Superior Universal Alignment (SUA) is a religious movement that was founded in Brazil in the 1980s by Valentina de Andrade. SUA is a syncretic religion that draws on elements of Christianity, Hinduism, and other spiritual traditions. SUA members believe that the world is in a state of spiritual crisis and that only SUA can save […]
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The Freedomites, also known as the Sons of Freedom, were a radical sect of the Doukhobors, a community of Spiritual Christians who began a mass migration from Russia to Canada in 1898. The Freedomite movement first appeared in 1902 in Saskatchewan, and later in the Kootenay and Boundary Districts of British Columbia. The Freedomites were
The Order of the Solar Temple (OTS) was a cult and religious sect that claimed to be based upon the ideals of the Knights Templar. OTS was founded by Joseph di Mambro and Luc Jouret in 1984 in Geneva, as l’Ordre International Chevaleresque de Tradition Solaire (OICTS), and later it was renamed Ordre du Temple
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The Branch Davidians were a religious group that was founded in 1935 by Victor Houteff. The group was originally a splinter group of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, but they later broke away from the Adventists and formed their own church. The Branch Davidians believed that the end of the world was imminent, and they prepared
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MOVEMENT FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOD MOVEMENT FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOD . On March 17, 2000, several hundred followers (estimates vary, but there may well have been more than three hundred, including seventy-eight children) of the Ugandan Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God (MRTCG) died
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The Raelians are a UFO religion that was founded in 1974 by Claude Vorilhon, who later took the name Raël. The Raelians believe that humans were created by a race of extraterrestrial beings known as the Elohim, and that they will one day return to Earth to take us to their planet, where we will
The Children of God (COG) is a controversial Christian new religious movement founded in 1968 by David Berg. The group has been criticized for its authoritarian leadership, its practice of child sexual abuse, and its use of deceptive recruiting tactics. Berg was born in 1919 in Appleton, Wisconsin. He was the son of a Methodist
The Apostolic United Brethren (AUB) is a Mormon fundamentalist group that practices polygamy. The AUB was founded in 1929 by Lorin C. Woolley, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Woolley was a high-ranking official in the LDS Church and a close associate of LDS Church President Joseph F.
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The origins of the Twelve Tribes movement can be traced back to a ministry for teenagers which was called the “Light Brigade”[13] in 1972.[3] The ministry operated out of a small coffee shop called “The Lighthouse”[1] in the home of Gene Spriggs and his wife Marsha. The Light Brigade began living communally[14] and opened a restaurant called “The Yellow Deli” while
Love Has Won: A New Religious Movement or a Dangerous Cult? Love Has Won is a new religious movement that has been gaining attention in recent years. The group is led by Amy Carlson, who is known as “Mother God” by her followers. Carlson claims to be a divine being who has come to Earth