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True Jesus Church
non-denominational Christian church founded in Beijing, China
Mormonism
thumb|The Salt Lake Temple, a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in [[Salt Lake City, Utah]]
Unification Church
South Korean new religious movement
Messianic Judaism
religious movement
Charismatic Movement
trend of historically mainstream congregations adopting beliefs and practices similar to Pentecostalism.
Christian Science
American religious movement (1866-)
Latter Day Saint movement
religious movement centered on the Book of Mormon
Heaven's Gate
American UFO religion, whose members committed mass suicide in 1997
Christian fundamentalism
British and American protestant movement opposed to modernist theology
Santa Muerte
Mexican cult image, female deity, and folk saint
Shakers
The '''United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, more commonly known as the Shakers''', are a millenarian restorationist Christian sect founded in England and then organized in the United States in the 1780s. They were initially known as "Shaking Quakers" because of their ecstatic behavior during worship services.
The Church of Almighty God
Chinese new religious movement
Kimbanguist Church
thumb|Members of the Kimbanguist Church in Nkamba celebrating [[Christmas, 25 May 2016. The church shifted observance of Christ's birth to the birthday of leader Salomon Dialungana, who is believed to be Christ reincarnated.]] Kimbanguism () is a para-Christian new religious movement professed by the African initiated church '''Jesus Christ's Church on Earth by his special envoy Simon Kimbangu (, EJCSK''') founded by Simon Kimbangu in the Belgian Congo (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1921. A large, independent African-initiated church, it has an estimated 6 million believers an
The Family International
Christian new religious movement founded by David Berg in 1968 in the United States
Order of the Solar Temple
French cult and secret society
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is a Mormon fundamentalist group whose members practice polygamy. It is variously defined as a cult, a sect or a new religious movement. Warren Jeffs has been the church's president since 2002.
Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God
former sect in Uganda
Palmarian Church
schismatic Catholic religious movement
Positive Christianity
movement within Nazi Germany which mixed ideas of racial purity and Nazi ideology with elements of Christianity
Metropolitan Community Churches
religious denomination
Swedenborgian Church
thumb|Swedenborgian cross Swedenborgianism ( ) or The New Church, refers to the theological tradition of several historically related Christian denominations that developed under the influence of the theology of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772). The Swedenborgian tradition is considered to be a part of Restorationist Christianity.
Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony
South Korean new religious movement
The Christian Community
religious denomination
Modekngei
Modekngei, or Ngara Modekngei (), is a monotheistic religious movement founded around 1915 by Tamadad, a native of the island of Babeldaob, that spread throughout Palau. It rose to political significance between the First and Second World Wars and is currently professed by 5.7% of Palau's population. Modekngei is a hybrid of ancient Palauan customs and Christianity. Followers of the religion believe in the Christian God, recognize Jesus Christ as the Messiah, and simultaneously make appeasements to the traditional Palauan deities.
Millerism
The Millerites were the followers of the teachings of William Miller, who in 1831 first shared publicly his belief that the Second Advent of Jesus Christ would occur in roughly the year 1843–1844. Coming during the Second Great Awakening, his teachings were spread widely and grew in popularity, which led to the event known as the Great Disappointment.
World Mission Society Church of God
new religious movement
Universal Church of the Kingdom of God
Brazilian Christian denomination (1977-)
Rosicrucian Fellowship
Association of Christian Mystics
Local churches
Christian movement, started in China by Watchman Nee and Witness Lee
Livets Ord
Word of Faith congregation in Uppsala, Sweden
Neo-charismatic movement
Non-denominational religious movement
Christ Apostolic Church
First Aladura Pentecostal church in Nigeria
Third Great Awakening
period of religious activism in American history
Templers
German Protestant sect
Antoinism
Antoinism is a healing-oriented new religious movement founded in 1910 by Louis-Joseph Antoine (1846–1912) in Jemeppe-sur-Meuse, Seraing in Belgium. With a total of 64 temples, over forty reading rooms across the world and thousands of members, it remains the only religion established in Belgium whose notoriety and success has reached outside the country. Mainly active in France, the religious movement is characterized by a decentralized structure, simple rites, discretion and tolerance towards other faiths.
Fourth Great Awakening
Christian awakening in the United States
Aladura
== Aladura == The Aladura Movement is Christian religious movement and group that originated in Southwest Nigeria during the early 20th century among the Yoruba people.
Makuya Church
thumb|Makuya members visiting Israel '''''', based at the Tokyo Bible Seminary, is a new religious movement in Japan founded in 1948 by Ikurō Teshima. Its members' goal is to grasp the inner truth of "biblical religion", or the "love of the Holy Spirit" as Teshima puts it, and extol this love by embodying it and living accordingly.
International Churches of Christ
group of Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement Christian churches
Twelve Tribes communities
Christian intentional community & denomination
Non-church movement
Japanese Christian denomination (1901-)
Providence
Christian religious movement founded by Jung Myung Seok
Victory Altar
controversial South Korean religious group
snake handling in Christianity
religious ritual in a small number of Pentecostal churches in the U.S. involving the handling of snakes
Zion Christian Church
Christian denomination; branch of Christianity
Bruderhof Communities
Anabaptist Christian movement of intentional communities
Universal Life
New religious movement in Germany
Grail Movement
Spiritual movement originated in the 1940s in Germany
Holy Spirit Movement
Ugandan militant religious group led by Alice Auma
Evangelical Orthodox Church
American Christian denomination, 1979-
Antonianism
Antonianism, or Antonine sect (Portuguese: Antonianismo), was a syncretic Bakongo Catholic movement formed in the Kingdom of Kongo between 1704 and 1708, as a development out of the Catholic Church in Kongo, yet without denying the authority of the Pope. Its founder was a young charismatic woman named Beatriz Kimpa Vita, who said she was possessed by Saint Anthony of Padua. Beatriz became known for healing and other miracles. It was eventually suppressed by King Pedro IV of Kongo, and Dona Beatriz was burned at the stake as a heretic.
The Great White Brotherhood
eschatological religious movement in Ukraine
União do Vegetal
Brazilian religion
University Bible Fellowship
evangelical Christian organisation
Celestial Church of Christ
Church founded in Africa by Samuel Bilewu Joseph Oshoffa
Quiverfull
Quiverfull is a Christian theological position that sees large families as a blessing from God. It encourages procreation through the abstention from all forms of birth control, and sterilization reversal. The movement took its name from Psalm 127:3–5, where many children are metaphorically referred to as the arrows in a full quiver.
Laymen's Home Missionary Movement
religious denomination
Kingdom of Jesus Christ
Philippine-based Restorianist church founded by Apollo Quiboloy
Church of God Ministry of Jesus Christ International
Christian neocharismatic church
Jesus Army
neocharismatic evangelical Christian movement based in the United Kingdom