This is a list of religious organizations by faith.
As it can be a matter of debate as to whether an organization is in fact religious, organizations only appear on this list where the organization itself claims or has claimed to be a religious organization.
Buddhist organizations
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International Buddhist Confederation
International Buddhist Confederation is the biggest religious Buddhist confederation, based in Delhi, India. The architect of the International Buddhist Confederation is Lama Lobzang. This confederation is named as the first organization which uni ...
World Buddhist Forum
The World Buddhist Forum () was held in Hangzhou City and Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China, China, from April 13 to April 16, 2006. It was the first major international religious conference in China since the founding of ...
World Buddhist Scout Brotherhood
The World Buddhist Scout Council (WSBC) formerly the World Buddhist Scout Brotherhood until 2009 is an autonomous, international body committed to promoting and supporting Buddhism within Scouting. The WBSB began as a means to facilitate religiou ...
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World Fellowship of Buddhists
The World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB) is an international Buddhist organization. Initiated by Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera, it was founded in 1950 in Colombo, Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), by representatives from 27 nations. Although Therav ...
Bangladesh
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Bangladesh Bauddha Kristi Prachar Sangha
Bangladesh Bauddha Kristi Prachar Sangha is a political and social organization that works for the welfare of the Buddhist community of Bangladesh.
History
Bangladesh Bauddha Kristi Prachar Sangha was established on 4 December 1949 as the East Pak ...
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Buddhist Congregation Dharmaling
The Buddhist Congregation Dharmaling is a Buddhist organization, which main office is registered to the Office for religious communities of the Government of Slovenia. Buddhist Congregation Dharmaling is also signatory of an agreement with the Sta ...
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Buddhist Federation of Norway The Buddhist Federation of Norway (Norwegian: Buddhistforbundet) is an umbrella organization for the different Buddhist groups in Norway. It was founded in 1979 by two Buddhist groups (Rinzai Zen Senter and Karma Tashi Ling buddhistsamfunn) with t ...
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Buddhist Society
The Buddhist Society is a UK registered charity which aims to encourage the study and practice of Buddhist principles.
The Buddhist Society is an inter-denominational and non-sectarian lay organization. It offers talks and classes on the teach ...
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Deutsche Buddhistische Union Deutsche Buddhistische Union ("German Buddhist Union", abbreviation: DBU) is a German national umbrella organisation for Buddhist associations registered in Germany. DBU has estimated that there are 250 000 Buddhists in Europe and the religion is g ...
European Buddhist Union The European Buddhist Union (EBU) is the umbrella organization of Buddhist communities and national Buddhist unions in Europe. The EBU is open to all schools and traditions of Buddhism in Europe wishing to unite on the basis of Buddhist teachings an ...
Finnish Buddhist Union
Finnish Buddhist Union (Finnish ''Suomen Buddhalainen Unioni ry''), commonly abbreviated SBU, is an umbrella organisation for different Buddhist associations in Finland and is thus not affiliated to any particular school of Buddhism. In total ther ...
Network of Buddhist Organisations
The Network of Buddhist Organisations is a British ecumenical body founded in 1993.
Development
The Network of Buddhist Organisations was formed at a time when Buddhism had become consolidated in Britain, with a membership scattered over a large n ...
Union Bouddhiste de France
Union Bouddhiste de France ("Buddhist Union of France", abbreviation: UBF) is the national umbrella organisation for French Buddhist organisations. It is the representative of the French Buddhists (estimated to be 400 000 in 2008) to the officiall ...
Hong Kong
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Hong Kong Buddhist Association
Hong Kong Buddhist Association () is a Buddhist umbrella organisation in Hong Kong which was founded in 1945. The association has nearly ten thousands individual members including both monastic and laity, and promotes the propagation of Buddhis ...
India
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Bengal Buddhist Association Bengal Buddhist Association ( bn, বৌদ্ধ ধর্মাঙ্কুর সভা, Bôuddhô Dhôrmāṅkurô Sôbhā) is a Buddhist organisation based in Kolkata.
History
This institution was established by Kṛpāśaraṇa Mahāsthabira ...
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Buddhist Society of India
The Buddhist Society of India, known as the Bharatiya Bauddha Mahasabha, is a national Buddhist organization in India. It was founded by B. R. Ambedkar on 4 May 1955 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Ambedkar was the father of the Indian Constituti ...
Ryomo Kyokai
Ryōmō Kyōkai (両忘協会 "Ryōmō Society",Janine Sawada, ''Practical Pursuits''. pp.157-161. University of Honolulu Press, was a lay Rinzai Zen Buddhist Dharma center located in Tokyo, Japan.
History
Intellectual society
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Soka Gakkai International
Soka Gakkai International (SGI) is an international Nichiren Buddhist organisation founded in 1975 by Daisaku Ikeda, as an umbrella organization of Soka Gakkai, which declares approximately 12 million adherents in 192 countries and territorie ...
Ladakh
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Ladakh Buddhist Association
Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA) is an organization in Ladakh, India concerned with interests of Buddhists in Ladakh. It was founded in 1933 by King Jigmet Dadul Namgyal, Kalon Tsewang Rigzin, Kalon Bankapa Morup Gyaltsan and Munshi Sonam Tse ...
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Ladakh Nuns Association
Ladakh Nuns Association (LNA) is an association of Buddhist nuns in Ladakh, India. It was founded in the year 1996 by Dr. Tsering Palmo with the aim of reviving and rejuvenating the tradition of nuns in Ladakh. It aims to raise the education le ...
Young Men's Buddhist Association (Burma)
The Young Men's Buddhist Association (YMBA) ( my, ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာကလျာဏယုဝအသင်း) is a Buddhist cultural organization in Burma.
History
The YMBA was founded in Rangoon in 1906 as a federation of lay Buddhis ...
North Korea
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Korea Buddhist Federation
The Korea Buddhist Federation, also called the Chosŏn Buddhist Federation, sometime abbreviated Chobulyŏn, supervises all activities of Buddhists in North Korea. The organization was founded on Dec. 26, 1946.
In 1999 there were 10,000 Buddhists ...
People's Republic of China
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Buddhist Association of China
The Buddhist Association of China (BCA; ) is the official government supervisory organ of Buddhism in the People's Republic of China. The association has been overseen by the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since ...
Singapore Buddhist Lodge
The Singapore Buddhist Lodge (SBL; ) is a lay Buddhist and charitable organization in Singapore. Founded in 1934, it is one of the oldest charities in Singapore.
History
The Singapore Buddhist Lodge was founded by around 100 philanthropists, mem ...
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Ti-Sarana Buddhist Association
The Ti-Sarana Buddhist Association is a Buddhist organisation
An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution, or an association—comprising one or mor ...
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Vipassana Meditation Centre
Vipassana Meditation Centre is a Buddhist centre in Singapore set up in 1993 to propagate and perpetuating Theravada Buddhism and provide opportunity for the practice of Vipassana meditation in Singapore. This group is not related to non-secta ...
South America
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South America Hongwanji Mission
The South America Hongwanji Mission also known as Comunidade Budista Sul-Amelicana Jodo-Shinshu Honpa Hongwanji is a district of the Nishi Hongan-ji branch of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism.
History
Jōdo Shinshū wa established in South America in tand ...
South Korea
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Kwan Um School of Zen
The Kwan Um School of Zen (관음선종회) (KUSZ) is an international school of zen centers and groups founded in 1983 by Zen Master Seung Sahn. The school's international head temple is located at the Providence Zen Center in Cumberland, Rhode Is ...
Sri Lanka
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Buddhist Publication Society
The Buddhist Publication Society (BPS) is a publishing house with charitable status whose objective is to disseminate the teaching of Gautama Buddha. It was founded in Kandy, Sri Lanka in 1958 by two Sri Lankan lay Buddhists, A.S. Karunaratna and ...
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Maha Bodhi Society
The Maha Bodhi Society is a South Asian Buddhist society presently based in Kolkata, India. Founded by the Sri Lankan Buddhist leader Anagarika Dharmapala and the British journalist and poet Sir Edwin Arnold, its first office was in Bodh Gaya. Th ...
Buddha's Light International Association
The Buddha's Light International Association (), commonly known as BLIA, is a monastic and lay organization. BLIA was established by Hsing Yun in 1992. The organization is associated with Fo Guang Shan, the largest Buddhist organization in Taiwan.
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Dharma Drum Mountain
Dharma Drum Mountain (DDM; ) is an international Buddhist spiritual, cultural, and educational foundation founded by late Chan master Sheng-yen (1931 – 2009). The center focuses on educating the public in Buddhism with the goal of improving th ...
Tzu Chi
Buddhist Tzu Chi Charity Foundation, known for short as the Tzu Chi Foundation ( zh, t=佛教慈濟慈善事業基金會, p=Fójiào Cí Jì Císhàn Shìyè Jījīn Huì, l=Buddhist Compassionate Relief Charity Foundation), is a Taiwanese in ...
Sangha Supreme Council
The Sangha Supreme Council of Thailand ( th, มหาเถรสมาคม; pi, Mahāthera Samāgama; abbreviated SSC) is the governing body of the Buddhist order (Sangha) of Thailand, and is the ultimate authority for all ecclesiastical mat ...
United States
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American Zen Teachers Association
The American Zen Teachers Association (AZTA) was founded in the late 1980s as the Second Generation Zen Teachers Group. It is a peer-group organization of ordained and lay Zen Buddhist teachers, all of whom have received either teaching authorizat ...
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Buddhist Churches of America The Buddhist Churches of America (abbreviated as BCA in English, ' or ''Beikoku Bukkyōdan'' in Japanese) is the United States branch of the Nishi Honganji subsect of Jōdo Shinshū ("True Pure Land School") Buddhism.
The BCA headquarters is at 1 ...
Buddhist Peace Fellowship
The Buddhist Peace Fellowship (BPF) is a nonsectarian international network of engaged Buddhists participating in various forms of non-violent social activism and environmentalism. The non-profit BPF is an affiliate of the international Fellowship ...
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Buddhist Women's Association
The Buddhist Women's Association (BWA) is the English name of the worldwide auxiliary lay organization of the Nishi Hongwanji-ha branch of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism. Its Japanese name is ''Fujinkai''. Many Jodo Shinshu temples in Japan, mainland Uni ...
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Cambridge Buddhist Association
The Cambridge Buddhist Association was informally founded in 1957 when D.T. Suzuki moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts and befriended John and Elsie Mitchell, who ran a vast library of books on Buddhism and held zazen for various practitioners. The ...
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Dharma Realm Buddhist Association
The Dharma Realm Buddhist Association (shortened to DRBA, Chinese: 法界佛教總會, PY: ''Fajie Fojiao Zonghui'', formerly known as the Sino-American Buddhist Association) is an international, non-profit Buddhist organization founded by the ...
Insight Meditation Society
The Insight Meditation Society (IMS) is a non-profit organization for study of Buddhism located in Barre, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1975, by Sharon Salzberg, Jack Kornfield, and Joseph Goldstein and is rooted in the Theravada tradition. I ...
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Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism The Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism, Inc. (formerly the Unified Buddhist Church, Inc.) and its sister organization, the French Congregation Bouddhique Zen Village des Pruniers are the governance bodies of the monasteries, press and fundr ...
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Soto Zen Buddhist Association
The Soto Zen Buddhist Association was formed in 1996 by American and Japanese Zen teachers in response to a perceived need to draw the various autonomous lineages of the North American Sōtō stream of Zen together for mutual support as well as ...
Zen Peacemakers
The Zen Peacemakers is a diverse network of socially engaged Buddhists, currently including the formal structures of the Zen Peacemakers International, the Zen Peacemaker Order and the Zen Peacemaker Circles, many affiliated individuals and gro ...
Christian organizations by denominational family affiliation
Adventist
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Advent Christian Church
The Advent Christian Church, also known as the Advent Christian General Conference (ACGC), is a "first-day" body of Adventist Christians founded on the teachings of William Miller in 1860. The organization's Executive Director is Reverend Steve ...
Church of the Blessed Hope
The Church of the Blessed Hope (or Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith) is a small first-day Adventist Christian body. The churches have common roots with the Christadelphians and the Church of God General Conference (Abrahamic Faith).
Backgr ...
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Church of God General Conference
The Church of God General Conference (CoGGC) is a nontrinitarian, Adventist Christian body which is also known as the Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith and the Church of God General Conference (McDonough, Georgia). The Church of the Blessed ...
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Creation Seventh Day Adventist Church
The Creation Seventh Day (and) Adventist Church began as a small group that broke off from the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1988, and organized its own church in 1991. It has been involved in court cases with the General Conference of Seventh ...
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath, and ...
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List of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities
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People
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Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
List of Seventh-day Adventist periodicals
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Media ministries of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Media may refer to:
Communication
* Media (communication), tools used to deliver information or data
** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising
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General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh-Day)
The Churches of God (Seventh-Day) is composed of a number of sabbath-keeping churches, among which the General Conference of the Church of God, or simply CoG7, is the best-known organization. The Churches of God (Seventh Day) observe Sabbath o ...
List of Anglican dioceses
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List of colleges and seminaries affiliated with the Episcopal Church
There are 10 theological seminaries officially affiliated with the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Several universities and higher education colleges also have Episcopal Church origins and current affiliations. The Association ...
List of Carthusian monasteries
This is a list of Carthusian monasteries, or charterhouses, containing both extant and dissolved monasteries of the Carthusians (also known as the Order of Saint Bruno) for monks and nuns, arranged by location under their present countries. Als ...
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List of Roman Catholic missions in Africa
This is a list of Roman Catholic missions in Africa.
* Augustinians of the Assumption
* Carmelites
* Catholic Medical Mission Board
* Catholic Missions of Africa Kenya
* Catholic Near East Welfare Association
* Catholic Relief Services
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses (alphabetical)
This is a growing list of territorial Catholic dioceses and ordinariates in communion with the Holy See. There are approximately 3,000 actual (i.e., non-titular) dioceses in the Catholic Church (including the eparchies of the Eastern Catholic ...
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured view)
As of October 5, 2021, the Catholic Church in its entirety comprises 3,171 ecclesiastical jurisdictions, including over 652 archdioceses and 2,248 dioceses, as well as apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, apostolic administrations, apo ...
List of Roman Catholic churches in the Diocese of Charleston All churches are located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston which encompasses the entire state of South Carolina.
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Parishes of the Apostolic Exarchate in Germany and Scandinavia for the Ukrainians
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List of Ecclesial movements
A Catholic lay association, also referred to as Catholic Congress, is an association of lay Catholics aiming to discuss certain political or social issues from a Catholic perspective.
The Pontifical Council for the Laity is the body responsib ...
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Knights of Columbus
The Knights of Columbus (K of C) is a global Catholic fraternal service order founded by Michael J. McGivney on March 29, 1882. Membership is limited to practicing Catholic men. It is led by Patrick E. Kelly, the order's 14th Supreme Knight. ...
List of Roman Catholic seminaries
This is a list of Catholic seminaries in the world, including those that have been closed. According to the 2012 Pontifical Yearbook, the total number of candidates for the priesthood in the world was 118,990 at the end of the year 2010. These ...
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List of Eastern Catholic seminaries
This is list of Eastern Catholic seminaries in the world. They prepare candidates for the priesthood.
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Egypt
*(Coptic) St. Leo’s Patriarchal Seminary in Maadi (1953), a suburb of Cairo
Eritrea
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American Catholic Philosophical Association
The American Catholic Philosophical Association (ACPA) is an organization of Catholic philosophers established in 1926 to promote the advancement of philosophy as an intellectual discipline consonant with Catholic tradition. Among the means used t ...
Church of Christ, Scientist
The Church of Christ, Scientist was founded in 1879 in Boston, Massachusetts, by Mary Baker Eddy, author of '' Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,'' and founder of Christian Science. The church was founded "to commemorate the word a ...
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
The First Church of Christ, Scientist is the administrative headquarters and mother church of the Church of Christ, Scientist, also known as the Christian Science church. Christian Science was founded in the 19th century in Lynn, Massachusetts ...
Church of the East
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Dioceses of the Church of the East The dioceses of the Church of the East are listed at:
*Dioceses of the Church of the East to 1318
* Dioceses of the Church of the East, 1318–1552
*Dioceses of the Church of the East after 1552
Dioceses of the Church of the East after 1552 were ...
Dioceses of the Church of the East, 1318–1552
Dioceses of the Church of the East, 1318–1552 were metropolitan provinces and dioceses of the Church of the East, during the period from 1318 to 1552. They were far fewer in number than during the period of the Church's greatest expansion in the ...
Adiabene (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)
Metropolitanate of Adiabene ( syr, Hadyab ܚܕܝܐܒ) was an East Syriac metropolitan province of the Church of the East between the 5th and 14th centuries, with more than fifteen known suffragan dioceses at different periods in its history. Altho ...
Maishan (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province) The Metropolitanate of Maishan or Maysan was an East Syriac metropolitan province of the Church of the East between the fifth and thirteenth centuries. The historical region of Maishan or Maysan (Syriac: ) is situated in southern Iran. The metropoli ...
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Nisibis (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)
The Metropolitanate of Nisibis was an East Syriac metropolitan province of the Church of the East, between the fifth and seventeenth centuries. The ecclesiastical province of Nisibis (Syriac: Nisibin, , often abbreviated to Soba, ) had a number of ...
Fars (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)
Metropolitanate of Fars was an East Syriac metropolitan province of the Church of the East between the sixth and twelfth centuries. It was centered in what is now Fars Province, the historic cradle of ancient Persian civilisation, and besides a ...
Rai (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province) The Metropolitanate of Rai was an East Syriac metropolitan province of the Church of the East, between the eighth and twelfth centuries. The province of Rai had a suffragan diocese for Gurgan.
Background
In Tabaristan (northern Iran), the dioce ...
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Salmas (Chaldean Archdiocese) For much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the district of Salmas in northwest Iran was an archdiocese of the Chaldean Catholic Church, now a part of the Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Urmyā.
Early history
In the East Syriac tradition ...
Eastern Orthodoxy in Hawaii
Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Hawaii began with early Russian missions of the 19th century and continues with multiple Eastern Orthodox churches in the Hawaiian islands.
History
The first Christian service of any type in Hawaii was a lay fu ...
Evangelical
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List of evangelical seminaries and theological colleges
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List of Lutheran dioceses and archdioceses
This is a list of Lutheran dioceses and archdioceses currently active, grouped by national (or regional) church, and showing the titles of the bishops of those dioceses. Where relevant, the metropolitan bishop or primate is listed first. As i ...
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Nordic churches in London
There are several long-established Nordic churches in London. All seek to provide Lutheran Christian worship and pastoral care to their respective national communities in their own languages. Many of the churches also organise language classes and ...
List of Coptic Orthodox Churches in Canada
The following is a ''partial list'' of Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Coptic Orthodox Churches in Canada, the count stands at 70 churches and communities / Congregations
Diocese of Mississauga, Vancouver & Western Canada
The Hierarch o ...
Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria
The Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria is historically based in Alexandria, Egypt. It is commonly known as the Holy See of Saint Mark, to whom the Coptic Pope claims to be the legitimate successor.
Ruling powers moved away from Alexand ...
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Coptic Diocese of Faras
The Diocese of Faras was a Christian bishopric in Nobadia during the Middle Ages and is today a titular see of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Its seat was originally at Faras (''Pakhoras''). Later, its bishops sat at Qasr Ibrim.
Despite Faras's ...
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Syriac Orthodox Church
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Catholicos of Armenia
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Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem
The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem also known as the Armenian Patriarchate of Saint James ( hy, Առաքելական Աթոռ Սրբոց Յակովբեանց Յերուսաղեմ, , ) is located in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem. The ...
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Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan
Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan are the titles used by the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, which is also called the Indian Orthodox Church, for the same bishop holding two offices of Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metr ...
Syriac Orthodox Church
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List of Church of Scotland parishes
The Church of Scotland, the national church of Scotland, divides the country into Presbyteries, which in turn are subdivided into Parishes, each served by a parish church, usually with its own minister. Unions and readjustments may however re ...
List of universities and colleges affiliated with the Churches of Christ
Universities and colleges affiliated with the Churches of Christ include these institutions:
* Florida College has a loose affiliation with the churches of Christ (non-institutional), in that those on its board of trustees must all be members. ...
American Bible Society
American Bible Society is a U.S.-based Christian nonprofit headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As the American member organization of United Bible Societies, it supports global Bible translation, production, distribution, literacy, engag ...
Bible Society of India
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The motto of the Society is to translate the word of God into languages, whi ...
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British and Foreign Bible Society
The British and Foreign Bible Society, often known in England and Wales as simply the Bible Society, is a non-denominational Christian Bible society with charity status whose purpose is to make the Bible available throughout the world.
The So ...
Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft
The Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft ("German Bible Society") is a religious foundation regulated by public law. It is involved in publishing and in spreading the message of the Bible.
The Society publishes the Bible in the original languages and in ...
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Gideons International
Gideons International is an Evangelical Christian association for men founded in 1899 in Janesville, Wisconsin. The Gideons' primary activity, along with their wives in the Auxiliary, is "encouraging each other to do the work of the Lord, focusin ...
*Holman Bible Outreach International
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International Bible Society
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Pioneer Bible Translators
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History
Pioneer Bible Translators has its roots in the Restoration Movement. The organizatio ...
Scottish Bible Society
Scottish Bible Society (SBS), founded in 1809 as the Edinburgh Bible Society, amalgamated in 1861 with the Glasgow Bible Society (founded 1812) to form the National Bible Society of Scotland, is a Scottish Christian charity that exists to make t ...
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Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK) is a UK-based Christian charity. Founded in 1698 by Thomas Bray, it has worked for over 300 years to increase awareness of the Christian faith in the UK and across the world.
The SPCK is t ...
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Society of Biblical Literature
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Thailand Bible Society Thailand Bible Society ( th, สมาคมพระคริสตธรรมไทย) is a non-denominational Christian organization dedicated to translating and distributing the Bible and selected books of the Bible in Thailand. The Thailand ...
United Bible Societies
The United Bible Societies (UBS) is a global fellowship of around 150 Bible Societies operating in more than 240 countries and territories. It has working hubs in England, Singapore, Nairobi and Miami. The headquarters are located in Swindon, Eng ...
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Wycliffe Bible Translators
Wycliffe Global Alliance is an alliance of organizations that have objective of translating the Bible into every language. The organisation is named after John Wycliffe, who was responsible for the first complete English translation of the whol ...
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World Vision International
World Vision International is an evangelical Christian humanitarian aid, development, and advocacy organization. It prefers to present itself as interdenominational and also employs staff from non-evangelical Christian denominations. It was ...
List of Ottawa churches
Catholic
Latin Church
Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall
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List of cathedrals in India
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This is the list of cathedrals in India sorted by denomi ...
List of cathedrals in Ireland
This article lists the current and former cathedrals of the main Christian churches in Ireland. Since the main denominations are organised on an all-Ireland basis, this article includes information about both jurisdictions: Northern Ireland and ...
List of churches in Florence
The following is a list of the churches in Florence, Italy. For clarity, it is divided into those churches that are north and south of the River Arno.
North of the Arno
*Florence Cathedral (Duomo di Santa Maria del Fiore)
*Florence Baptistery ( ...
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List of churches in Venice
This is a complete list of churches in Venice classified by "sestiere" in which the city is divided. These are Cannaregio, San Polo, Dorsoduro (including the Giudecca and Isola Sacca Fisola), Santa Croce, San Marco (including San Giorgi ...
List of collegiate churches in England
This is a list of collegiate churches in England.
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List of collegiate churches in Scotland
Bothwell Parish is the only Collegiate church where worship is still held. It is thought that the first ''Collegium'' of canons with its own chapel was formed in St. Andrews in the 13th century, and it is thought that by the Reformation there w ...
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List of cathedrals in the United Kingdom
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See also
* List of Anglican churches in the United Kingdom
*List of Catholic churches in the United Kingdom
A list of Catholic churches in the United Kingdom, notable current and former individual church buildings and congr ...
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List of churches in Bristol
The English city of Bristol has a number of churches.
Bristol has lost, rebuilt or demolished all of its strongly characteristic late medieval parish churches - the naves had no clerestories, any added aisles and chapels were separately gabled, ...
List of churches in Greater Manchester
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List of churches in Kent
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East Kent
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List of churches in London
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List of churches that are National Historic Landmarks in the United States
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List of cathedrals in the United States
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List of Anglican dioceses
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List of Lutheran dioceses and archdioceses
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Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
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Samaritan's Purse
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WEC International
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List of Christian religious houses in France
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Christian religious houses arranged by order Augustinians
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List of Benedictine monasteries in France
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List of Cistercian monasteries in France
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List of Premonstratensian monasteries in France
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List of Christian religious houses in North Rhine-Westphalia
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List of Imperial abbeys
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List of abbeys and priories in Wales
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List of abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland
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List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England
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Christian orders and societies
Christian political organizations
Christian relief organizations
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Association of Gospel Rescue Missions
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Samaritan's Purse
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World Relief
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World Vision
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The Salvation Army
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List of Christian hospitals in China In 1910 126 Church Hospitals supplied data for the China Medical Journal for vol 25 no. 5. There were 175 Medical Missionaries in those hospitals. The report states that there were a total of 415 Medical Missionaries in China at the time.
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Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia
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Christian Trade Union Federation of Germany
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The European Confederation of I ...
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Christian Workers' Union
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French Confederation of Christian Workers
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Solidarity (South African trade union)
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World Confederation of Labour
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World Movement of Christian Workers
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Holy Confucian Church
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Adi Brahmo Samaj
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World Brahmo Council
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Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
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Arsha Vidya Gurukulam
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Arya Samaj
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Arya Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji
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Bharat Sevashram Sangha
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Bhartiya Gau Raksha Dal
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Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha
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Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
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Devaswom boards in Kerala
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Divine Life Society
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Gaudiya Mission
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Hindu American Foundation
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Hindu Dharma Samudaya of Bhutan
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Hindu Janajagruti Samiti
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Hindu Rights Action Force
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Hindu Sena
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Hindu Students Council
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International Society for Krishna Consciousness
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International Swaminarayan Satsang Mandal
The International Swaminarayan Satsang Mandal (ISSM) is a religious organisation of the Hindu faith based in USA. It comes under the Laxmi Narayan Dev Gadi of the Shree Swaminarayan Sampraday. The organisation has temples and centres in various pa ...
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International Swaminarayan Satsang Organisation
Acharya Shree Tejendraprasadji Maharaj (who was then Acharya of the Swaminarayan Sampraday (Ahmedabad Gadi)) founded International Swaminarayan Satsang Organization (I.S.S.O.) (Devanagari: अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्वामी ...
Isha Foundation
Isha Foundation is a nonprofit, spiritual organisation founded in 1992 near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. It hosts the Isha Yoga Centre, which offers yoga programs under the name Isha Yoga. The foundation is run "a ...
Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat
Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat (JKP), previously known as Sadhna Bhawan Trust, is a charitable religious organisation in India. It was established in 1970 by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj and continues to run today under his auspices, with t ...
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Radha Madhav Dham
Radha Madhav Dham, originally called Barsana DhamKurien, P.A. 2007. ''A Place at the Multicultural Table: The Development of an American Hinduism''. NJ: Rutgers University Press. is the main U.S. center of Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat, a nonprofit ...
Kaginele Kanaka Guru Peetha
The guru peetha was established as a spiritual and cultural center for Kuruba Gowdas
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Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham
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Malaysia Hindudharma Mamandram
The Malaysia Hindu Dharma Mamandram (Tamil: மலேசிய இந்து தர்ம மாமன்றம்; Malay:Pertubuhan Hinduhharma Malaysia; abbrivated: Mamandram) is a Hindu-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Malaysia ...
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Mata Amritanandamayi Math
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Narnarayan Dev Yuvak Mandal
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Pakistan Hindu Council
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History
The Pakistan Hindu Council was founded by the Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, Hindu activist and member of ...
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Pakistan Hindu Panchayat
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Hindus of Pakistan
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Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia
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Patanjali Yogpeeth
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Radha Soami Satsang Beas
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Establishment of ...
Ramakrishna Math
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Vedanta Society
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Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center
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Vedanta Society of Southern California
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Ramakrishna Mission
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Ramakrishna Mission Institute of culture
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Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
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Sangh Parivar
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Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
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History
The ABVP, founded in 1948 with the initiative of the RSS a ...
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Bajrang Dal
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Bharatiya Kisan Sangh
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Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
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The BMS itself claims to have more than 10 million members. According to provisional statis ...
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Ekal Vidyalaya
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Hindu Jagran Manch
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Saiva Siddhanta Church
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Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha
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Santhigiri Ashram
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Satsang (Deoghar)
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Science of Spirituality
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Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...
Yogoda Satsanga Society of India
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Shree Shree Anandamayee Sangha
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Society of Abidance in Truth The Society of Abidance in Truth (SAT) is a spiritual nonprofit organization (501(c)(3)) consecrated to the teachings of Advaita Vedanta, especially as revealed by Sri Ramana Maharshi.
Publications
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Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam
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Alwaye Advaita Ashram
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Sree Narayana Trust
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Sri Aurobindo Ashram
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Auroville Foundation
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Durga Vahini
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Swaminarayan Mandir Vasna Sanstha
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Vishva Hindu Parishad
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Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
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The word is derived from ...
Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama (EK group)
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Madrasa (, also ...
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All India Sunni Jem-iyyathul Ulama
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All India Muslim Students Federation
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All-India Muslim League
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Sunni Students Federation
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Muslim Students Federation (Kerala unit)
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Indian Union Muslim League
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The fir ...
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind or Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind () is one of the leading organizations of Islamic scholars belonging to the Deobandi school of thought in India. It was founded in November 1919 by a group of Muslim scholars including Abdul Bari F ...
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Muslim Jamaat
Muslim Jamaath is a Kerala based Islamic organization In India, under the supervision of the All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama. This body acts as an apex body of various other organization and institutions which were following the ideologies of ...
Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala
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Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামী, Bānglādēsh Jāmāyatē Islāmī, Bangladesh Islamic Assembly), previously known as Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, or Jamaat for short, was ...
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Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh
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Islami Oikya Jote
The Islami Oikya Jote ( bn, ইসলামী ঐক্য জোট, ''Islami Oikko Joţ'', "Islamic Unity Front") is a political party in Bangladesh and is allied with the Four Party Alliance.
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During the legislative elections of 1 ...
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Islamic Foundation Bangladesh
Islamic Foundation Bangladesh ( bn, ইসলামিক ফাউন্ডেশন বাংলাদেশ) is a government organization under the '' Ministry of Religious Affairs'' in Bangladesh working to disseminate values and ideals of Is ...
Muslim Brotherhood
The Society of the Muslim Brothers ( ar, جماعة الإخوان المسلمين'' ''), better known as the Muslim Brotherhood ( '), is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt by Islamic studies, Islamic scholar and scho ...
Islamic Forum of Europe
The Islamic Forum of Europe (IFE) is an Islamic organisation based in the United Kingdom with affiliates in Europe.Young Muslim Organisation
Young Muslim Organisation (YMO) is an Islamic youth-oriented initiative based in England.
It was established mainly by the British Bangladeshi youths in East London during the period of racial attacks in Tower Hamlets in 1978.
The group first ...
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Muslim Council of Britain
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) is a national umbrella body with over 500 mosques and educational and charitable associations affiliated to it. It includes national, regional, local, and specialist Muslim organisations and institutions fro ...
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British Muslim Forum
The British Muslim Forum is an organization of Sunni Muslims which represents 500 Mosques across the UK. Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada is the current President of the organization.
Leaders
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Islamic Society of Britain
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Background
The ISB's first president was Zahid Parvez. On 16 November 2013 Sughra Ahmed was el ...
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Minhaj-ul-Quran UK
Minhaj-ul-Quran International ( ur, ) (or MQI) is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) founded by Shaykh-ul-Islam Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri in 1980 in Lahore, Pakistan. Its headquarters is based in Lahore, Pakistan and has branch ...
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Muslim Association of Britain
The Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) is a British Sunni Muslim organisation founded in 1997. MAB has been well known for its participation in the protests opposing the Iraq War. More recently, it has been known for promoting Muslim parti ...
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Muslim Educational Trust
Muslim Educational Trust (also called MET) is an educational organization offering information, advice and publications about education and the educational needs of children to parents in particular. It is based in London.
Islamic schooling
Fr ...
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Muslim Parliament of Great Britain
The Muslim Parliament of Great Britain is a Muslim organisation founded in 1992 in London by Kalim Siddiqui, Director of the Muslim Institute, based on a proposal published in July 1990 under the title ''The Muslim Manifesto''. The Muslim Parliam ...
Sufi Muslim Council The Sufi Muslim Council (SMC) was launched on 19 July 2006. The SMC is a non-profit, non-governmental religious organization dedicated to working for the cause of Islam.
The group claims to represent British Sufi Muslims. Sufism is a form of Islam ...
Chinese Muslim Cultural and Fraternal Association
The Chinese Muslim Cultural and Fraternal Association (CMCFA; ) is an Islamic organisation in Hong Kong, with around 250,000 members. The group currently operates five different schools in Hong Kong.
The head office is in Wan Chai.
History
The ...
Izala Society
Izala Society or ''Jama'atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus Sunnah'' (Society of Removal of Innovation and Re-establishment of the Sunnah), also called JIBWIS, is a Salafi movement originally established in Northern Nigeria to fight what it sees a ...
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind ( ur, جماعتِ اسلامی ہند, abbreviated as JIH) is an Islamic organisation in India, founded as an offshoot of the Jamaat-e-Islami, which split into separate independent organisations in India, Pakistan, Banglades ...
Indonesia
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Al-Irshad Al-Islamiya
Al-Irshad Al-Islamiya Association ( ar-at, جمعية الإصلاح والإرشاد الإسلاميه, Jam'iyat al-Ishlah wal Irshad al-Islamiyya) is an organization in Indonesia engaged in educational and religious activities. The organizati ...
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Al-Mukmin Islamic school The Al-Mukmin Islamic boarding school also known as Pesantren Al-Mukmin and Pondok Ngruki, is a ''pesantren'' ('Islamic boarding school') located in Ngruki, a suburb in the city of Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. It was founded 1972 by the all ...
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Alkhairaat
Alkhairaat ( ar-at, الخيرات, al-Ḵayrāt, , "good things") is the largest Islamic community organization in eastern Indonesia based in Palu, Central Sulawesi. This organization was founded by an Arab Indonesians cleric who born in Hadhrama ...
Indonesian Islamic Propagation Council
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Jaringan Islam Liberal
Jaringan Islam Liberal (JIL) or the Liberal Islam Network is a loose forum for discussing and disseminating the concept of Islamic liberalism in Indonesia. One reason for its establishment is to counter the growing influence and activism of milita ...
Muhammadiyah
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Aisyiyah
Aisyiyah ( ar, عائشية, lit=followers of Aisha, translit=ʿĀʾishiyah) is an Islamic non-governmental organization in Indonesia dedicated to female empowerment and charitable work. It was formed on 19 May 1917 by Nyai Ahmad Dahlan to facili ...
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Muslim Students' Association (Indonesia)
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Nahdlatul Ulama
Nahdlatul Ulama (, , NU) is an Islamic organization in Indonesia. Its membership estimates range from 40 million (2013) to over 95 million (2021), making it the largest Islamic organization in the world. NU also is a charitable body funding sch ...
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Ansor Youth Movement
Ansor Youth Movement, often abbreviated as GP Ansor, is a non-profit Islamic youth organization based in Indonesia, affiliated with Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the largest Islamic mass organization in the world. Founded on April 24, 1934, GP Ansor has m ...
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Banser
Multipurpose Ansor Front, better known as Banser (abbreviation of ''Barisan Ansor Serbaguna''), is an Islamic militia organization based in Indonesia. It is a paramilitary wing of the youth organization Ansor Youth Movement (GP Ansor) affiliated ...
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Nahdlatul Wathan
Nahdlatul Wathan () is an Islamic socio-religious organization based in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. The organization was established by Muhammad Zainuddin Abdul Majid at Pancor, East Lombok Regency in 1953. The organization s ...
The Wahid Institute
The Wahid Institute is a Research Center on Islam, based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was founded in 2004 by the former President of Indonesia, Abdurrahman Wahid and is led by his daughter Yenny Zannuba Wahid.
It is dedicated to "the developm ...
Tanzeem-e-Islami
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Dawat-e-Islami
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In addition to local charity efforts, Dawat-e-Islami offers online courses in ...
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Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
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Minhaj-ul-Quran
Minhaj-ul-Quran International ( ur, ) (or MQI) is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) founded by Shaykh-ul-Islam Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri in 1980 in Lahore, Pakistan. Its headquarters is based in Lahore, Pakistan and has branches ...
Singapore
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Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura
The Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS), also known as the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (IRCS), is a statutory board of the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth of the Government of Singapore. As a majlis, its role is to look af ...
Taiwan
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Chinese Islamic Cultural and Educational Foundation
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History
The foundation was established in 1976 by brothers ...
Chinese Muslim Youth League
The Chinese Muslim Youth League () or Chinese Islamic Youth Association is an organization of Chinese Muslims in the Republic of China.
History
Chinese Muslim Youth League was established with the name Chinese Muslim Youth Cultural Improveme ...
Anjuman Sunnat-ul-Jamaat Association
The Anjuman Sunnat-ul-Jamaat Association (ASJA) is the largest and most influential Muslim organisation of Trinidad and Tobago. More than 80% of the Trinidadian Muslim belongs to Anjuman Sunnatul jamaat association. It operates 53 mosques, 7 Prim ...
Union of Orthodox Rabbis
The Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada (UOR), often called by its Hebrew name, Agudath Harabonim or Agudas Harrabonim ("union of rabbis"), was established in 1901 in the United States and is the oldest organization of Orthod ...
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World Agudath Israel
World Agudath Israel ( he, אגודת ישראל), usually known as the Aguda, was established in the early twentieth century as the political arm of Ashkenazi Torah Judaism. It succeeded ''Agudas Shlumei Emunei Yisroel'' (Union of Faithful Jewr ...
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Agudath Israel of America
Agudath Israel of America ( he, אגודת ישראל באמריקה) (also called Agudah) is an American organization that represents Haredi Orthodox Jews. It is loosely affiliated with the international World Agudath Israel. Agudah seeks to ...
Colel Chabad
Colel Chabad ( he, כולל חב"ד) was founded in 1788 and is the oldest continuously operating charity in Israel. The institution runs a network of soup kitchens and food banks, dental and medical clinics, daycare centers, widow and orphan s ...
Rohr Jewish Learning Institute
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Jewish Released Time
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His ...
Kehot Publication Society
Kehot Publication Society is the publishing division of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.
History
Kehot was established in 1941 by the sixth Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn. In 1942, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak appointed his so ...
National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education
The National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education (NCFJE) is a non-profit organization run by the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. It is a division of the Chabad movement's educational arm, Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch.Lubavitch.com. "Division ...
Tzivos Hashem
''Tzivos Hashem'' (literally, Army of God), is a Brooklyn, New York based organization that was founded in 1980 by the Lubavitcher Rebbe as a youth group of the Chabad movement to increase religious observance and knowledge of Jewish customs and ...
Central Rabbinical Congress
The Central Rabbinical Congress (in full: Central Rabbinical Congress of the US and Canada, commonly abbreviated to CRC; he, התאחדות הרבנים דארצות הברית וקנדא, Hisachdus HaRabbonim DeArtzos HaBris VeCanada) is a rabb ...
Misnagdim
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Congress of the Jewish Religious Organizations and Associations in Russia The Congress of the Jewish Religious Organizations and Associations in Russia (CJROAR) was established in February 1993. CJROAR links 100 Jewish organizations in 68 Russian cities. This body possesses no administrative powers, but rather performs c ...
Khal Adath Jeshurun
Khal Adath Jeshurun (KAJ) is an Orthodox German Jewish Ashkenazi congregation in the Washington Heights neighborhood, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It has an affiliated synagogue in the heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of ...
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Orthodox Union
The Orthodox Union (abbreviated OU) is one of the largest Orthodox Jewish organizations in the United States. Founded in 1898, the OU supports a network of synagogues, youth programs, Jewish and Religious Zionist advocacy programs, programs fo ...
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Rabbinical Council of America
The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) is one of the world's largest organizations of Orthodox rabbis; it is affiliated with The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, more commonly known as the Orthodox Union (OU). It is the main p ...
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Amana (organization)
Amana ('Covenant') is an Israeli settlement movement formed by Gush Emunim in 1976. Its primary goal was "developing communities in Judea, Samaria, the Golan Heights, the Galilee, the Negev and Gush Katif." The initial communities it developed ...
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Arutz Sheva
''Arutz Sheva'' ( he, ערוץ 7, lit=''Channel 7''), also known in English as ''Israel National News'', is an Israeli media network identifying with religious Zionism. It offers online news articles in Hebrew, English, and Russian as well as ...
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Bnei Akiva
Bnei Akiva ( he, בְּנֵי עֲקִיבָא, , "Children of Akiva") is the largest religious Zionist youth movement in the world, with over 125,000 members in 42 countries. It was first established in Mandatory Palestine in 1929.
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Makor Rishon
''Makor Rishon'' ( he, מָקוֹר רִאשׁוֹן lit. "Firsthand Source") is a semi-major Israeli newspaper associated with Religious Zionism and the conservative right-wing.
History
''Makor Rishon'' was founded as a weekly magazine in Jul ...
Mizrachi (religious Zionism)
The Mizrachi ( he, תנועת הַמִזְרָחִי, ''Tnuat HaMizrahi'') is a religious Zionist organization founded in 1902 in Vilnius at a world conference of religious Zionists called by Rabbi Yitzchak Yaacov Reines. Bnei Akiva, which was ...
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Religious Zionists of America
The Religious Zionists of America (Hebrew official name: Religious Zionists of America/Mizrachi-Hapoel Hamizrachi, also known as Mizrachi, is an American-based organization that is the official body for those, mostly Modern Orthodox Jews who ident ...
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Ne'emanei Torah Va'Avodah
Ne’emanei Torah Va’Avodah ( he, נאמני תורה ועבודה (NTA; English: lit. ‘Loyalists of Torah and Labor’) is a nonprofit organization in Israel that focuses on education research and policy in the Religious Zionist community. T ...
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The Temple Institute
The Temple Institute, known in Hebrew as Machon HaMikdash ( he, מכון המקדש), is an organization in Israel focusing on the endeavor of establishing the Third Temple. Its long-term aims are to build the third Jewish temple on the Temple M ...
Conservadox
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Union for Traditional Judaism
The Union for Traditional Judaism, founded in 1984, is a traditional, Halakhic Jewish outreach and communal service organization. It initially called itself "The Union for Traditional Conservative Judaism" but dropped "Conservative" from its tit ...
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Institute of Traditional Judaism
The Institute of Traditional Judaism, also known as The Metivta or the ITJ, was the rabbinical school sponsored by the Union for Traditional Judaism.
The Institute of Traditional Judaism was established in 1990. It was positioned to the left of ...
Conservative
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Camp Ramah
Camp Ramah ( he, מחנה רמה, Machaneh Ramah) is a network of Jewish summer camps affiliated with the Conservative Movement. The camps operate in the United States, Canada, and Israel. All Ramah camps serve kosher food and are ''Shabbat''-obs ...
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) is a Conservative Jewish education organization in New York City, New York. It is one of the academic and spiritual centers of Conservative Judaism and a major center for academic scholarship in Jewish studie ...
Rabbinical Assembly
The Rabbinical Assembly (RA) is the international association of Conservative rabbis. The RA was founded in 1901 to shape the ideology, programs, and practices of the Conservative movement. It publishes prayerbooks and books of Jewish interest, a ...
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) is the major congregational organization of Conservative Judaism in North America, and the largest Conservative Jewish communal body in the world. USCJ closely works with the Rabbinical Assembly ...
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United Synagogue Youth
United Synagogue Youth (USY) is the youth movement of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ). It was founded in 1951, under the auspices of the Youth Commission of what was then the United Synagogue of America.
USY operates in the ...
Society for Humanistic Judaism
The Society for Humanistic Judaism (SHJ), founded by Rabbi Sherwin Wine in 1969, is an American 501(c)(3) organization and the central body of Humanistic Judaism, a philosophy that combines a non-theistic and humanistic outlook with the celebrat ...
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) is a Jewish seminary in Wyncote, Pennsylvania. It is the only seminary affiliated with Reconstructionist Judaism. It is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Associa ...
Reform
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American Council for Judaism
The American Council for Judaism (ACJ) is an organization of American Jews. In particular, it is notable for its historical opposition to Zionism, though it is Zionist today. The ACJ has also championed women's rights, including the right for women ...
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World Union for Progressive Judaism
The World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ) is the international umbrella organization for the various branches of Reform, Liberal and Progressive Judaism, as well as the separate Reconstructionist Judaism. The WUPJ is based in 40 countries ...
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Communauté Juive Libérale
''Communauté Juive Libérale'' d'Île-de-France (CJL) is a Jewish community led by the Rabbi Pauline Bebe, the first (and until 2007 the only) woman rabbi in France. The community belongs to the Reform movement. The CJL is part of the World U ...
Liberal Jewish Movement of France
The Liberal Jewish Movement of France or MJLF is a Jewish liberal cultural and religious association affiliated with the World Union for Progressive Judaism. Founded in 1977, the movement promotes Jewish religious and cultural life through its two ...
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Liberal Judaism (United Kingdom)
Liberal Judaism (until 2002: Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues) is one of the two WUPJ-affiliated denominations in the United Kingdom. It is smaller and more radical in comparison with the other one, the Movement for Reform Judaism. ...
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Movement for Reform Judaism
Reform Judaism (formally the Movement for Reform Judaism and known as Reform Synagogues of Great Britain until 2005) is one of the two World Union for Progressive Judaism–affiliated denominations in the United Kingdom. Reform is relatively ...
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Nederlands Verbond voor Progressief Jodendom
The Nederlands Verbond voor Progressief Jodendom (Dutch Union for Progressive Judaism; until 2006: Verbond voor Liberaal-Religieuze Joden in Nederland, Union for Liberal-Religious Jews in the Netherlands) is the umbrella organisation for Progres ...
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Netzer Olami
Netzer Olami is the worldwide youth movement of the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ) and is affiliated to Arzenu (the Zionist arm of the WUPJ). "Netzer" is an acronym in Hebrew for Reform Zionist Youth (''Noar Tsioni Reformi'', נוע ...
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South African Union for Progressive Judaism (SAUPJ)
The South African Union for Progressive Judaism (SAUPJ) is an affiliate of the World Union for Progressive Judaism and supports 11 progressive congregations. The SAUJP estimates that it represents around 6,000 South African Jews and around 10 per ...
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Union of Progressive Jews in Germany
The Union progressiver Juden in Deutschland (UPJ; "Union of Progressive Jews in Germany") is a "Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts", a publicly chartered association, founded in 1997 as the congregational arm of Liberal (also Progressive or R ...
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Union for Progressive Judaism
The Union for Progressive Judaism is an affiliate of the World Union for Progressive Judaism and supports 27 progressive congregations in Australia, New Zealand and Asia. The movement serves about a fifth of the region's affiliated community. The ...
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Union for Reform Judaism
The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), known as the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC) until 2003, founded in 1873 by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, is the congregational arm of Reform Judaism in North America. The other two arms establishe ...
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Society for Classical Reform Judaism
Roots of Reform Judaism is an advocacy group within the constituency of the American Union for Reform Judaism. The group's primary focus is a return to the values and worship style of the " Classical Reform" era. This includes the belief that the ...
Messianic
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Chosen People Ministries
Chosen People Ministries (CPM) is a Messianic Jewish nonprofit organization which engages in Christian evangelism to Jews. It is headquartered in New York City and currently led by Mitch Glaser, who was raised Jewish and converted to Christiani ...
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Jews for Jesus
Jews for Jesus is an international Messianic Jewish non-profit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California. The group is known for its proselytism to Jews and promotes the belief that Jesus is the Christ and the Son of God. It was f ...
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Messianic Jewish Alliance of America
The Messianic Jewish Alliance of America (MJAA) was founded in 1915 as the Hebrew Christian Alliance of America, changing its name in 1975. It follows on from the International Hebrew Christian Alliance between the Hebrew Christian Alliance of Gr ...
Academy for Jewish Religion (California)
The Academy for Jewish Religion California (AJRCA), is a Jewish seminary in Los Angeles. It trains rabbis, cantors and chaplains to serve congregations and organizations of any Jewish denomination.Nancy Sokoler Steiner"Academy of Jewish Religion ...
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Academy for Jewish Religion (New York)
The Academy for Jewish Religion (AJR) is a rabbinical school in Yonkers, New York.
History
The Academy for Jewish Religion was founded in 1956 as a rabbinical school. Initially called the Academy for Liberal Judaism (and then the Academy for Hig ...
High Council of B'nei Noah
Noahidism () or Noachidism () is a monotheistic Jewish religious movement based upon the Seven Laws of Noah and their traditional interpretations within Orthodox Judaism. According to the Jewish law, non-Jews (Goyim) are not obligated to conve ...
Kabbalah Centre
The Kabbalah Centre International is a non-profit organizationworldwide
located in Los Angeles, California that provides courses on the Zohar and Kabbalistic teachings online as well as through its regional and city-based centers and study groups ...
Hillel International
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, also known as Hillel International or Hillel, is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, working with thousands of college students globally. Hillel is represented at more than 550 colle ...
Educational institutions
Outreach
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Aish HaTorah
Aish HaTorah ( he, אש התורה, lit. "Fire of the Torah") is an Orthodox Jewish educational organization and yeshiva.
History
Aish HaTorah was established in Jerusalem in 1974 by Rabbi Noah Weinberg, after he left the Ohr Somayach yeshiva ...
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Association for Jewish Outreach Programs
The Association for Jewish Outreach Programs, (formerly the Association for Jewish Outreach Professionals), also known by its abbreviation AJOP, is an Orthodox Jewish network which was established to unite and enhance the Jewish educational work of ...
Gateways (organization)
Gateways is an international organization whose self-declared mission is it to "raise Jewish consciousness."
Origins
Gateways was founded in 1998 by Rabbi Mordechai Suchard with the stated goal of "providing opportunities for Jews to unlock the tr ...
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Kiruv Organization (Mizrachi)
Yosef Mizrachi ( he, יוסף מזרחי, born 1968) is a Haredi rabbi and public speaker. He has been widely denounced and characterised as being misguided by leading Orthodox Jewish authorities.
Early life and career
Yosef Mizrachi was bo ...
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Oorah (organization)
Oorah Kiruv Rechokim, Inc ( he, עורה קירבו רחוקים; "awaken and bring in those who are far"), better known as Oorah is an incorporated Orthodox Jewish outreach (''kiruv'') organization, founded in 1980 "with the goal of awakening ...
Bnei Akiva
Bnei Akiva ( he, בְּנֵי עֲקִיבָא, , "Children of Akiva") is the largest religious Zionist youth movement in the world, with over 125,000 members in 42 countries. It was first established in Mandatory Palestine in 1929.
History ...
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Netzer Olami
Netzer Olami is the worldwide youth movement of the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ) and is affiliated to Arzenu (the Zionist arm of the WUPJ). "Netzer" is an acronym in Hebrew for Reform Zionist Youth (''Noar Tsioni Reformi'', נוע ...
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Tzivos Hashem
''Tzivos Hashem'' (literally, Army of God), is a Brooklyn, New York based organization that was founded in 1980 by the Lubavitcher Rebbe as a youth group of the Chabad movement to increase religious observance and knowledge of Jewish customs and ...
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United Synagogue Youth
United Synagogue Youth (USY) is the youth movement of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ). It was founded in 1951, under the auspices of the Youth Commission of what was then the United Synagogue of America.
USY operates in the ...
Chesed Shel Emes
Chesed Shel Emes ( he, חסד של אמת, ; meaning "Charity of Truth" or "True Loving Kindness") is a Jewish voluntary organisation that is found in various forms around the world.
Israel
In Israel, the primary Chesed Shel Emes is known as Z ...
(literally "Kindness of Truth"), body recovery and burial assistance
* Misaskim (literally "People who Get Involved"), services for the care of the dead and the needs of mourners
* Shomrim (literally "Watchers"), neighborhood patrol
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ZAKA
ZAKA ( he, זק"א, abbreviation for ''Zihuy Korbanot Ason'', , literally: "Disaster Victim Identification") is a series of voluntary community emergency response teams in Israel, each operating in a police district (two in the Central Distric ...
or "Zihuy Korbanot Ason" (literally, "Disaster Victim Identification") identification of victims of terrorist, accidents, or other disasters
Pagan organizations
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Church of All Worlds
The Church of All Worlds (CAW) is an American Neopagan religious group whose stated mission is to evolve a network of information, mythology, and experience that provides a context and stimulus for reawakening Gaia and reuniting her children thr ...
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Circle Sanctuary
Circle Sanctuary is a non-profit organization and legally recognized neopagan church based in southwestern Wisconsin, US. It aims to encourage community celebrations, spiritual healing, research, networking and education.
Circle Sanctuary was f ...
Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans
The Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans (abbr: CUUPS) is an independent affiliate of Unitarian Universalists who identify with the precepts of classical or contemporary Paganism: celebrating the sacred circle of life and guiding people to l ...
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European Congress of Ethnic Religions
The European Congress of Ethnic Religions (ECER) is an organisation for cooperation among associations that promote the ethnic religions of Europe.Foundation for Traditional Religions
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Pagan Federation
The Pagan Federation is a UK-based voluntary organisation, founded as the Pagan Front, that provides information and counters misconceptions about Neopaganism. It was formed in 1971, and campaigns for the religious rights of Neo-pagans and educ ...
Unitarian Earth Spirit Network
The Unitarian Earth Spirit Network (UESN) is an association of Unitarian Universalists based in the U.K. that seeks to represent a Nature/Earth/Creation centred religious voice within the church. It was assisted by Jo Rogers as Secretary/Treasure ...
Caucasian
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Council of Priests of Abkhazia
The Council of Priests of Abkhazia unites the seven principal priests of the Abkhazian traditional religion, who are responsible for the Seven Shrines of Abkhazia
The Seven Shrines of the Abkhaz in Abkhazia are considered holy in the Abkhaz ...
Chinese Folk Temples' Management Association
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Germanic
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Armanen-Orden
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Asatru Folk Assembly
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Ásatrúarfélagið
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Eldaring
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History
Eldaring began in 2000 as a private Internet mailing list before it o ...
Germanische Glaubens-Gemeinschaft
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Schmid (2006) distinguishes four main currents:
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Heathen Front
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Verein für germanisches Heidentum
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Vigrid (Norway)
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Italic
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Nova Roma
Nova Roma (Latin for 'New Rome") is an international Roman revivalist and reconstructionist organizationStrmiska, Michael: ''Modern Paganism in World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives'', pp. 335-36. ABC-CLIO, 2005 created in 1998 by Joseph Bl ...
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Roman Traditional Movement
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Slavic
*Commonwealth of Pagan Communities of Siberia–Siberian Veche
*Native Polish Church
*Rodnover Confederation
*Rodzima Wiara
*Conceptual Party Unity, Russian national movement–Course of Truth and Unity
*Levashovism, Russian Public Movement of Renaissance–Golden Age
*Authentism, Tezaurus Spiritual Union
*Union of Slavic Native Belief Communities
Turkic
*Aiyy Faith
*Tengir Ordo
Wiccan
*Aquarian Tabernacle Church
*Church and School of Wicca
*Universal Eclectic Wicca, Church of Universal Eclectic Wicca
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Circle Sanctuary
Circle Sanctuary is a non-profit organization and legally recognized neopagan church based in southwestern Wisconsin, US. It aims to encourage community celebrations, spiritual healing, research, networking and education.
Circle Sanctuary was f ...
* Covenant of the Goddess
*Doreen Valiente Foundation
*New Reformed Orthodox Order of the Golden Dawn
*Panthean temple
*The Rowan Tree Church
*SpiralScouts International
*Wiccan church
*Witch School
Satanist organizations
*The Satanic Temple
*The Church of Satan
*Joy of Satan Ministries
Shinto organizations
*Association of Shinto Shrines
Sikh organizations
*British Sikh Report
*Chief Khalsa Diwan
*City Sikhs
*Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee
*Gurudwara Khalsa Sabha, Matunga
*Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha
*Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
*Kamber Darbar
*Khalsa Diwan Society Vancouver
*Nishkam SWAT
*Pakistan Sikh Council
*Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee
*President of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
*Rashtriya Sikh Sangat
*Sachkhoj Academy
*Shiromani Akali Dal
*Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
*Sikhs for Justice
*Sri Guru Singh Sabha
*Tat Khalsa
*United Sikhs
*World Sikh Organization
*3HO, 3HO (Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization)
Sikh sects
;Radha Soami
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Radha Soami Satsang Beas
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Establishment of ...
Science of Spirituality
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Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...
* Chinese Taoist Association
* Taoist Tai Chi Society,
Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism
* Hong Kong Taoist Association
* Singapore Taoist Federation
* Singapore Taoist Mission
* Taoist Church of Italy
Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist
* International Council of Unitarians and Universalists
** Australia and New Zealand Unitarian Universalist Association
** Canadian Unitarian Council (Young Religious Unitarian Universalists)
** Deutsche Unitarier Religionsgemeinschaft
** European Unitarian Universalists
** General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches (Unitarian Christian Association;
Unitarian Earth Spirit Network
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** Unitarian Church of Transylvania
** Unitarian Universalist Association (Church of the Larger Fellowship; Church of the Larger Fellowship#Church of the Younger Fellowship, Church of the Younger Fellowship;
Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans
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Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans
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** Meadville Lombard Theological School
** Starr King School for the Ministry
** Southeast Unitarian Universalist Summer Institute
** Unitarian Universalist Buddhist Fellowship
** Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship
** Church of Iceland, National Church of Iceland (In contact organization)
* American Unitarian Conference
* Christian Universalist Association
* Unitarianism#UCMI .2F UCEC, The Unitarian Christian Emerging Church
Organizations of new religious movements
*Aetherius Society
*African Theological Archministry
*Ausar Auset Society
*Church of the Creator
*Church of Satan
*Eckankar
*Elan Vital (organization), Elan Vital, formerly Divine Light Mission
*Messiah Foundation International
**Kalki Avatar Foundation
*Never Ending Gardens
*John Templeton Foundation
*Joy of Satan Ministries
*Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham
*Temple of Set
*The Satanic Temple
*Universal Life Church
New Age organizations
*Association for Research and Enlightenment
*The Family (Australian New Age group), The Family
*Findhorn Foundation
Rosicrucian organizations
*Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
*Rosicrucian Fellowship
Theosophical organizations
*Lucis Trust
*New Acropolis
*Theosophical Society Adyar
*Theosophical Society Pasadena
*Theosophical Society Point Loma-Covina
*United Lodge of Theosophists
Interreligious organizations
* Association for Consciousness Exploration
* Center for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy
* The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
* Berkeley Psychic Institute
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European Congress of Ethnic Religions
The European Congress of Ethnic Religions (ECER) is an organisation for cooperation among associations that promote the ethnic religions of Europe.Center for Jewish–Christian Understanding and Cooperation
*The Coexistence Trust
*Faith & Values Media
*International Catholic–Jewish Liaison Committee
*International Council of Christians and Jews
*International Fellowship of Christians and Jews
*Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel
*Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
See also
* List of religions and spiritual traditions
* Major religious groups
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