Many of the “primitive peoples” of the world (as defined traditionally byAnthropologists) believe that man can control these supernatural beingsby some form of manipulation: magic portions or rituals, chants, prayers,sacrifices, etc. The person (male or female) who has special gifts ortraining to control the supernatural world is called the shaman, witch-doctor, sorcerer or priest, who may practice “white magic” (for doing good)or “black magic” (for doing evil) as the case may warrant.

In the context of Latin America and the Caribbean, where RomanCatholicism is often the predominant modern religious system in theformer Spanish, Portuguese and French colonies, Catholicism is oftenmixed with traditional religious systems (native American Indian beliefsystems or imported religious systems from Africa that accompanied theslave trade), but the common ingredient is Animism.

D5.01 Native American Indian Religions or Nativistic Movements

(each major tribe or linguistic family may have its own unique religious

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traditions or share some characteristics with other tribes or languagegroups; the shaman (chamán, sukia, brujo) is a charismatic leader whoclaims to have received religious power directly through contact with thespirit world, or the supernatural realm; his (or her) authority rests in hisability to convince the people of his power by performing supernaturalacts and declaring the messages of the spirits; he is a prophet, themouthpiece where gods and ancestors speak to men; the folk-healer ormedicine man (curandero) is a specialist in the use of herbal medicine,which is used to cure all sorts of aliments; a “nativistic movement” is onethat seeks to revitalize or restore the ancient belief system)

Examples:

++ Shoshonian Religion in the Southwestern USA

** Animistic Religions of Mexico (Aztec, Olmec, Toltec, etc.)

** Mayan Religion (Mexico & Central America)

** Cabecar-Bribri Religion (Costa Rica)

** Caribbean Pre-Colombian Religions (Arawakan and Carib)

** Chibchan Religion (Colombia and Panama)

** Inca Religion (Ecuador, Perú and Bolivia)

** Tribal Religion in the Amazon Basin

** Native American Church (1870s, Peyote Religion; 1906, Union Churchformed in Oklahoma and Nebraska; incorporated in 1918; a nativisticmovement in the USA)

** Peyote Way Church of God (1977, Willcox, AZ)

D5.02 Afro-American Nativistic Movements

D5.0201 Candomble, Macumba and Umbanda in Brazil

D5.0202 Chango Cult in Trinidad and Tobago

D5.0203 Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church (founded in Jamaica by Marcus Garvey in1914; a nativistic movement)

D5.0204 Rastafarian Movement (1920s, Jamaica; a nativistic movement)

D5.0205 Obeah and Myalism in Jamaica and West Indies

D5.0206 Pocomania and Zion Revivalism in Jamaica (nativistic movements)

D5.0207 Santería in Cuba and Puerto Rico (also in New York & Miami)

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D5.0208 Voodoo in Haiti

D5.0209 Garifuna Religion (Black Caribs, Caribbean Coast of Central America)

D5.0299 Other groups

D5.03 Latin American Nativistic Movements

D5.0301 Virgin Mary Cults: la Virgin de Guadalupe (México), la Virgin de LosAngeles (Costa Rica), La Virgin Negra de Esquipulas (Guatemala), etc.

D5.0302 Baby Jesus Cults: Niño Fidencio (México), Niño Jesús de Barlovento(Venezuela), etc.

D5.0303 María Lionza Cult in Venezuela

D5.0304 Prophet Elías Groups: Grupo Espiritualista Trinitario Mariano del ProfetaElías (México)

D5.0399 Other groups

D5.04 OTHER ANIMISTIC RELIGIONS BY CONTINENT

(These are not considered very relevant for the purposes of our study ofreligious systems in the Americas, so little attention will be given to themat this time)

D5.041 AFRICA

D5.042 ASIA

D5.043 ASIAN-PACIFIC

Examples:

** Australian & New Zealand Traditional Religions

** Cao Dai Spiritism (Viet Nam, 1926)

** Cargo Cults of the South Pacific Islands (revitalization movements)

** Hawaiian Islands Traditional Religions

** Huna Research, Inc. (1945, founded by Max Freedom Long;headquarters now located in Cape Girardeau, MO)

** Huna International (1973, Kilauea, Hawaii; a movement to restore theteaching of the Huna philosophy of ancient Hawaii as understood bySerge Kahili King; Huna means “hidden knowledge” or “secret reality”)

** Fiji Islands Traditional Religions

** Indonesian Traditional Religions (Southwestern Pacific)

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** Melanesian Traditional Religions (Western Pacific)

** Micronesian Traditional Religions (Western Pacific)

** Papua New Guinea Traditional Religions

** Philippine Islands Traditional Religions

** Polynesian Traditional Religions (Eastern Pacific)

D5.044 EUROPE (see D6.05)

D6.00 ANCIENT WISDOM FAMILY

D6.01 Gnosticism (Pre-Christian in the Middle East; Medieval period in Europe)

D6.02 Freemasonry (Middle Ages in Europe)

(an occult movement in Scotland and England in the 16th century thatemerged as the British form of revived gnosticism in Germany that wasknown as the Rosicrucian movement; modern masonry is rooted in thepost-Reformation revival of Gnostic thought and occult practice; inFrance, Freemasonry developed a distinct political character that shapeddemocratic thought underlying the French and, later, the ItalianRevolutions; because of its political alignment on the continent, it becamea serious challenge to the Roman Catholic Church, which condemnedFreemasonry in the Papal bulls of 1738 and 1751; in 1917, the RCCdeclared that anyone joining a masonic lodge was automaticallyexcommunicated)

D6.03 Rosacrucianism (Europe, 1590s)

(The name is derived from “rosa” [a rose] and “crux” [a cross], and thegeneral symbol of the occult order is a rose placed under the center of across; little is known about the movement prior to the publication ofArthur E. Waite’s book, The Real History of the Rosicrucians, in 1887;the name seems to have been unknown prior to 1598; apparently, themodern movement originated in Cassel, Germany, in 1614; some claimthat the founder was the legendary Christian Rosencreutz)

D6.031 Rosicrucian Fraternity (1861, Scotland; Paschal Beverly Randolph)

D6.032 Fraternas Rosae Crucis (1868, USA; Paschal Beverly Randolph)

(The First Supreme Lodge of the Rosicrucian Fraternity was founded inSan Francisco in 1861 by Randolph; the present organization was createdin 1863; the headquarters now are at Beverly Hall in Quakertown, PA)

D6.033 Rosicrucian Fellowship (1907, Carl Louis van Grashoff; Oceanside, CA)

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D6.034 Ancient & Mystical Order of the Rosae Crucis (AMORC)

(1915, San Jose, CA; H. Spencer Lewis)

D6.035 Lectorium Rosicrucianum (Dutch origins; Bakersfield, CA-1971)

D6.036 Other Rosacrucian Groups

D6.04 Ritual Magick (Kabbalist, 13th century in Europe; Alchemy)

D6.05 Traditional Witchcraft (known as sorcery, black magic, paganism, etc.)

Overview: there are many forms and expressions of “witchcraft” aroundthe world; for example, the Druids in England, the Celts in Ireland,Medieval sorcery in continental Europe [Teutonic Religion in Germany],Wicca [1630s to date] in the USA; also, many of the world’s “great”religions contain various forms of the occult or magical powers:Hinduism, Buddhism, Chinese religions [Tao, Confucianism, Fulan Gong,etc.), Japanese religions [Shinto and the New Religions], Islam, RomanCatholicism in Latin America and the Caribbean, etc.; see also: D5.0ANIMIST TRADITIONS/FAMILIES.

D6.06 Gardnerian Witchcraft (early 1900s, Gerold Gardner)

D6.07 Neo-Paganism (1930s)

D6.08 Satanism (1940s)

D6.09 Other Occult Orders in Latin America:

** Grand Universal Fraternity (Venezuela, 1916)

** Gnostic Christian Movement (Costa Rica)

** Universal Gnostic Movement (USA & Mexico)

** New Acropolis Cultural Association (Argentina, 1957)

D7.00 PSYCHIC-SPIRITUALIST-NEW AGE FAMILY

D7.01 Spiritualism (18th and 19th centuries in Europe and the USA)

Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) in Sweden became the first psychic-medium of importance in modern times, and he was followed in Austriaby Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815) and in France by Allan Kardec(1804-1869).

Kardec, whose birth name was Hypolyte Léon Denizard Rivail (he used apseudonym), was the father of French Spiritism (known as Spiritualismin the USA), which Kardec defined as: “the science that studies the

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origin, nature and destiny of the spirit and its relationships with thecorporal world;” the National Spiritualist Association of Churches (in theUSA) defines Spiritualism as: “the science, philosophy and religion of acontinuous life, based upon the demonstrable fact of communication bymeans of mediumship with those who live in the Spirit World.” The heartof Spiritualism is the seance, by which a medium provides a wide varietyof spirit phenomena (including levitation of objects and materialization ofspirits), and the “spirit control” speaks through the medium in a tranceto relay messages from the spirit realm.

** Society of Psychical Research (1882, England)

** British National Association of Spiritualists (1884, London)

** Brazilian Spiritualist Federation (1884, Río de Janeiro, Brazil)

** American Society of Psychical Research (1884, USA)

** National Spiritualist Association of Churches (1893, USA)

** Studievereniging voor Psychical Research/Dutch Society for PsychicalResearch (1920, Amsterdam, Holland)

** Fédération Spirites Internationale/International Spiritist Federation(1923, Paris, France; founded by Sir Authur Canon Doyle and Ernest W.Oaten; two of its first affiliated organizations were in Cuba and CostaRica)

** Panamerican Spiritualist Confederation (1946, Buenos Aires,Argentina)

D7.02 Swedenborgism (1740s, Sweden; 1878, England: Church of the NewJerusalem; 1792, Baltimore, MD, USA)

D7.03 Theosophy (Helen Petrovna Blavatsky, born in Russia and migrated to theUSA in the 1870s; together with Henry Steele Olcott, she founded theTheosophical Society in New York in 1875; Madame Blavatshy is nowrecognized as one of the most influential writers in the history of thepsychic/occult movement; today, there are numerous TheosophicalSocieties or Lodges in the USA, Europe and Latin America, includingCosta Rica.)

D7.04 Teaching Spiritualism (1880s)

D7.05 Liberal Catholic Movement (1918, Great Britain; during the 1910s,dissention arose within the Old Roman Catholic Church over the issue ofTheosophy, which was banned by the presiding bishop; however, themajority of the clergy resigned and formed the Liberal Catholic Movementin 1918; the movement spread to the USA in 1919 under Irving SteigerCooper as the regional bishop)

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D7.06 Alice Bailey Movement (1920s in California; born in England as Alice LaTrobe Bateman and active in the Church of England, Alice traveled to theUSA and became active in the Theosophy Society in Pacific Groves, CA,where she met and married Foster Bailey; however, Alice and herhusband fell out of favor with the leaders of that movement and wereexpelled in 1920; but they continued to write and teach, and in 1923 theyfounded the Arcane School in New York; after Alice’s death in 1949, themovement splintered)

D7.07 "I Am" Religious Activity Movement (Guy and Edna Ballard, 1932,Chicago, IL)

D7.08 "UFO" Groups (communication with extra- terrestrials, 1940s)

Examples:

** Universal Society Church (known as UNISOC, 1951; Los Angeles, CA)

** Aetherius Society (1954, Hollywood, CA)

** Cosmic Circle of Fellowship (1954, Chicago, IL)

** Unarius—Science of Life (1954, El Cajon, CA)

** Association of Sananda and Sanat Kumara (1954, Mt. Shasta, CA)

** Mark-Age, Inc. (1960, Fort Lauderdale, FL)

** Solar Light Retreat (1966, White City, OR)

** Blue Rose Ministry (1967, Cornville, AZ)

** Delval UFO, Inc. (1972, Ivyland, PA)

** Raelian Movement (1973, France; Claude Vorilhon, known as “Rael”)

** Semjase Silver Star Center (1975, Chatsworth, CA; American branch ofthe Free Community of Interests in the Border and Spiritual Sciences andUFO Studies, with headquarters in Hinterschmidruti, Switzerland;founded by Eduard Meier)

** Extraterrestrial Earth Mission (1986, Kihei, Hawaii)

** Heaven’s Gate (1990s, San Diego, CA)

D7.09 New Age Movement (1950s)

Although the New Age Movement did not become the dominant force inthe American psychic community until the 1980s, its origins can befound in the historical development of channeling as a phenomena in the18th and 19th centuries. However, during the 20th century, channelingbecame a major influence and introduced the ideas of reincarnation and

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karma into Spiritualist thinking. Today channels are almost universallyagreed on the ideas of evolution and reincarnation, whereby humans(fallen and trapped spirit-beings) evolve through many lifetimes toward apurer spiritual existence. Whereas earlier Spiritualist channeling groupsrelayed messages from deceased relatives and friends, the New Agegroups center on discourses by evolved spirits (some from other planetsor solar systems) speaking through the medium. During the 1950-1960s,the New Age Movement began to take shape and emerge in the USA,Britain, Korea, and Germany among others, and since the mid-1970s hasbecome a well-known religious movement.

** Inner Circle Kethra E’Da Foundation (1950s, San Diego, CA)

** Church of Scientology (1954, Los Angeles; L. Ron Hubbard)

** Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity/Unification Church/Moonies (1954, Seoul, Korea; founded by the Rev.Sun Myung Moon)

** Fellowship of Universal Guidance (1960, Los Angeles, CA)

** Cosmic Awareness Communications (1962, Olympia, WA)

** New Age Teachings (1967, Brookfield, MA)

** Fellowship of the Inner Light (1972, Atlanta, GA)

** SOL Association for Research (1974, North Canton, OH)

** Universal Life—The Inner Religion (1975, Wurzburg, Germany)

** Seth Network International (1979, Eugene, OR)

** Family of Abraham (1980s, San Antonio, TX)

** Universalia (1981, Boulder, CO)

** Spiritual Education Endeavors—The Share Network (1984, SantaClara, CA)

** Ramthas School of Enlightenment (1988, Yelm, WA)

** EarthStar Alliance (1990s, San Diego, CA)

** Foundation for the Realization of Inner Divinity (1990, White City, OR)

** Trinity Foundation (1991, Albuquerque, NM)

D8.00 OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN GROUPS UNCLASSIFIED AT THIS TIME

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PART E: INTER-RELIGIOUS GROUPS

E0.0 MULTI-RELIGIOUS GROUPS

E1.0 CHAPELS/TEMPLES (FOR ALL CREEDS)

E1.01 Hospital Chapels (for all creeds)

E1.02 Military Chapels (for all creeds)

E1.03 Prison and Jail Chapels (for all creeds)

E2.0 INTER-FAITH ORGANIZATIONS

E2.01 International

(examples: World Council of Churches, Congress on Religion, Inter-FaithCouncil, etc.)

E2.02 National (example: National Council of Protestants, Catholics & Jews,USA)

E2.03 Regional (example: Western Regional Ecumenical Council)

E2.04 State/Provincial (example: California Ecumenical Council)

E2.05 County (example: Ecumenical Council of Los Angeles Co.)

E2.06 Sub-regional (example: San Gabriel Valley Ecumenical Council)

E2.07 Municipal (example: Pasadena Ecumenical Council)

PART F: NON-RELIGIOUS GROUPS OR POPULATION SEGMENTS

F1.0 ATHEISTS

(A-Theists = those who deny the existence of God or a Supreme Being,commonly called “infidels”; however, there are different kinds of atheism:“the humanistic atheism of the young Marx, the ideological atheism ofMarx and Engels historical materialism, the scientific atheism andmaterialism of Engels, and the militant atheism of Lenin” in McGovern,Orbis Press, 1980:245; several modern nations have significantpopulation segments that identify with some form of atheism: the USSRunder Lenin and Stalin, China under Mao Tse-tung, former Eastern

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European and Southeast Asian countries under Marxist regimes, Cubaunder Castro, Mexico under the PRI party, etc.)

** Philosophical Atheism of Marx and Engels (1840s, Germany);Dialectical Materialism asserts that there is no soul or independent self,and that “religion is an opiate of the people”; Ideological Marxism opposesall forms of religious thought and organization as being “a system of ideasand moral teachings constructed to defend the interests of the capitalistclass” (Johnson, Bethany House Publishers, 1985:66)

** International Humanist and Ethical Union (1887, Utrecht, TheNetherlands; Felix Adler)

** American Humanist Association (1920s, New York)

** American Association for the Advancement of Atheism (1925, SanDiego, CA; Charles Lee Smith and Freeman Hopwood)

** American Atheits, Inc. (1963, Austin, TX; Madalyn Murray O’Hair)

** Freedom from Religion Foundation (1978, Madison, WI)

** Atheists United (1981, Sherman Oaks, CA)

F2.0 AGNOSTICS

(Definition: “If God exists, we cannot know Him” )

F3.0 THOSE WITH NO RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION

(on Religion Polls, those who respond by saying “none” or have “noresponse” to the question about their Religious Affiliation)

PART G: OTHER GROUPS/RESEARCH NEEDED

G1.0 Miscellaneous Groups

G2.0 Unclassified Groups

G3.0 Unknown Origin/Unidentified Groups

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Document #3:

TABLE OF RELIGIOUS CLASSIFICATION CODES:

GREATER LOS ANGELES METRO AREA (GLAMA)

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IDEA MINISTRIES CHURCH DIRECTORY SOFTWARE

TITLE: TABLE OF RELIGIOUS CLASSIFICATION CODES /

CORRESPONDENCE TABLE

DATABASE USED: ENGLISH DEMO/SAN GABRIEL VALLEY

(GLOBAL CLASCODE TABLE=CLASCODE.DAT)

CUSTOM REPORT FOR: ICDS USER'S MANUAL

REPORT DATE: 10/26/93

REPORT TIME: 21:21

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IDEA CHURCH DIRECTORY SOFTWARE: ICDS USER'S MANUAL / GLOBAL DATABASE

RELIGIOUS GROUP CLASSIFICATION CODES: CORRESPONDENCE TABLE

CLASCODE DESCRIPTION ACRONYM

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A0.00 OLDER LITURGICAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES OLDLT

A1.0000 EASTERN LITURGICAL CHURCHES GEALT

A1.1000 EASTERN ORTHODOX TRADITION EAOF

A1.1100 PATRIARCHATES: PATR

A1.1101 Constantinople ("see" of Eastern Orthodox Church) CGOC

A1.11011 Turkish Orthodox Church TOCH

A1.11012 Orthodox Church of Crete and the Aegean Sea OCCAS

A1.11013 Monastery of Mt. Athos, Greece MMAG

A1.11014 Synod of the Russian Church in Exile: Karlovtzy Synod SRCE

A1.11015 Moscow Patriarchate of the Eastern Orthodox Church MPEOC

A1.11016 Orthodox Church in America: N.A. Metropolia (1794, Alaska) OCAM

A1.11017 Russian Archdiocese of Western Europe: Paris Jurisdiction RAWE

A1.11018 Orthodox Church of Finland OCOF

A1.110181 Finnish Orthodox Church (1955, Upper Michigan) FINOC

A1.1102 Alexandria: Alexandrian Orthodox Church)-see A1.2301 AOC

A1.1103 Damascus: Antiochene Orthodox Church DAOC

A1.11031 Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of NA (1892) AOCANA

A1.11032 Evangelical Orthodox Church (1960s, Peter Gilquist, et al) EVANOC

A1.1104 Jerusalem: Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre JBHS

A1.1105 Church of Greece/Greek Orthodox Church COGR

A1.1106 Church of Cyprus/Cypriot Orthodox Church COCY

A1.1107 Church of Sinai/Monastery of St. Catherine COSIN

A1.1200 AUTOCEPHALOUS ORTHODOX CHURCHES: AUTOC

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A1.1201 Albanian Orthodox Church (1937) ALOC

A1.12011 Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America (1908, Newton, MA AOAA

A1.12012 Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America (1950, New York) AODA

A1.1202 Bulgarian Orthodox Church BUOC

A1.12021 Bulgarian Orthodox Church (Diocese of No. & So. America) BOCDA

A1.1203 Byelorussian Orthodox Church (1291) BYOC

A1.1204 Croatian Orthodox Church CROC

A1.1205 Cypriot Orthodox Church (see A1.1106) CYOC

A1.1206 Czechoslovakian Orthodox Church (1951) CZOC

A1.1207 Estonian Orthodox Church in Exile (1949, Sergius Samon) ESOCE

A1.1208 Finnish Orthodox Church (see A1.11018) FINOC

A1.1209 Georgian Orthodox Church (8th century) GEOC

A1.1210 Greek Orthodox Church (see A1.1105) GROC

A1.12101 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America (1864)GOANSA

A1.12102 Greek Orthodox Church, Archdiocese of Vasiloupolis (Mexico) GROCV

A1.1211 Macedonian Orthodox Church (founded 1967) MAOC

A1.1212 Orthodox Church in America (see A1.110134) ORCA

A1.1213 Polish Orthodox Church (1924) POOC

A1.1214 Romanian Orthodox Church ROOC

A1.12141 Romanian Orthodox Church in America (1902, Detroit) ROOCA

A1.1215 Russian Orthodox Church (see A1.11014) RUOC

A1.12151 Russian Orthodox Church (Old Believers) ROCOB

A1.12152 Russian Orthodox Church in the USA (1924, New York) RUOCA

A1.12153 Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (1921, New York) RUOCO

A1.1216 Serbian Orthodox Church SEOC

A1.12161 Serbian Orthodox Church in USA/Canada (1890s, Illinois) SEOCA

A1.12162 Free Serbian Orthodox Church, Diocese for USA/Canada (1890s) FSOC

A1.1217 Sinai Orthodox Church (see A1.1107) SIOC

A1.1218 Slavonic Orthodox Church SLOC

A1.12181 Autocephalous Slavonic Orthodox Catholic Church in Exile ASOCC

A1.1219 Ukrainian Orthodox Church UKOC

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A1.12191 Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA (1926, Philadelphia) UKOCA

A1.1300 OTHER EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCHES IN AMERICA OEOC

A1.1301 American Orthodox Church (Metopolitan Theodosius) AOCMT

A1.1302 African Orthodox Church (1921, Chicago; George McGuire) AFOC

A1.1303 American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Cath. Ch. (1930S) ACROGCC

A1.1304 American Independent Orthodox Church (1976, Bridges) AIOC

A1.1305 American Orthodox Catholic Church (1965, Propheta) AMOCCP

A1.1306 Holy Eastern Orthodox Church in the USA (1927, Philadelphia) HEOC

A1.1307 Western Orthodox Church in America (1974, C.D. Luther) WOCA

A1.1400 SCHISMATIC GROUPS / EASTERN ORTHODOX ORIGINS SCHEO

A1.1401 Khlysty (Russian roots: 1631) KHLY

A1.1402 Doukhobors (Russian roots; migration to Western Canada) DUKH

A1.1403 Molokan Society of Spiritual Jumpers (1800s) MSSJ

A1.2000 NON-CALCEDONIAN ORTHODOX TRADITION NOCALO

A1.2100 NESTORIAN FAMILY/CHURCH OF THE EAST NESTO

A1.2101 American Orthodox Church (Philippines; 1981, Los Angeles) AOCP

A1.2102 Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East (1890s) ACACE

A1.2103 Byzantine Catholic Church (1984, Los Angeles; Mark Miller) BYCC

A1.2104 Catholic Apostolic Church in Am. (1950, Brazil; USA, 1984) CACA

A1.2105 Church of the East in America (1959, Vashon, WA) COEA

A1.2106 Church of South India (1st century, India and Ceylon) COSI

A1.2107 Holy Orthodox Catholic Ch., Eastern and Apostolic (1938) HOCCEA

A1.2108 Malankara Orthodox (Syrian) Church (Madras, India) MOSC

A1.2109 Other Nestorian Groups ONEST

A1.2200 MONOPHYSITE FAMILY MONOP

A1.2201 Armenian Apostolic Church (1890s, New York) AAC

A1.22012 Armenian Church of America (1933, New York) ACA

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A1.2202 Syrian Orthodox Church (Jacobite) of Antioch (1949, NJ) SOCJA

A1.22021 Syrian Orthodox Church (Jacobite) of Malabar (1960s, NYC) SOCJM

A1.2203 Other Monophysite OMON

A1.2300 COPTIC FAMILY COPT

A1.2301 Coptic Orthodox Church (Cairo, Egypt) COPTE

A1.23011 Coptic Orthodox Church in America (1962, New York City) COPTA

A1.2302 Ethiopian Orthodox Church (Addis Ababba) ETHOC

A1.23021 Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Church (1959, New York City) EOCCA

A1.2303 Other Coptic Groups OCOPT

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A2.0 WESTERN ROMAN TRADITION WROMT

A2.100000 Roman Catholic Church (Vatican City) RCC

A2.100001 RCC ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON [examples] RCC-BOS

A2.100002 RCC ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO RCC-CHI

A2.100003 RCC ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES RCC-LAX

A2.100004 RCC ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI RCC-MIA

A2.100005 RCC ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS RCC-NOR

A2.100006 RCC ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK RCC-NYC

A2.100007 RCC ARCHDIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA RCC-PHI

A2.100008 RCC ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCO RCC-SFO

A2.100009 RCC ARCHDIOCESE OF ST. LOUIS RCC-SLU

A2.200000 RCC--Religious Orders [examples] RCCRO

A2.200001 Augustinians RO-AUG

A2.200002 Benedictines RO-BEN

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A2.200003 Carmelites RO-CAR

A2.200004 Dominicans RO-DOM

A2.200005 Franciscans RO-FRAN

A2.200006 Jesuits RO-JES

A2.200007 Marist Brothers RO-MAR

A2.200008 Redemptorists RO-RED

A2.200009 Salesians RO-SAL

A2.200010 Society of the Divine Word RO-SDW

A2.200011 Trappists RO-TRA

A2.200012 Vincentians RO-VIN

A2.300 OLD CATHOLIC MOVEMENT (Utrecht, 1889) OCM

A2.301 Ancient Tridentine Catholic Church (1983, Thadeus Alioto) ATCC

A2.302 Apostolic Episcopal Church (1922, Int'l HQ in Sweden) APECH

A2.303 Catholic Charismatic Church of Canada (1957, Andre Barbeau) CCARCC

A2.304 Old Catholic Church in America (1917, W.H.Francis Brothers) OCCA

A2.305 Old Catholic Church-Utrecht Succession (1977, Roy Bauer) OCCUS

A2.306 Mariavite Old Catholic Church, Prov of NA (1972, Zaborowski)MAROCC

A2.307 Mexican National Catholic Church (1926) MNCC

A2.308 North Am Old Roman Catholic Church (1916, Carmel Carfora) NAORCC

A2.309 North Am Old Roman Catholic Church-Utrecht Succ (Verostek) NAORU

A2.310 United Hispanic Old Catholic Episcopate in the Am (1958) UHOCE

A2.311 Polish National Catholic Church (1890s) PNCC

A2.312 Tridentine Old Roman Catholic Community (1976, Jones) TORCC

A2.400 INDEP WESTERN ROMAN CHURCHES IWRC

A2.401 Apostolic Church in Brazil (Mons. Salomao Ferraz, 1950s) ACBRA

A2.402 Catholic Apostolic Church in Brazil (Dom Carlos Duarte C.) CACB

A2.403 Anglican Catholic Church, 1979 (1928 Book of Common Prayer) ANGCC

A2.404 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, St. Pius X (1958) CCDPX

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A2.405 Society of Pius X (Mons. Marcel Lefebvre, Econe, Suiza) SOPX

A2.406 Other Western Catholic Independent Churches OWCIC

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B0.00 GENERAL PROTESTANT TRADITION / CHRISTIAN (1517) GENPRO

B1.0 CLASSICAL PROTESTANT TRADITION ("Established Churches") CLASPR

B1.100 LUTHERAN FAMILY

(Martin Luther, 1517-Germany, Scandinavian) LUTHER

B1.101 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1988, ALC w/LCA) ELCA

B1.102 Evangelical Lutheran Synod (Mankato, MN - 1918) ELS

B1.103 Church of the Lutheran Brethren (1900) CLB

B1.104 Church of the Lutheran Confession (1960) CLC

B1.105 Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (St. Louis, 1847) LCMS

B1.106 Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (1850) WELS

B1.107 Apostolic Lutheran Church of America (1879) ALCA

B1.108 Other Lutheran Churches OLC

B1.1081 Lutheran Churches (see "OLC" = Other Lutheran Churches) LUTH

B1.200 REFORMED/PRESBYTERIAN FAMILY (John Calvin, 1520s) REFPR

B1.2100 REFORMED CHURCHES (Swiss, German, Dutch and French roots) REFM

B1.2101 Christian Reformed Church (1859) CRC

B1.2102 Churches of God, General Conference (1825, John Winebrenner) CGGC

B1.2103 Free and Old Christian Reformed Church (1960s) FOCRC

B1.2104 Protestant Reformed Churches (1925) PRC

B1.2105 Reformed Church in America (1628) RCA

B1.2106 Reformed Church in the United States (1934) RCUS

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B1.2200 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES (Scottish roots, 1549; John Knox) PRESB

B1.2201 Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church (1822) ARPC

B1.2202 Bible Presbyterian Church (J. Gretham Machen, 1936) BPCH

B1.2203 Cumberland Presbyterian Church (1810, White's only) CPC

B1.2204 Second Cumberland Presbyterian Church (1869, Colored) SCPC

B1.2205 Evangelical Presbyterian Church (1981) EPC

B1.2206 Orthodox Presbyterian Church (1936) OPC

B1.2207 Presbyterian Church (USA) (merged 1983 = PCUSA + PCUS) PCUSA

B1.22071 Korean American Presbyterian Church (1978) KAPC

B1.2208 Presbyterian Church in America (1973) PCA

B1.22081 Korean Presbyterian Church of America (1973) KPCA

B1.2209 Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (1798) RPC

B1.2300 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES (Puritan New England roots, 1550s) CONGC

B1.2301 Congregational Churches (1620, Puritans in New England) CC

B1.2302 Conservative Congregational Christian Conference (1945) CCCC

B1.2303 The Christian Church (1819, Portsmouth, NH) TCC

B1.2304 United Church of Christ (1957) UCC

B1.23041 United Church of Christ/So. California Conference UCC-SCC

B1.2305 Congregational Churches, other (see ORPCC) CONG

B1.2400 OTHER REFORMED/PRESBYTERIAN/CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES ORPCC

B1.300 ANGLICAN/EPISCOPAL FAMILY (English roots, 1534) ANGEP

B1.301 American Episcopal Church (1968) AEPC

B1.3011 Anglican Catholic Church (1979, see A2.403 = ANGCC) ANCC

B1.302 Anglican Church of North America (1984) ACNA

B1.3021 Anglican Episcopal Church of North America (1972) AECNA

B1.3022 Anglican Church of America ACNA

B1.303 Anglican Orthodox Church AOC

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B1.304 Apostolic Episcopal Church AEC

B1.3041 Diocese of Christ The King (1978) DCTK

B1.305 Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA (New York, 1607) PEC

B1.3051 Episcopal Church in the USA (new name 1967; see B1.305) EPIS

B1.306 Reformed Episcopal Church (1873, Philadelphia) REC

B1.307 Other Anglican/Episcopal Churches OAEC

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B2.0 PROTESTANT SEPARATIST ("FREE CHURCH") TRADITION (1520's) PROST

B2.1000 ANABAPTIST/MENNONITE FAMILY (Gr, Fr, Sw & Dutch roots, 1521)ANABMF

B2.1100 AMISH CHURCHES (Swiss origins, late 1600's) AMISH

B2.1101 Beachy Amish Mennonite Conference (1923) BAMC

B2.1102 Conservative Mennonite Conference (1910) CMCON

B2.1103 Old Order Amish Mennonite Church (1862) OOAMC

B2.1104 Other Amish Churches OACH

B2.1200 BRETHREN CHURCHES (Alexander Mack, 1708, Germany) BRECH

B2.1201 Brethren in Christ Church (Ashland, OH - 1798) BCCA

B2.1202 Brethren Church (Ashland, OH - 1882) BCA

B2.1203 Church of the Brethren (Elgin, IL - 1919) CB

B2.1204 Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (Winona Lake, IN, 1939) FGBC

B2.1205 Other Brethren Churches OBRCH

B2.1300 FRIENDS/QUAKER CHURCHES (England, George Fox, 1647) FRICH

B2.13001 QUAKER CHURCHES (same as FRIENDS churches) QUAKER

B2.1301 Yearly Meeting of Friends (state conferences) YMF

B2.13011 California Yearly Meeting of Friends CYMF

B2.1302 Friends United Meeting FUM

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B2.1303 Religious Society of Friends (Conservative) RSFC

B2.1304 Religious Society of Friends (General Conference) RSFGC

B2.1305 Humanistic Society of Friends (check for correct name) HSF

B2.1400 MENNONITE CHURCHES (Germany 1520's, Bodenstein, Munstzer) MENNC

B2.1401 Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (1859) CGCM

B2.1402 Conservative Mennonite Fellowship (1956) CMF

B2.1403 Evangelical Mennonite Church (Kleine Gemeinde, 1865) EMCH

B2.1404 Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference EMMC

B2.1405 General Conference Mennonite Church (1860) GCMC

B2.1406 Old Order Mennonite Church (Jacob Wisler, 1872) OOMC

B2.1407 Mennonite Brethren Church of N.A. (1876; Hillsboro, KS) MBCNA

B2.1408 Mennonite Church (1525) MEN

B2.1409 Other Mennonite Churches/Unaffiliated OMEN

B2.200 BAPTIST FAMILY (English and Dutch roots, ca. 1610) BAPTF

B2.201 Baptist, Other (Misc/Unclassified) BMISC

B2.2100 ARMINIAN or GENERAL BAPTISTS (England, John Smyth, 1611) ARMGB

B2.2101 Baptist General Conference BGC

B2.2102 Colorado Reform Baptist Church (Denver, CO) CRBC

B2.2103 General Association of General Baptists GAGB

B2.2104 National Association of Free Will Baptists NAFWB

B2.21041 Free Will Baptist Churches (see NAFWB) FWBC

B2.2105 Primitive Baptist Churches PBC

B2.2106 United Baptist Church UBC

B2.2107 Other Arminian or General Baptists OARBAP

B2.2200 SEVENTH-DAY BAPTISTS (London, 1617) SDBAP

B2.2201 Seventh-Day Baptist General Conference SDBGC

B2.2202 Other Seventh-Day Baptists OSDB

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B2.2300 CALVINISTIC BAPTISTS (English roots, 1630's) CALVB

B2.2301 American Baptist Association ABA

B2.23011 California Association of Missionary Baptist Churches CAMBC

B2.2302 American Baptist Churches in the USA ABC

B2.2303 Baptist Bible Fellowship BBF

B2.2304 Baptist Missionary Association of America BMAA

B2.2305 Conservative Baptist Association CBA

B2.2306 General Association of Regular Baptists GARB

B2.2307 General Association of Separate Baptists GASB

B2.2308 Independent Baptist Churches IBAP

B2.2309 Nat'l Baptist Convention - USA NBC

B2.2310 Nat'l Baptist Convention of America NBCA

B2.2311 North American Baptist Association (now NABC= Conf.) NABA

B2.23111 North American Baptist Conference (was NABA = Assoc.) NABC

B2.2312 Progressive Nat'l Baptist Convention PNBC

B2.2313 Southern Baptist Convention SBC

B2.23131 Southern Baptist (see SBC = Southern Baptist Convention SB

B2.2314 Southwide Baptist Fellowship SBF

B2.2315 World Baptist Fellowship WBF

B2.2316 Other Calvinistic Baptists, Unclassified at this time OCBC

B2.2317 Baptist, Other (unclassified) BAPT

B2.300 PIETIST FAMILY (Roots in German Pietism, 1670s) PIETF

B2.3100 GERMAN FREE CHURCHES (1700's) GERFC

B2.3101 Moravian Church in America (1735) MCA

B2.3102 Unity of the Brethren (1850's, 1919) UBRE

B2.3200 METHODIST CHURCHES (England, John Wesley, 1739) METHF

B2.3201 African Methodist Episcopal Church (1784) AME

B2.3202 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (1801) AMEZ

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B2.3203 African Union (First Colored) Methodist Prot. Ch. (1850) AUMP

B2.3204 Association of Independent Methodists (1965) AIM

B2.3205 Bible Protestant Church (1940) BPC

B2.3206 Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (1870, 1922) CMEC

B2.3207 Church of the United Brethren in Chr. (1841, Huntington, IN) CUBC

B2.3208 Congregational Methodist Church (1852) CMC

B2.3209 Evangelical Congregational Church (1894, 1922) ECC

B2.3210 Evangelical Methodist Church of America (1946; Wichita, KS) EMCA

B2.32101 Evangelical United Brethren Church (1946 merger with EC) EUB

B2.3211 Methodist Protestant Church (1940) MPCH

B2.3212 Primitive Methodist Church (1811, 1829) PMCH

B2.3213 Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church (1885) RZUAC

B2.32131 Southern Methodist Church (1939) SMETH

B2.3214 Union American Methodist Episcopal Church (1850) UAMEC

B2.3215 United Christian Union (1889) UCU

B2.3216 United Methodist Church (1968) UMC

B2.32161 United Methodist Church, Calif. Pac. Conference UMC-CPC

B2.3217 United Wesleyan Methodist Church of America (1739, 1905) UWMC

B2.3218 Other Methodist Churches OMC

B2.32181 Korean Methodist Church KMC

B2.3300 SCANDINAVIAN "FREE" CHURCHES (roots in 1830s Revival) SCFCH

B2.3301 Evangelical Covenant Church in America (1873, 1885; Chicago) ECCA

B2.33011 Korean Evangelical Covenant Church KECC

B2.3302 Evangelical Free Church in America (Sweden, 1884; 1950) EFCA

B2.33021 Korean Evangelical Free Church KEFC

B2.3303 The Evangelical Alliance Mission/TEAM-related chrs TEAM

B2.400 INDEP FUNDAMENTALIST FAMILY (England, Charles Darby, 1827) INDFF

B2.401 Berean Fundamental Churches (1936) BFCH

B2.402 Plymouth Brethren Assemblies/Christian Brethren (1820s) PBA

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B2.4021 Brethren Assemblies/Christian Brethren BA

B2.403 Central American/Mexican/Spanish Churches (CAM Int'l) CAMI

B2.404 Fundamental Bible Churches FBCH

B2.406 Independent Bible Churches (Bible Church Movement, 1920s) IBCH

B2.407 Indep. Fund. Chrs. of Am. (Dr R. Lee Kirkland, 1930s) IFCA

B2.408 The Local Church Movement (China: Watchman Nee, 1920s) TLC

B2.4081 Witness Lee Movement, began in 1950s in Taiwan WLEE

B2.4082 Living Stream Ministry (Witness Lee, 1950s) LSM

B2.409 The Church Which is Christ's Body (L.A.: M. Johnson, 1925) TCWCB

B2.410 Salas Evangélicas = Gospel Halls (used in Latin America) SALAS

B2.411 Other Fundamentalist churches OFCH

B2.500 HOLINESS FAMILY (Charles Finney, 1839) HOLIF

B2.501 Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Church AWMC

B2.502 American Rescue Workers ARWK

B2.503 Apostolic Christian Churches (Nazarene) ACCN

B2.504 Bible Methodist Connection BMCON

B2.505 Christian and Missionary Alliance (1897) CMA

B2.5051 Church of Christ (Holiness) USA-1894, Jackson, MS; CP Jones COCH

B2.506 Churches of Christ in Christian Union-1909, Circleville, OH CCCU

B2.507 Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)-1880 COGA

B2.508 Churches of God (Holiness)-1914, Atlanta, GA: Burrass COGH

B2.509 Nazarene Church (use: CNAZ = Church of the Nazarene) NAZ

B2.5091 Church of the Nazarene (1895) CNAZ

B2.5092 Church of the Bible Covenant (Greenfield, IN) COBC

B2.510 Churches of God (Independent Holiness) CGIH

B2.511 Evangelical Christian Church ECCH

B2.512 Evangelical Church of North America ECNA

B2.513 Free Methodist Church of North America (1860) FMCNA

B2.514 Grace and Hope Mission GHMN

B2.516 Mount Calvary Holiness Church of America MCHCA

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B2.517 Nat'l Association of Holiness Churches NAHC

B2.518 Pillar of Fire Churches PFCH

B2.519 Salvation Army (1878, England) SARMY

B2.520 The Missionary Church TMC

B2.5201 Missionary Church (use TMC = The Missionary Church) MCH

B2.521 Triumph the Church and Kingdom of God in Christ TCKGC

B2.522 Volunteers of America (1896) VAM

B2.523 Wesleyan Church WCH

B2.5231 Wesleyan Church, So. California District Office WCH-SCD

B2.524 Other Holiness churches OHOLI

B2.600 RESTORATIONISTS/CAMPBELLITES (1832, Campbells & Stone) RESTC

B2.601 Chrstn Church/Disciples of Christ, 1832; Campbell/Stone CCDC

B2.6011 Christian Churches/Churches of Christ (PCC related) CCCOC

B2.602 Indep Christian Churches/Churches of Christ ICC

B2.6021 Companerismo de Iglesias Cristianas (PCC-instrumental) CIC

B2.603 Churches of Christ (Pepperdine, Non-Instrumental, 1906) CCNI

B2.604 Churches of Christ (One-Cup, non-instrumental) CCOC

B2.605 Churches of Christ (Liberal, Non-instrumental) CCNIL

B2.606 National Association of Free, Autonomous Churches of Christ NACC

B2.607 The Christian Congregation (1887; Monroe, North Carolina) TCCON

B2.6071 The Congregational Church (Monroe, North Carolina) TCCH

B2.608 Korean Churches of Christ (autonomous Korean-speaking) KCC

B2.609 Other Christian Churches / Churches of Christ OCC

B2.700 OTHER PROTESTANT CHURCHES-SEPARATIST TRADITION OPROSEP

B2.701 Waldensian Church (Peter Waldo; ca. 1177, France, Italy) WALDO

B2.702 Lombardi Humiliati (Milan, Italy; ca. 1180s) LOMB

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B3.000 ADVENTIST TRADITION (New York, William Miller, 1831) ADVT

B3.100 MILLERIST FAMILY (observes Sunday) MILSU

B3.101 Advent Christian Church ACC

B3.102 Church of God General Conference (Abrahamic Faith) CGGCAF

B3.200 MILLERIST FAMILY (observes the Sabbath-Ellen White) MILSA

B3.201 Seventh-Day Adventist Church, General Conference SDAGC

B3.2011 Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Pacific Union Conf. SDAGC-PUC

B3.2012 General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventist (see: SDAGC) GCSDA

B3.202 Seventh-Day Adventist Reform Movement SDARM

B3.300 CHURCH OF GOD FAMILY (1860's) COGFA

B3.301 Church of God (Adventist), Unattached Congregations (1866) CGAUC

B3.3011 Iglesia de Dios (Israelita)- Mexico City, 1910s IDISR

B3.302 Church of God (Seventh Day), Gen. Conf. (1889, Denver, CO) COGGC

B3.303 Seventh Day Church of God (1933, Salem, WV) SDCOG

B3.304 Worldwide Church of God (1933, Pasadena, CA; H.W. Armstrong) WCOG

B3.400 OTHER ADVENTIST CHURCHES/MOVEMENTS OADV

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B4.0 PENTECOSTAL TRADITION (Topeka, Charles Parham, 1901) PENT

B4.0100 APOSTOLIC FAITH MOVEMENT (Parham, 1901 in Topeka, Kansas) APFM

B4.0101 Apostolic Churches (England, Daniel P. Williams, 1916) APOS

B4.0102 Apostolic Faith Mission (Kansas, Chas. Parham, 1901) APMFK

B4.01021 Apostolic Faith Mission (Wm. Seymour, 1906; Los Angeles, CA) AFMLA

B4.0103 Apostolic Faith Church (England, W.O. Hutchinson, 1908) AFC

B4.0104 Apostolic Faith Mission (Oregon) AFMO

B4.0105 Church of the Apostles and Prophets (1904, El Salvador) CAPRO

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B4.01051 Iglesia de los Apostles y Profetas (1904, El Salvador) IAP

B4.0106 New Apostolic Church (England, John M. Campbell, 1828) NACH

B4.0107 Church of God of the Apostolic Faith (1914, Tulsa, OK) CGAF

B4.0199 Other Apostolic Churches OAFC

B4.0200 PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS FAMILY (Parham 1901, Seymour 1906) PENHF

B4.0201 Assembly of Christian Churches, Inc. (New York) ACCNY

B4.02011 Asamblea de Iglesias Cristianas, Inc. (same as ACCNY) AIC

B4.0202 Church of God (Cleveland, TN) COGC

B4.0203 Church of God (Original) COGOR

B4.0204 Church of God - Mountain Assembly COGMA

B4.0205 Church of God (check code, need more information) COG

B4.02051 Church of God, others (new code) COGO

B4.0206 Church of God in Christ (Memphis, 1897; Mason/Jones) CGIC

B4.02061 Church of God in Christ (International)-1969, Kansas City CGCI

B4.02062 Church of God in Christ (new) COGIC

B4.0207 Church of God of Prophecy COGP

B4.02071 Church of the Living God, Pilar & Ground of Truth (McLeod) CLGPGT

B4.02072 Church of the Living God, Pillar & Ground of Truth (??) CLG

B4.0208 Congregational Holiness Church CHCH

B4.0209 Fire-Baptized Holiness Church FBHC

B4.02091 House of God, Which is the CLGPGT, Inc. (1970, Philadelphia) HGCLG

B4.02092 House of God Which is the CLGPGT Without Controversy (K.D.) HGWC

B4.0210 Concilio Latino Americano de Iglesias Cristianas CLADIC

B4.0211 Olazabal Assembly of Latin American Churches OALAC

B4.0212 Concilio de las Iglesias Cristianas "Damasco" (NYC, 1939) CICD

B4.02121 Damascus Christian Churches (see B4.0212 = CICD) DCC

B4.0213 Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church PFWBC

B4.0214 Int'l Pentecostal Holiness Church IPHC

B4.02141 United House of Prayer UHPRA

B4.02142 Pentecostal Holiness Church (see: IPHC) PHC

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B4.0299 Other Pentecostal Holiness Groups OPHCH

B4.0300 NAME OF JESUS ("ONENESS") FAMILY (Los Angeles, 1907) NOJF

B4.0301 Apostolic Assembly of Faith in Jesus Christ (1916, 1925) AA

B4.03011 Asamblea Apostólica de la Fe en Cristo Jesus (see AA) AAFCJ

B4.03012 Iglesia Apostólica de la Fe en Cristo Jesus (1914, Mexico) IAFCJ

B4.03013 Iglesia/Asamblea Cristiana Apostólica (division, 1927) ICA

B4.0302 Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God AOHCG

B4.0303 Bible Way Church of Lord Jesus Worldwide BWCLJW

B4.0304 Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (1907, 1919) PAW

B4.0305 Pentecostal Assembly of Jesus Christ (1931) PAJC

B4.03051 Asamblea Pentecostal de Jesucristo (see PAJC) APJ

B4.0306 United Pentecostal Church, International (1945) UPCI

B4.0399 Other "Oneness" Pentecostal Groups OOPG

B4.0400 FINISHED WORK PENT. FAMILY (Chicago, Wm. Durham, 1910) FINWP

B4.0401 Assemblies of God, General Conference (Hot Springs, AR 1914) AGGC

B4.04011 Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal, Mision Int'l (Puerto Rico) IDPMI

B4.04012 Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal de NY (Puerto Rican origin) IDPNY

B4.04013 Korean Full Gospel Church KFGC

B4.04014 Assemblies of God of Brazil AGB

B4.0402 Christian Church of No. America (Chicago: Italians, 1927) CCNA

B4.0403 Christian Council of the Hispanic Pent. Ch. (see B4.04031) CCHPC

B4.04031 Concilio Cristiano de la Iglesia Pentecostal Hispana CCIPH

B4.0405 Defenders of the Faith (USA 1925, PR 1932, NYC 1944) DFE

B4.04051 Iglesia Defensores de la Fe (see B4.0405 = DFE) IDF

B4.0406 Int'l Church of the Foursquare Gospel (Los Angeles, 1923) ICFG

B4.04061 Foursquare Church (see ICFG = Int'l Ch of Foursq. Gospel) FSQ

B4.0407 Latin Am. Council of the Pent. Church of God of NY LACPCG

B4.0408 Movimiento Misionero Mundial (Puerto Rico, 1950s) MMM

B4.0409 Open Bible Standard Churches (1919, 1935 merger) OBSC

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B4.0410 Pentecostal Church of God of America (1916) PCGA

B4.0411 Victory Outreach/Alcance Victoria (1967, Sony Avergonzoni) VO

B4.04111 Alcance Victoria/Victory Outreach (see B4.0411) AV

B4.0499 Other "Finished Work" Pentecostal Groups OPWPG

B4.0500 SABBATICAL PENTECOSTAL FAMILY (1930s) SABP

B4.0501 Int'l Evang. Church of Soldiers of the Cross (Cuba 1930s) IECSC

B4.05011 Soldiers of the Cross of Christ (same as B4.051) SCC

B4.05012 Iglesia Evangélica Internacional, Soldados de la Cruz (same) IEI

B4.0502 Seventh-Day Pentecostal Church of the Living God SDPC

B4.0599 Other Sabbatical Pentecostal churches OSPC

B4.0600 DIVINE HEALING/DELIVERANCE FAMILY (1940s) DHDF

B4.0601 Christ for the Nations, Inc. (1948, Dallas, TX) CFTN

B4.0602 Full Gospel Fellowship of Churches-Ministers Int'l FGFCMI

B4.0603 Hall Deliverance Foundation HDFD

B4.0604 International Deliverance Churches IDCH

B4.0605 Katherine Kuhlman Foundation KKF

B4.0699 Other Independent Deliverance Pentecostal Groups OIDPG

B4.0700 LATTER-RAIN MOVEMENT/FAMILY (1948) LRMF

B4.0701 Elim Fellowship (Lima, NY; 1932, 1947) ELIM

B4.0702 Independent Assemblies of God Int'l (San Diego, 1951) IAGI

B4.0703 End-Time Handmaidens, Inc. (Jasper, AR) ETHM

B4.07031 God's Handmaidens of the End Times (see ETHM) GHET

B4.0799 Other Latin Rain Churches ETHM

B4.0800 CHARISMATIC-PENTECOSTAL FAMILY (1950's) CHARM

B4.0801 Association of Vineyard Churches (Anaheim, John Wimber 1983) AVCH

B4.08011 Vineyard Ministries Int'l (see B4.0801 = AVCH) VMI

B4.08012 Assoc. of Vineyard Ministries Int'l (same as VMI) AVMI

B4.0802 Maranatha Christian Churches (1972, Gainsville, FL; Weiner) MCCH

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B4.0803 Melodyland Christian Center (Anaheim, Ralph Wilkerson 1960s) MELCC

B4.0804 United Evangelical Churches (Monrovia, CA 1960) UECM

B4.0805 Calvary Chapel (Costa Mesa, CA; Chuck Smith, 1960s) CALCH

B4.0806 Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations (1979) UMJC

B4.0899 Other Charismatic Pentecostal Groups OCPG

B4.0900 SHEPHERDING FAMILY (1960s: Basham/Mumford/Prince/Simpson) SHEPM

B4.0901 Christian Growth Ministries (Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 1966) CGM

B4.0902 Shepherding Movement: Independent churches (1970s) SMIC

B4.0999 Other "Shepherding" Pentecostal Groups OSHEP

B4.1000 WORD OF FAITH FAMILY (1970s, Copeland/Price) WOFF

B4.1001 International Convention of Faith Churches and Ministers ICFCM

B4.1002 Fellowship of Inner-City Word of Faith Ministries FICWFM

B4.1003 RHEMA Churches (see ICFCM-Rhema Bible Training Center) RHEMA

B4.1099 Other Independent "Word of Faith" Pentecostal Groups OWOF

B4.1100 OTHER PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES, unclassified at this time OPEN

B4.1101 Faith Christian Fellowship FCF

B4.1102 International Evangelism Crusades (Dr. Frank E. Stranges) IECR

B4.1103 International Pentecostal Church of Christ IPCOC

B4.1104 Lighthouse Gospel Fellowship (Tulsa, 1958) LGFT

B4.11041 Iglesia Faro de Luz/Lighthouse Gospel Fellowship (see LGFT) IFL

B4.1105 Trans-World Mission (Air Mail from God, Los Angeles, 1940s) TWM

B4.1106 Independent Pentecostal Churches (unclassified) INDP

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B5.0 OTHER PROTESTANT CHURCHES: unclassified at this time PRXX

B5.01 Federated Churches FEDCH

B5.021 International Council Community Churches ICCC

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B5.022 Independent Community Churches ICCH

B5.023 Other Community Churches (Independent) OCOM

B5.03 Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of MCCUP

B5.04 Neighborhood Churches NCHUR

B5.05 United/Union Churches UNIN

B5.06 Independent Non-Pentecostal Churches (unclassified) INDNP

B5.07 Unidentified Protestant Churches UNI

B5.071 Rehoboth Christian Churches REHCC

B5.072 Alliance of the World Evangelical Mission AWEM

B5.0721 Korean Alliance of the World Evangelical Mission KAWEM

B5.073 American Calvary Protestant Church ACPC

B5.0731 Korean American Calvary Protestant Church KACPC

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B6.0 PROTESTANT PARA-CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS PPCO

B6.1 Inter-Denominational Agencies INDE

B6.2 Non-Denominational Agencies NONDE

B6.3 Rescue Missions RMIS

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C0.00 MARGINAL CHRISTIAN GROUPS (NON-PROTESTANT, NON-CATHOLIC,

NON-EASTERN ORTHODOX) MCGPS

C1.0 ADVENTIST RELATED GROUPS ADVRG

C1.01 ANGLO-ISRAELISM (England: John Wilson, early 1800's) ANGIS

C1.011 Calvary Fellowships, Inc. (1960s, Tacoma, WA) CALF

C1.012 The True Church (Seattle: Mina Blanc Orth, 1930s) TRUEC

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C1.013 House of Prayer for All People (1941, Wm L Blessing; Denver) HPAP

C1.02 SOUTHCOTTITES (England: Joanna Southcott, 1801) SOUTH

C1.021 Christian Israelites (England: John Wroe, 1822) CHRIS

C1.022 House of David (1903, Benton Harbor, MI) HOUD

C1.023 Israelite House of David Reorganized (1930s, Mary Parnell) ISHDR

C1.03 JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES FAMILY (1879, Charles Taze Russell) JWITF

C1.031 Zion's Watchtower/Bible Students Movement (1879, Russell) ZIONW

C1.032 Jehovah's Witnesses (1931, Judge F. Rutherford) JWIT

C1.033 Layman's Home Missionary Movement (1916, Paul Johnson) LHMM

C1.04 SACRED NAME MOVEMENT (1930s, Bagwell/Dodd) SACNM

C1.05 WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD MOVEMENT (1933, H.J. Armstrong) WCOGM

C1.051 Worldwide Church of God (Herbert J. Armstrong, 1933) WCOG

C1.052 Associates for Scriptural Knowledge (Ernest Martin, 1984) ASK

C1.053 Church of God, International (Garner Ted Armstrong, 1978) COGI

C1.06 BRANCH DAVIDIAN SDAs (Victor T. Houteff, 1930) BDAV

C2.0 COMMUNAL FAMILY (4th century A.D.) COMFAM

C2.01 Monastic Communities (Europe, Middle East, 4th century COMMF

C2.02 Taborites (1400s, Bohemia) TABOR

C2.03 Munsterites (1530s, Germany) MUNST

C2.04 Plockhoy's Commonwealth (1660s, Delaware) PLOCK

C2.05 Labadist Community (1680s, Maryland) LABA

C2.06 Society of the Woman in the Wilderness (1690s, Penn.) SWW

C2.07 Shakers (1770s, USA) SHAK

C2.08 Rappites (1800s, Pennsylvania) RAPP

C2.09 Amana Community of Inspirationists (1842) AMANA

C2.10 Hutterites (1528, Germany; 1874, USA) HUTT

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C2.11 Modern Communal Societies in California MCSC

C2.111 Fountain of the World (1932, Canoga Park, CA) FOUW

C2.112 Brotherhood of the Sun (1970, Santa Barbara, CA) BROS

C2.113 Kerista Commune (1956, San Francisco) KERIS

C2.114 Synanon Foundation (1958, Ocean Park/Badger, CA) SYNAN

C3.0 JESUS PEOPLE FAMILY (1960s, USA West Coast) JESUPF

C3.01 Christian Foundation (1967, Tony & Susan Alamo, Saugas, CA) CHRF

C3.02 Children of God (1967, David Berg, roots in Los Angeles) CHOG

C3.03 International Christian Ministries (1972, Duane Peterson) ICM

C3.04 New Covenant Apostolic Order (1975, Jack Sparks) NCAO

C3.05 Fellowship of Christian Pilgrims (Santa Rosa, CA) FCP

C3.06 Other Jesus People Groups OJPG

C4.0 LATTER-DAY SAINTS/MORMON FAMILY (Joseph Smith, 1830) LDSFAM

C4.01 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Utah) LDS

C4.02 Reorganized Church of JC of Latter-Day Saints (Missouri) RLDS

C4.03 Other Mormons OMOR

C5.0 LIBERAL FAMILY (Unitarian/Universalist, 1780s) LUNIT

C5.01 Association for Universalist Churches (1786, Gloucester, MA) AUC

C5.02 Deistical Society of New York (1794, New York)- now defunct DSNY

C5.03 American Unitarian Association (1825, New England) AUA

C5.04 National Conference of Unitarian Churches (1865, New York) NAUC

C5.05 Free Religious Association (1866, Boston, MA) – now defunct FRA

C5.06 National Federation of Religious Liberals (1908) NFRL

C5.07 American Unitarian Association (1920s) AUA

C5.08 Christian Universalist Churches of America (1964) CUCA

C5.09 Church of the Humanitarian God (1967) CHG

C5.10 Confraternity of Deists (1970) COND

C5.11 Fellowship of Religious Humanists FRHUM

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C5.12 Freethinkers of America, Inc. (1940) FRAM

C5.13 Friendship Liberal League FRLL

C5.14 Goddian Organization (1965) GODO

C5.15 Rationalist Association (1955) RATA

C5.16 United Secularists of America UNISA

C5.17 Unitarian Universalist Association (1961) UNUA

C5.18 Other Unitarian/Universalist Groups OUU

C6.0 NEW THOUGHT/METAPHYSICAL FAMILY (Phineas P. Quimby, 1863) NEWTM

C6.01 Church of Religious Science (see: UCRC, Holmes) CCSH

C6.02 Church of Christ, Scientist (Mary Barker Eddy, 1866) CCSB

C6.03 Church of the Trinity (1954) CHTR

C6.04 Church of the Truth (1913, Albert Grier: now Pasadena, CA) COTT

C6.05 Church of the Inner Wisdom (1968, San Jose, CA) CIWIS

C6.06 Divine Science Federation Int'l (1889) DSFI

C6.07 International Metaphysical Assoc. (1955, New York) IMETA

C6.081 Institute of Divine Metaphysical Research IDMR

C6.082 Institute of Esoteric Transcendentalism (1956) IESOT

C6.09 Phoenix Institute (San Diego, 1966) PHI

C6.10 Psychophysics Foundation (Glendora, CA) PSF

C6.11 Religious Science International (1949, Holmes-related) RSI

C6.12 School of Esoteric Christianity SECH

C6.13 School of Truth (Los Angeles, 1960s) SOT

C6.14 Seicho-No-Ie (Dr. Masaharu Taniguchi, 1930) SNI

C6.15 The Mystical Way (Joel Goldsmith, 1946) TWM

C6.16 Unity School of Christianity (1889) UNIT

C6.17 United Church of Religious Science (1917, Ernest Holmes) UCRS

C6.18 Other Christian Science-related groups OCSC

C7.0 OTHER MARGINAL CHRISTIAN MOVEMENTS OMARCM

C7.01 Christadelphians (Richmond, VA; Dr. John Thomas, 1840s) CDEL

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C7.011 Chondokwan Missionary Church (Korea & Los Angeles) CHONMC

C7.02 Grace Gospel Movement (Ethelbert Bullinger, 1920s) GGM

C7.03 Iglesia Ni Cristo (Filipino origins) INIC

C7.04 Luz del Mundo/Light of World Movement (Guadalajara, Mexico) LZDM

C7.05 Moral Re-Armament/Oxford Group Movement (1930s, Buchman) MORRA

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D0.00 NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS GROUPS NCRG

D1.0 EASTERN REL, I EREL1

D1.1 BUDDHIST FAMILY BUDH

D1.101 Asian Indian Buddhist Groups AIBU

D1.10101 Mahayana Buddhism (Mahayana = "Greater Vehicle") MAHA

D1.10102 Theravoda Buddhism (Hinayana = "Lesser Vehicle") THERA

D1.102 Chinese Buddhist Groups (Pure Land sect) CHBU

D1.103 Japanese Buddhist Groups JABU

D1.104 Korean Buddhism KBUD

D1.105 Southeast Asian Buddhist Groups SEAB

D1.106 Tibetan Buddhist Groups TIBU

D1.107 Zen Buddhist Groups ZENB

D1.10701 Renzai Zen Buddhism (Lin-chi sect) RNBU

D1.10702 Soto Zen Buddhism (Ts'ao-tung sect) SOBU

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D1.108 Other Buddhist Groups OTBU

D1.2 CHINESE RELIGIONS CHINR

D1.21 Confucianism (Confucius, Han Dynasty, 500 B.C.) CONF

D1.22 Taoism (Tao = "the Way"; Lao-Tzu, 500 B.C.) TAO

D1.23 Falun Gong/Falun Dafa (Ancient Magical Art) FALUN

D1.24 Other Chinese religions OCHIN

D1.3 JAPANESE RELIGIONS JAPR

D1.31 Shinto SHIN

D1.32 Tenrikyo (Teaching of Divine Wisdom) TENR

D1.33 Perfect Liberty Kyodan (1946, Tokuchika Miki) PERLS

D1.34 Sekai Kyusei Kyo/Church of World Messianity (1950, M Okada) SEKAI

D1.341 Church of World Messianity (Shinto; see D1.34 = SEKAI) CWM

D2.0 EASTERN REL, II EREL2

D2.1 HINDU BODIES (Rig Veda, ca. 1,000 B.C.) HINDU

D2.101 Vaishnava Hinduism (Vishnu sect) VISH

D2.10101 Hindu Temple Society of So. California (Calabasas, CA) HTSSC

D2.10102 ISCON (Int'l Society for Krishna Consciousness-Hare Krishna) ISCON

DE.101021 Hare Krishna (see D2.10102 = ISCON) HARE

D2.102 Shaiva Hinduism (Shiva sect) SHIV

D2.103 Shakta Hinduism (Shakti sect) SHAKT

D2.104 Yoga Groups, misc. YOGA

D2.105 Other Hindu Groups OHIN

D2.10501 Ananda Ashrama (1923, La Cresenta, CA: Swami Paramananda) ANAN

D2.10502 Aum Namo Bhagavate Vasundevaya (1981, Harbor City, CA) AUM

D2.10503 Center of Being (1979, Los Angeles; "Mataji") COBM

D2.10504 Deva Foundation (1980s, Beverly Hills, CA; Dr. Diva Maharaj) DEVA

D2.10505 Krishnamaurti Foundation (1969, Ojai, CA; Hato Rey, PR) KRISH

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D2.10506 Rama Seminars (1985, Los Angeles; Tantric Zen Master Rama) RAMA

D2.10507 S.A.I. Foundation (1967, Van Nuys, CA; Satya Asi Baba) SAIB

D2.10508 Self-Realization Fellowship (1925, Los Angeles; kriya yoga) SRF

D2.10509 Transcendental Meditation/World Plan Exec. Council TM

D2.10510 Vedanta Society (1894, New York; Sri Ramakrishna, Kali sect) VEDA

D2.10511 Vedanta Center (1975, Agoura, CA; Alice Coltrane) VEDC

D2.2 Jainism (6th century B.C., Vardhamana Mahavira) JAIN

D2.3 Sikhism (16th century A.D., Guru Nanak, North India) SIKH

D2.301 Radha Soami Satsang Beas (1861, Agra, India; Soami Ji) RADHA

D2.302 Ruhani Satsang-Divine Science (1951, Kirpal Singh) RUHANI

D2.303 Sikh Council of North America (1912, Stockton, CA) SCNA

D2.304 Sikh Dharma (1968, Los Angeles, CA/Santa Cruz, NM) SDHAR

D2.305 Elan Vital (1980s, Malibu, CA; Guru Maharaj Ji) ELAN

D2.4 SANT MAT (Param Sant Soami Ji Maharaj, 1860s, Punjab, India)

D2.401 Radha Soami Satsang, Beas (Punjab, India: Baba JaimalSingh in 1889, based on the teachings of Param Sant Soami JiMaharaj in Agra, India)

D2.402 Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission (also known as Ruhani Satsang-DivineScience of the Soul; founded by Kirpal Singh in 1951 in Delhi,India)

D2.403 ECKANKAR (Religion of the Light and Sound of God; founded by ECKmaster, Paul Twitchell, in 1965 in San Franciso, CA)

D2.404 Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (MSIA, founded in 1971 byJohn-Roger Hinkins in Los Angeles, CA)

D2.405 Master Ching Hai Mediation Association (or Supreme Master Hai;founded in the 1970s by Ching Hai Wu Shang Shih, a teacher ofShabd Yoga; she was born in Vietnam; international headquarters inMioa Li Hsien, Taiwan)

D2.5 OTHER EASTERN RELIGIONS, MISC./UNCLASSIFIED EREL

D3.0 MID-EASTERN, I: JEWISH BODIES JUD

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D3.01 Orthodox Judaism (Moses/Exodus; Moses Maimonides, 1100s) ORJUD

D3.02 Hassidic Jews (1700s, Europe; Baal Shem Tob) HASJW

D3.03 Reform Judaism (1700s, Europe; Rabbi Isaac Wise, 1846) REFJUD

D3.04 Conservative Judaism (1880s; New York: Jewish Theo. Sem.) CJUD

D3.05 Reconstructionist Judaism (1880s, Mordecai Kaplan) RECJUD

D3.06 Black Jews (1800s: Cherry, Crowdy, Roberson; 1920s, Garvey) BLJW

D3.07 Messianic Jews (see B4.0806) MESJ

D3.07 Other Groups OJEW

D3.071 Group #1 (Conservative/Orthodox tradition) JEW-1

D3.072 Group #2 (Liberal tradition: Reform/Reconstructionist) JEW-2

D4.0 MID-EASTERN, II MEREL2

D4.1 ZOROASTRIANISM (Persia, 7th century B.C.) ZORO

D4.2 ISLAMIC BODIES (7th century A.D., Saudi Arabia) ISLAM

D4.201 Orthodox Sunni Muslims (622 A.D., Saudi Arabia; Mohammed) SUNNI

D4.202 Shi'a Muslims (656 A.D., Kufa in Iraq; 4th caliph) SHIA

D4.203 Sufism (8th century A.D., mysticism) SUFI

D4.2031 Gurdjieffism (1922, Paris; Georgei Gurdjieff) GURD

D4.2032 Subud (1933, Mouhammed Subuh, Java, Indonesia) SUBUD

D4.204 Black Muslims (early 1900s) BLMUS

D4.205 Other Islamic groups OMUS

D4.3 BAHA'I (1844, Persia, now Iran; Siyyad Ali Muhammad de

Shiraz; baha’is = “followers of the prophet” who was known

As the Bab = “door”) BAHI

D5.0 ANIMIST TRADITIONS (Spiritist) ANIM

D5.01 AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGIONS AND NATIVISTIC MOVEMENTS AMINM

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D5.0101 Native American Church (1870s, Peyote Religion) NACP

D5.0102 Folk Medicine/Curanderos (“white magic”) CURAN

D5.0103 Shamanism/Brujería (“black magic”) SHAMAN

D5.02 AFRO-AMERICAN NATIVISTIC MOVEMENTS AMNM

D5.0201 Candomble, Macumba and Umbanda (Brazil) CAND

D5.0202 Chango Cult (Trinidad and Tobago) CHAN

D5.0203 Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church (1914, Jamaica, Marcus Garvey) EZCOP

D5.0204 Obeah and Myalism (Jamaica and British West Indies) OBEA

D5.0205 Revival Cults: Pocomania and Zion Revivalism REVCU

D5.0206 Rastafarian Movement (Jamaica: African Revivalism) RAST

D5.0207 Santería (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Florida, New York, etc.) SANT

D5.0208 Vudu/Vudún/Voodoo (Haiti and French West Indies) VUDU

D5.03 LATIN AMERICAN NATIVISTIC MOVEMENTS LANM

D5.0301 Virgin Mary Cults: la Virgin de Guadalupe (México), la

Virgin de Los Angeles (Costa Rica), La Virgin Negra de

Esquipulas (Guatemala), etc. VMARIA

D5.0302 Baby Jesus Cults: Niño Fidencio (México), Niño Jesús de

Barlovento (Venezuela), etc. NJESU

D5.0303 María Lionza Cult (Venezuela) MARLI

D4.0304 Prophet Elías Groups: Grupo Espiritualista Trinitario

Mariano del Profeta Elías (México) PELI

D5.04 OTHER CONTINENTS/REGIONS OF THE WORLD

D5.041 AFRICA

D5.042 ASIA

D5.043 ASIAN-PACIFIC

D5.044 EUROPE

D6.0 ANCIENT WISDOM FAMILY (Middle Eastern and European roots) AWIS

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D6.01 GNOSTICISM (Pre-Christian; Christian Gnostics, 1st Century) GNOS

D6.011 Church of Antioch CHOA

D6.012 Church of Illumination (1908, Swinburne Clymer) CIL

D6.013 Ecclesia Gnostica EGNO

D6.014 Ecclesia Mysteriorium ECMY

D6.0141 Edta Ha Thoma (1984, James A. Dennis; San Bruno, CA) EDTA

D6.015 Fed of St. Thomas Christian Churches (1963, Vredenburgh) FSTCC

D6.016 Gnostic Christian Movement (exists in Central America) GNCM

D6.017 Gnostic Orthodox Church (1960's, Abbot George Burke) GORCH

D6.018 Independent Church of Antioch (1970's, Lewis Keizer) ICHOA

D6.02 FREEMASONRY (Middle Ages) FMAS

D6.021 Church of the Living God (Christian Workers Fellowship) CLGCWF

D6.03 ROSICRUCIANS (1600s) ROSI

D6.031 Ancient & Mystical Order of the Rosae Crucis (1915, AMORC) AMORC

D6.032 Fraternas Rosae Crucis (1868) FRATRC

D6.033 Rosicrucian Fellowship (1907) ROSIC

D6.034 Lectorium Rosicrucianism (Dutch origins; Bakersfield, 1971) LECROS

D6.035 Other Rosacrucian Groups OROSA

D6.04 RITUAL MAGICK (Kabbalists, 1200s; Moses de Leon) RKAB

D6.05 TRADITIONALIST WITCHCRAFT (Wicca= "witches"; USA 1630s) TWICA

D6.06 GARDNERIAN WITCHCRAFT (Gerold Gardner, 1900s) GARD

D6.07 NEO-PAGANISM (1930s) NPAG

D6.071 Church of the Eternal Source (D. Harrison & H. Moss, 1970) CES

86

D6.08 SATANISM (1940s) SATN

D6.09 OTHER OCCULT ORDERS OCCO

D6.0901 Astra Foundation (1951, Upland, CA) ASTR

D6.0902 Church of Light (1932, Los Angeles) CHOL

D6.0903 Philosophical Research Society (1934, Los Angeles) PHILRS

D6.0904 Sabian Assembly (1922) SABI

D6.0905 Universal Grand Fraternity (Serge Raynaud de la Ferriere,

1916, Venezuela) UGFRT

D6.0906 Gnostic Christian Movement/Movimiento Gnóstico Cristiano

(Colombia, Costa Rica, Los Angeles, CA) MGNOS

D6.0907 Universal Gnostic Movement/Movimiento Gnóstico Universal

(Costa Rica) MGUNIV

D6.0908 New Acropolis Cultural Foundation (Argentina, 1957: Jorge

Angel Livraga Rizzi) NACF

D7.0 PSYCHIC-SPIRITUALIST-NEW AGE FAMILY (1700s) PSYF

D7.01 SPIRITUALISM (1680s) SPIR

D7.0101 National Spiritualist Association (1893, Chicago, IL NSA

D7.0102 Spiritual Science Churches SSCH

D7.0103 Church of the Cosmic Science (1959, Rialto, CA) CCOS

D7.0104 International Spiritualist Alliance (San Bernardino, CA) INTSA

D7.0105 Aquarian Fellowship Church (1969) AQUAF

D7.0106 Superet Light Center (1925, Josephine Trust; Los Angeles) SUPER

D7.0107 Church of the Tzaddi (1962, Amy Merritt Kees; Orange, CA) CTZAD

D7.0108 Pyramid Church of Truth & Light (1941, San Dimas, CA) PYRAM

D7.0109 Church of the Revelation (1930, Long Beach, CA) CHREV

D7.0110 National Federation of Spiritual Science Churches

(1927, Inglewood, CA) NFSPSC

D7.0111 Universal Church of the Master (1908, Los Angeles) UNICM

87

D7.0112 Society of Christ, Inc (1970, Los Angeles) SOCCI

D7.0113 Universal Christ Church, Inc. (1970, Los Angeles) UNICCI

D7.02 SWEDENBORGIANISM AND THE NEW JERSUALEM (1740s, Sweden) SWED

D7.021 General Convention/New Jerusalem USA (1817, Baltimore, MD) GCNJ1

D7.022 General Church of the New Jerusalem (1890, Philadelphia, PA) GCNJ2

D7.023 Wayfarer's Chapel (Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA) WAYF

D7.03 THEOSOPHY (1875, Petrovna Blavatsky) THEOS

D7.0301 International Group of Theosophists (1940s, So. Calif. INTGT

D7.0302 Theosophical Society of America (1889, Long; Altadena, CA) TSA

D7.0303 Theosophical Society (1875, Covina, CA) TSC

D7.0304 Theosophical Society (1951, Hartley; Gravenhuge, Holland) TSH

D7.0305 United Lodge of Theosophists (1909, Los Angeles) ULT

D7.0306 Other Theosophical-related Groups: OTEOG

D7.03061 Anthroposophical Society (1925, Chicago, IL) ANSOC

D7.03062 Ann Ree Colton Foundation/Niscience (1953, Glendale, CA) ARCFN

D7.03063 Bodha Society of America, Inc. (1936, Long Beach, CA) BODHA

D7.03064 The Lighted Way (1966, Muriel R. Tepper; Los Angles, CA) TLIGW

D7.04 TEACHING SPIRITUALISM (1880s) TEASP

D7.0401 School of Natural Science (1883) SNSC

D7.0402 Universal Faithist of Kosmon (1883) UFKOS

D7.0403 Divine Word Foundation, Inc. (1962, Dr. Hans Nordewin V.K.) DIVWF

D7.0404 Urantia Foundation/Urersa Reflexion Center (Encino, CA) URANT

D7.0405 The Father's House (1968, Ralph F. Raymond; Los Angeles) TFATH

D7.0406 Fellowship of Universal Guidance (1960, Guthrie & Karish) FUG

D7.0407 Sisters of the Amber/The Universal Link (1970s) SAUL

D7.0408 Inner Circle Kethra E'Da Foundation, Inc (1945, San Diego) ICKEDF

D7.05 LIBERAL CATHOLIC CHURCH (1910s, mysticism) LCAT

88

D7.0501 American Catholic Church (1915, Joseph Rene Vilatte) AMCC

D7.0502 Catholic Church of the Antiochean Rite (1976, Roberto Toca) CCAR

D7.0504 Johannine Catholic Church (1968, J. Julian Gillman) JCACH

D7.0505 Liberal Catholic Church Int'l (1950's, Edward Matthews) LCCI

D7.0506 Liberal Catholic Church, U.S. Prov. (1917, Chas Hampton) LCCUS

D7.0507 New Order of Glastonbury (1979, Frank E. Hughes; Rialto, CA) NOGL

D7.0508 Old Catholic Episcopal Church (1951, Jay Davis Kirby) OCEC

D7.0509 Old Holy Catholic Church, U.S. Prov. (1979, George Brister) OHCC

D7.06 ALICE BAILEY MOVEMENT (1920s) ALICE

D7.061 Arcane School (1925) ARCAN

D7.062 Arcana Workshops (1960s, Beverly Hills, CA) ARCAW

D7.063 Aquarian Educational Groups (1955, Van Nuys, CA) AQUAR

D7.064 Full Moon Meditation Groups of So Calif (1950s) FULMO

D7.07 I AM MOVEMENT (Guy Ballard, 1930s) IAMO

D7.0701 “I AM” Religious Activity (1930s, Ballard; Schaumberg, IL) IAMA

D7.0702 The Bridge to Spiritual Freedom (1950s, Kings Park, NY) BSF

D7.0703 Summit Lighthouse (1958, Wash., DC; Colorado Springs, CO) SUML

D7.0704 Ruby Focus of Magnificent Consummation (1960s, Sedona, AZ) RUBY

D7.0705 Church of the Ascended Christ (1973, Long Beach, CA) CACH

D7.0706 Church Universal and Triumphant (1974, Livingston, MT) CUTR

D7.0707 Joy Foundation, Inc. (1977, Santa Barbara, CA) JOYF

D7.0708 Ascended Master Teaching Foundation (1980, Mt. Shasta, CA) AMTF

D7.0709 I AM Rose of Light Temple (Los Angeles, CA) IAMR

D7.08 UFO GROUPS (1940s) UFOG

D7.081 Raelian Religion (France, 1973, Claude Vorilhon) RAEL

D7.082 Heaven’s Gate (San Diego, CA: 1990s) HGATE

D7.09 OTHER PSYCHIC/SPIRITUALIST/NEW AGE MOVEMENTS OPSY

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D7.0901 Aletheia Psycho-Physical Foundation (1969, San Pedro, CA) ALETH

D7.0902 Chrirothesian Church of Faith (1917, Los Angeles) CHRIR

D7.0903 Church of General Psionics (1968, Redondo Beach, CA) CGPS

D7.0904 Coptic Fellowship of America (1927, Hollywood, CA) COPFA

D7.0905 (moved to another section)

D7.0906 Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World

Christianity (1959, Korea, Rev. Sun Myung Moon) HSAUWC

D7.0907 Institute of Mental Physics (1927, Los Angeles) INSMP

D7.0908 Kingdom of Yahweh (1935, Cabazon, CA) KYAH

D7.0909 Teaching of the Inner Christ TIC

D7.0910 The Only Fair Religion (1960s, Los Angeles) TOFR

D7.0911 Scientology (L. Ron Hubbard, DIANETICS, 1950s) SCIE

D7.0912 Silva Mind Control (Loredo, TX: José Silva, 1950s) SMCON

D7.0913 Solar Temple (France, Switzerland & Canada; 1990s) STEM

D8.0 OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN GROUPS, Unclassified at this time ONCG

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E0.0 MULTI-RELIGIOUS GROUPS MULRG

E1.0 CHAPELS/TEMPLES (FOR ALL CREEDS)

E1.01 Hospital Chapels (for all creeds) HOSC

E1.02 Military Chapels (for all creeds) MILC

E1.03 Prison and Jail Chapels (for all creeds) PJCH

E2.0 INTER-FAITH ORGANIZATIONS

E2.01 International (example: World Council of Churches)

E2.02 National (example: National Council of Protestants, Catholics &

Jews, USA)

E2.03 Regional (Western Regional Ecumenical Council)

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E2.04 State/Provincial (California Ecumenical Council)

E2.05 County (example: Ecumenical Council of Los Angeles Co.)

E2.06 Sub-regional (example: San Gabriel Valley Ecumenical Council)

E2.07 Municipal (example: Pasadena Ecumenical Council)

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PART F: NON-RELIGIOUS GROUPS OR POPULATION SEGMENTS

F1.0 ATHEISTS

F1.01 Philosophical Atheism of Marx and Engels (1840s, Germany)

F1.02 International Humanist and Ethical Union (1887, Utrecht)

F1.03 American Humanist Association (1920s, New York)

F1.04 American Association for the Advancement of Atheism (1925)

F1.105 American Atheits, Inc. (1963, Austin, TX; Madalyn Murray O’Hair)

F1.106 Freedom from Religion Foundation (1978, Madison, WI)

F1.107 Atheists United (1981, Sherman Oaks, CA)

F2.0 AGNOSTICS

F3.0 THOSE WITH NO RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION

PART G: OTHER GROUPS/FURTHER RESEARCH NEEDED

G1.0 UNCLASSIFIED UNCL

G2.0 MISCELLANEOUS MISC

G3.0 UNKNOWN XX

Last Revised by Clifton L. Holland

April 23, 2001