List of religious organizations
Encyclopedia
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.
World Vision in Progress Foundation Christian Relief
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.
Christian organizations
Christian denominations
Christian organizations by denominational family affiliation
Adventist
- List of Seventh-day Adventist churches in New Zealand
- List of Seventh-day Adventist periodicals
- Media ministries of the Seventh-day Adventist ChurchMedia ministries of the Seventh-day Adventist ChurchThere are a number of media ministries associated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. These come in print, radio and television forms and reach countries all around the globe. The Adventist church has a long history of media-based communication, having grown out of the Millerite movement of the...
- List of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities
- List of Seventh-day Adventist secondary schools
Anglican
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- List of dioceses of the Anglican Church of Canada
- List of dioceses of the Episcopal Church, United StatesDioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of AmericaThe Episcopal Church is governed by a General Convention and consists of 100 dioceses in the United States proper, plus ten dioceses in other countries or outlying U.S. territories and the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, which is similar to a diocese....
- List of Anglo-Catholic churches
- List of colleges and seminaries affiliated with the Episcopal Church
- List of Anglican devotional societies
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Baptist
Catholic
- List of Carthusian monasteries
- List of Roman Catholic missions in Africa
- Dioceses
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (alphabetical)
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses (structured view)
- List of Roman Catholic archdioceses
- List of French dioceses in the 19th and 20th century
- Congregations
- List of Roman Catholic churches in the Diocese of Charleston
- List of parishes in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno
- List of parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu
- Orders and societies
- List of Ecclesial movements
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- Knights of ColumbusKnights of ColumbusThe Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization. Founded in the United States in 1882, it is named in honor of Christopher Columbus....
- Knights of St. Joseph
- Knights of St. GeorgeKnights of St. GeorgeKnights of St. George may refer to:* Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, a Roman Catholic order legendarily founded by Constantine the Great...
- Schools
- List of Roman Catholic seminaries
- List of Eastern Catholic seminaries
- List of Catholic Schools in the Philippines
- Roman Catholic universities and colleges in the United StatesRoman Catholic universities and colleges in the United StatesThere are 244 Catholic universities and colleges in the United States. They make up a significant number within the whole amount of Catholic universities and colleges in the world.-Catholic Honor Society:...
- List of independent Catholic schools in the United States
- Etc.
- American Catholic Philosophical AssociationAmerican Catholic Philosophical AssociationThe American Catholic Philosophical Association is an organization of Catholic philosophers established in 1926 to promote the advancement of philosophy as an intellectual discipline consonant with Catholic tradition...
- Wethersfield Institute
- Catholic Biblical FederationCatholic Biblical FederationThe Catholic Biblical Federation is a worldwide "fellowship" of administratively independent Catholic Bible associations and other organizations committed to biblical-pastoral ministries in 129 countries...
- Knights of Columbus
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Church of the East
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- Time Periods
- Dioceses of the Church of the East to 1318Dioceses of the Church of the East to 1318At the height of its power, in the 10th century AD, the dioceses of the Church of the East numbered well over a hundred and stretched from Egypt to China. These dioceses were organised into six interior provinces in Mesopotamia, in the Church's Iraqi heartland, and a dozen or more second-rank...
- Dioceses of the Church of the East, 1318–1552Dioceses of the Church of the East, 1318–1552The Dioceses of the Church of the East, 1318–1552 were far fewer in number than during the period of the Church's greatest expansion in the tenth century. Between 1318 and 1552, the geographical horizons of the Church of the East, which had once stretched from Egypt to China, narrowed drastically...
- Dioceses of the Church of the East, 1552–1913Dioceses of the Church of the East, 1552–1913After the 1552 schism in the Church of the East, the Nestorian and Chaldean sections of the church each had, by the end of the 19th century, around twelve dioceses each.- Background :...
- Ecclesiastical Provinces
- Adiabene (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)Adiabene (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)Adiabene was a 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. Although the name Hadyab normally connoted the region around Erbil and Mosul, the boundaries of the East Syrian...
- Beth Garmaï (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)Beth Garmaï (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)The region of Beth Garmai in southern Iraq, bounded by the Little Zab and Diyala Rivers and centered on the town of Karka d'Beth Slokh , was a metropolitan province of the Church of the East between the fifth and fourteenth centuries...
- Beth Huzaye (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)Beth Huzaye (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)Beth Huzaye was a metropolitan province of the Church of the East between the fifth and fourteenth centuries. The metropolitans of Beth Huzaye sat at Beth Lapat . The province of Beth Huzaye had a number of suffragan dioceses at different periods in its history, including Karka d’Ledan, Hormizd...
- Maishan (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)Maishan (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)The region of Maishan in southern Iraq was a metropolitan province of the Church of the East between the fifth and thirteenth centuries. The metropolitans of Maishan sat at Prath d'Maishan , and for most of its history the province had three suffragan dioceses, at Karka d'Maishan , Rima and...
- Nisibis (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)Nisibis (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)The Nisibis region was a metropolitan province of the Church of the East between the fifth and seventeenth centuries. The province of Nisibis had a number of suffragan dioceses at different periods in its history, including Arzun, Beth Rahimaï, Beth Qardu , Beth Zabdaï, Qube d’Arzun, Balad,...
- Province of the Patriarch (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)Province of the Patriarch (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)The Province of the Patriarch was an ecclesiastical province of the Church of the East attested between the fifth and thirteenth centuries. As its name entails, it was the province of the church's Patriarch...
- Fars (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)Fars (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)The province of Fars, the historic cradle of Persian civilisation, was a metropolitan province of the Church of the East between the sixth and twelfth centuries...
- Hulwan (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)Hulwan (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)Hulwan , one of the chief towns in the western Iranian province of Media, was a metropolitan province of the Church of the East between the eighth and twelfth centuries, with suffragan dioceses for Dinawar, Hamadan, Nihawand and al-Kuj...
- Merv (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)Merv (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)Merv was a metropolitan province of the Church of the East between the fifth and eleventh centuries, with several known suffragan dioceses.- Background :...
- Rai (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)Rai (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)Rai was a metropolitan province of the Church of the East between the eighth and twelfth centuries, with a suffragan diocese for Gurgan.- Background :...
- Salmas (Chaldean Archdiocese)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.- Early history :...
- Shemsdin (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)Shemsdin (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)The metropolitan province of Shemsdin, created after the 1552 schism in the Church of the East, was the most important ecclesiastical province of the Qudshanis patriarchate after the province of the patriarch himself. The metropolitans or mutrans of Shemsdin traditionally took the name Hnanisho...
Eastern Orthodox
- List of Eastern Orthodox dioceses and archdioceses
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- List of the dioceses of the Orthodox Church in America
- Congregations
- Orthodox parishes in the United States
- Orthodox parishes in Alaska
- Orthodox parishes in HawaiiOrthodox parishes in HawaiiThis is a listing of Orthodox Christian parishes and organizations in the State of Hawaii.- Honolulu :* * * - Island of Hawaii :* * )- Maui :...
- Parishes of the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians in Great BritainParishes of the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians in Great BritainBelow is a list of parish churches in the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians in Great Britain:Note that many of the Ukrainian Catholic local communities share worship facilities with the Latin Rite faithful in their area....
- Parishes of the Apostolic Exarchate in Germany and Scandinavia for the Ukrainians
- Parishes of the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainians in Great Britain
- List of the dioceses of the Orthodox Church in America
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Evangelical
Lutheran
- List of Lutheran denominations
- List of Lutheran dioceses and archdioceses
- Nordic churches in LondonNordic churches in LondonThere 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...
- List of ELCA seminaries
- Seminaries of the Lutheran Church - Missouri SynodSeminaries of the Lutheran Church - Missouri SynodThe Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod operates two seminaries for the formation of its pastors: Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri and Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana...
Methodist
Oriental Orthodox
- List of Coptic Orthodox Churches in the United States
- List of Coptic Orthodox Churches in Canada
- List of Eritrean Orthodox monasteries
- Oriental Orthodox dioceses
- Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of AlexandriaSeat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of AlexandriaThe Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria is historically based in Alexandria, Egypt. It is commonly known as the Holy See of St. Mark, as the Coptic Pope is the successor of St. Mark....
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- Coptic Diocese of FarasCoptic Diocese of FarasThe Coptic Diocese of Faras is a titular diocese of the Coptic Orthodox Church formerly located at Pakhoras in Nobadia ....
- Coptic Diocese of Faras
- Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria
- Syriac Orthodox ChurchSyriac Orthodox ChurchThe Syriac Orthodox Church; is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church based in the Eastern Mediterranean, with members spread throughout the world. The Syriac Orthodox Church claims to derive its origin from one of the first Christian communities, established in Antioch by the Apostle St....
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- Malabar Diocese (Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church)
- Armenian Patriarch of ConstantinopleArmenian Patriarch of ConstantinopleThe Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople also known as Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul is today head of The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople , one of the smallest Patriarchates of the Oriental Orthodox Church but one that has exerted a very significant political role and today still exercises...
- Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
- Catholicos of ArmeniaCatholicos of ArmeniaThe Catholicos of All Armenians is the chief bishop of Armenia's national church, the Armenian Apostolic Church. It is one of the Oriental Orthodox churches that do not accept the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon. The first Catholicos of All Armenians was Saint Gregory the Illuminator...
- Holy See of Cilicia
- Armenian Patriarch of ConstantinopleArmenian Patriarch of ConstantinopleThe Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople also known as Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul is today head of The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople , one of the smallest Patriarchates of the Oriental Orthodox Church but one that has exerted a very significant political role and today still exercises...
- Armenian Patriarchate of JerusalemArmenian Patriarchate of JerusalemThe Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem also known as the Armenian Patriarchate of St. James is located in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem. The Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem remains under the authority of the Catholicos of Armenia and of all Armenians of the Armenian Apostolic Church...
- Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
- Malabar Diocese (Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church)
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- Catholicos of the East and Malankara MetropolitanCatholicos of The East and Malankara MetropolitanCatholicos is the title used by head bishops of regions within the Patriarchate of Antioch having self ecclesiastical and autonomus status from the ancient period. The word "Catholicos" means "Universal"....
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- Angamali West Orthodox DioceseAngamali West Orthodox DioceseAngamaly-West is a diocese of the Oriental Orthodox Church in India. The present Diocean head is Bishop Yuhanon Mar Policarpus, who took charge in Febrauary 2009.Churches that form Angamaly-West Diocese of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church are -...
- Angamaly Orthodox DioceseAngamaly Orthodox DioceseAngamaly is a diocese of the Oriental Orthodox Church in India. The present Diocean head is Bishop Yuhanon Mar Policarpus, who took charge in Febrauary 2009.Churches that form Angamaly-West Diocese of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church are just below 10....
- Kolkata Orthodox DioceseKolkata Orthodox DioceseThe Kolkata Diocese is a is one of the 22 dioceses of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.-History:This diocese was part of the Outside Kerala diocese till 1975. In 1975, it was included in the newly created Madras Diocese. In 1979 the present diocese of Calcutta came into existence...
- Syriac Orthodox ChurchSyriac Orthodox ChurchThe Syriac Orthodox Church; is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church based in the Eastern Mediterranean, with members spread throughout the world. The Syriac Orthodox Church claims to derive its origin from one of the first Christian communities, established in Antioch by the Apostle St....
- Syriac Orthodox Church
- Dioceses of the Syrian Orthodox ChurchDioceses of the Syrian Orthodox ChurchIn the period of its greatest expansion, in the tenth century, the Syrian Orthodox Church had around 20 metropolitan dioceses and a little over a hundred suffragan dioceses. By the seventeenth century only 20 dioceses remained, reduced in the twentieth century to 10...
- Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church
- Angamali West Orthodox Diocese
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Presbyterian
Protestant
Reformed (Calvinist)
- Association for Reformational Philosophy
- List of Calvinist educational institutions
Stone-Campbell movement
- List of universities and colleges affiliated with the Churches of Christ
- List of universities and colleges affiliated with the Christian churches and churches of Christ
Organizations of miscellaneous denominational families
- List of Armenian Evangelical (AEUNA) churches in the United States
- List of Messianic Jewish organizations
Bible societies
- American Bible SocietyAmerican Bible SocietyThe American Bible Society is an interconfessional, non-denominational, nonprofit organization, founded in 1816 in New York City, which publishes, distributes and translates the Bible and provides study aids and other tools to help people engage with the Bible.It is probably best known for its...
- Association of Theologically Trained Women of IndiaAssociation of Theologically Trained Women of IndiaThe Association of Theologically Trained Women of India is an association of Indian women theologians which was constituted in 1979 in Chennai.It is an ecumenical organisation with more than 500 members.-History:...
- Bible Society In AustraliaBible Society In AustraliaBible Society Australia exists to put the Bible into people's hands. They were inaugurated at the instigation of Governor Lachlan Macquarie in Sydney on 7 March 1817. The first Australasian translation was a selection of Scripture selections in the Maori language printed in 1827...
- Bible Society in New ZealandBible Society in New ZealandThe Bible Society of New Zealand was established in New Zealand in 1846, to supply the Scripture needs of New Zealanders and promote the distribution of Christian Scriptures without doctrinal note and comment...
- Bible Society NSWBible Society NSWBible Society NSW is an Australian Bible society, formed through an Act of the Parliament of New South Wales in 1817 and was known as the NSW auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society...
- Bible Society of IndiaBible Society of IndiaThe Bible Society of India is a Christian body that is authorized to translate, produce, distribute and market the Holy Bible. The Central Office of the BSI is located in Bangalore city in the state of Karnataka in South India.-Auxiliaries:...
- British and Foreign Bible SocietyBritish and Foreign Bible SocietyThe British and Foreign Bible Society, often known in England and Wales as simply as Bible Society, is a non-denominational Christian Bible society with charity status whose purpose is to make the Bible available throughout the world....
- Catholic Biblical FederationCatholic Biblical FederationThe Catholic Biblical Federation is a worldwide "fellowship" of administratively independent Catholic Bible associations and other organizations committed to biblical-pastoral ministries in 129 countries...
- Deutsche BibelgesellschaftDeutsche BibelgesellschaftThe Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft is a religious foundation regulated by public law. It is involved in publishing and in spreading the message of the Bible....
- Gideons InternationalGideons InternationalGideons International is an evangelical Christian organization dedicated to distributing copies of the Bible in over 94 languages and 194 countries of the world, most famously in hotel and motel rooms. The organization was founded in 1899 in Janesville, Wisconsin, as an early American parachurch...
- Holman Bible Outreach InternationalHolman Bible Outreach InternationalHolman Bible Outreach International is a new Bible society established by the trustees of LifeWay Christian Resources on September 11, 2001. Their purpose is to "share Christ with a hurting nation and world," according to www.holmanbibleoutreach.org. They help facilitate the distribution of the...
- International Bible SocietyInternational Bible SocietyBiblica, formerly named named IBS-STL Biblica, formerly named named IBS-STL Biblica, formerly named named IBS-STL (from a merger of International Bible Society (IBS) and Send the Light (STL), has its headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and is a nonprofit Christian organization that...
- Japan Bible SocietyJapan Bible SocietyThe Japan Bible Society is a nondenominational Christian organization committed to translating and distributing the Bible in Japan. It was established in 1937 with the help of National Bible Society of Scotland , the American Bible Society, and the British and Foreign Bible Society.About 2,390,000...
- Norwegian Bible SocietyNorwegian Bible SocietyThe Norwegian Bible Society is the official Bible society of Norway, founded May 26, 1816. See also Bible translations into Norwegian-External links:**...
- Pioneer Bible TranslatorsPioneer Bible TranslatorsPioneer Bible Translators is a non-profit, 501 mission organization. It has received Charity Navigator's highest ranking for financial accountability...
- Russian Bible SocietyRussian Bible SocietyRussian Bible Society - christian non-denominational organization for translating and distributing the books of the Old Testament and New Testament and the Bible in Russia.-Early history:...
- Scottish Bible SocietyScottish Bible SocietyScottish Bible Society, founded in 1809 as the Edinburgh Bible Society, amalgamated in 1861 with the Glasgow Bible Society to form the National Bible Society of Scotland, is a Scottish Christian charity that exists to make the Bible available throughout the world.The Scottish Bible Society arose...
- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
- Society of Biblical LiteratureSociety of Biblical LiteratureThe Society of Biblical Literature, founded 1880, is a constituent society of the American Council of Learned Societies , with the stated mission to "Foster Biblical Scholarship"...
- Thailand Bible SocietyThailand Bible SocietyThailand Bible Society is a non-denominational Christian organization dedicated to translating and distributing the Bible and selected books of the Bible in Thailand. The Thailand Bible Society is a member of the United Bible Societies Association....
- Ukrainian Bible SocietyUkrainian Bible SocietyUkrainian Bible Society - religious non-profit organization, established by representatives of different Christian denominations in Ukraine, who recognize the Bible as the Word of God...
- United Bible SocietiesUnited Bible SocietiesThe United Bible Societies is a worldwide association of Bible societies. In 1946 delegates from 13 countries formed the UBS, as an effort to coordinate the activities of the bible societies. The first headquarters were London and in Geneva...
- Wycliffe Bible TranslatorsWycliffe Bible TranslatorsWycliffe Bible Translators is an interdenominational organization mandated to making a translation of the Bible in every living language in the world, especially for cultures with little existing Christian influence. Wycliffe was founded in 1942 by William Cameron Townsend and is associated with...
Congregations by country
- List of the largest churches in Australia
- List of churches in Taungoo, Burma
- Congregations in Canada
- List of cathedrals in Canada
- List of Ottawa churches
- List of cathedrals in India
- Congregations in France
- List of basilicas in France
- List of cathedrals in France
- List of cathedrals in Ireland
- Congregations in Italy
- List of cathedrals in Italy
- List of basilicas in Italy
- List of churches in Florence
- List of churches in Venice
- List of churches in Malta
- List of cathedrals in New Zealand
- List of churches in Pakistan
- List of churches in Moscow, Russia
- List of churches in Sweden
- Congregations in the United Kingdom
- List of collegiate churches in England
- List of collegiate churches in Scotland
- List of cathedrals in the United Kingdom
- List of churches in BristolChurches in BristolThe English city of Bristol has a number of churches.The churches listed are Anglican except when otherwise noted.- External links :*...
- List of churches in Cheshire
- List of churches in Gloucestershire
- List of churches in Greater Manchester
- List of churches in Hampshire
- List of churches in Harrogate
- List of churches in Kent
- List of churches in Lincolnshire
- List of churches in Lisburn
- List of churches in London
- List of churches in Oxford
- List of churches in Salford
- Congregations in the United States
- List of churches that are National Historic Landmarks in the United States
- List of churches in Philadelphia
- List of cathedrals in the United States
Dioceses
- List of Anglican dioceses
- See List of religious organizations#Catholic
- See List of religious organizations#Church of the East
- List of Eastern Orthodox dioceses and archdioceses
- List of Lutheran dioceses and archdioceses
- See List of religious organizations#Oriental Orthodox
Christian media organizations
Mission organizations
- Billy Graham Evangelistic AssociationBilly Graham Evangelistic AssociationThe Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is an organization started by Billy Graham in 1950. The main focus of the BGEA is to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ to as many people as possible...
- Worldwide Faith MissionsWorldwide Faith MissionsWorldwide Faith Missions is a non-governmental international Christian relief and development church missionary organization based in the United States of America with mission branches in India, Burma , and Thailand. It is a part of the worldwide missions church movement.- History:Worldwide Faith...
- World Vision United States
- Samaritan's PurseSamaritan's PurseSamaritan's Purse is a non-denominational evangelical Christian humanitarian organization that works worldwide to assist people in physical need alongside their Christian missionary work. The organization’s president is Franklin Graham, son of Christian evangelist Billy Graham...
- List of Christian mission hospitals
- List of SVD missions
- List of Spanish missions
Monasteries, abbeys, priories, and friaries
- List of Christian religious houses in Austria
- List of Christian religious houses in Belgium
- List of Christian religious houses in Denmark
- List of Christian religious houses in France
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- List of Benedictine monasteries in France
- List of Cistercian monasteries in France
- List of Premonstratensian monasteries in France
- List of Christian religious houses in Brandenburg
- List of Christian religious houses in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- List of Christian religious houses in North Rhine-Westphalia
- List of Christian religious houses in Saxony
- List of Christian religious houses in Saxony-Anhalt
- List of Christian religious houses in Schleswig-Holstein
- List of Imperial abbeys
- List of Christian religious houses in the Republic of Ireland
- List of Christian religious houses in Norway
- List of Christian religious houses in Sweden
- List of Christian religious houses in Switzerland
- List of Christian religious houses in Syria
- Lists of Christian monasteries in the United Kingdom
- List of abbeys and priories in England, (see also map link by county)
- List of abbeys and priories in Scotland
- List of abbeys and priories in Wales
- List of abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland
- List of abbeys and priories on the Isle of Man
- List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England
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Christian relief organizations
- International
- Association of Gospel Rescue MissionsAssociation of Gospel Rescue MissionsThe Association of Gospel Rescue Missions –formerly known as the International Union of Gospel Missions–is a nonprofit organization founded in 1913 whose member missions work to provide emergency shelter, food, youth and family services, and education and job training programs...
- Samaritan's PurseSamaritan's PurseSamaritan's Purse is a non-denominational evangelical Christian humanitarian organization that works worldwide to assist people in physical need alongside their Christian missionary work. The organization’s president is Franklin Graham, son of Christian evangelist Billy Graham...
- World ReliefWorld ReliefWorld Relief is an international relief and development agency. Founded in 1944 as the humanitarian arm of the National Association of Evangelicals, World Relief offers assistance to victims of poverty, disease, hunger, war, disasters and persecution. Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, the...
- World VisionWorld VisionWorld Vision, founded in the USA in 1950, is an evangelical relief and development organization whose stated goal is "to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of...
- The Salvation ArmyThe Salvation ArmyThe Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian church known for its thrift stores and charity work. It is an international movement that currently works in over a hundred countries....
- Cross InternationalCross InternationalCross International Alliance is an inter-denominational Christian relief and development organization based in South Florida that provides food, shelter, education, medical care and emergency aid to the poor in over 30 countries across the globe. Cross was recently recognized for its work in...
- Hospitals
- List of Christian mission hospitals
- List of Christian hospitals in China
World Vision in Progress Foundation Christian Relief
Christian schools and colleges
- Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in AsiaAssociation of Christian Universities and Colleges in AsiaThe Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia is an organization of Christian universities and colleges in Asia, dedicated to Christian witness and service in the field of education...
- List of schools accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada
- List of SVD schools
Miscellaneous Christian organizations
- List of parachurch organizations
- Christian Vegetarian AssociationChristian Vegetarian AssociationThe Christian Vegetarian Association is an international, non-denominational Christian ministry that promotes responsible stewardship of God's creation through plant-based eating...
- Society of Christian PhilosophersSociety of Christian PhilosophersThe Society of Christian Philosophers is a society associated with the American Philosophical Association. The society was founded in 1978. Past Presidents include William Alston, Robert Merrihew Adams, Alvin Plantinga, Marilyn McCord Adams, George I. Mavrodes, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Eleonore...
- Promise KeepersPromise KeepersPromise Keepers is an international conservative Christian organization for men. While it originated in the United States, it is now world-wide...
Islamic organizations
- Islamic International Foundation of CooperationIslamIFCThe Islamic International Foundation of Cooperation is a nonprofit, non governmental organization that partners with North American Muslims, non-Muslims and organizations. It promotes mutual understanding and cultural exchange. This organization supports business ventures in order to finance...
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Jewish organizations
Buddhist organizations
- Unitarian Universalist Buddhist FellowshipUnitarian Universalist Buddhist FellowshipThe Unitarian Universalist Buddhist Fellowship is a "Related Organization" to the Unitarian Universalist Association . Formed in the early 1990s, the UUBF exists to facilitate dialogue among UU Buddhists and other UUs interested in Buddhism and its practices...
Pagan organizations
- Ar nDraiocht FeinÁr nDraíocht FéinÁr nDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship, Inc. is a non-profit religious organization dedicated to the study and further development of modern, Neo-druidism practice....
- AsatruÁsatrúis a form of Germanic neopaganism which developed in the United States from the 1970s....
- Church and School of WiccaChurch and School of WiccaThe Church and School of Wicca was founded by Gavin Frost and Yvonne Frost in 1968. It was the first federally recognized Church of the religion known as Wicca in the United States. It is well known for its correspondence courses on the Frosts' unique interpretation of Wicca...
- Church of All WorldsChurch of All WorldsThe Church of All Worlds is a 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 through tribal community dedicated to responsible stewardship and...
- Circle SanctuaryCircle SanctuaryCircle Sanctuary is a non-profit organization and legally recognized Wiccan Church based in southwestern Wisconsin, USA. Circle is the publisher of Circle Magazine, which has approximately 15,000 subscribers...
- Covenant of Unitarian Universalist PagansCovenant of Unitarian Universalist PagansThe Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans is an association of Unitarian Universalists who define themselves as Pagans or Neopagans.-History:...
- Odinic RiteOdinic RiteThe Odinic Rite is a religious organization, practicing a form of Northern Indo European religion termed Odinism after the chief god of Norse mythology, Odin...
- Unitarian Earth Spirit NetworkUnitarian Earth Spirit NetworkThe Unitarian Earth Spirit Network was founded in 1990 by Rev Peter Roberts, assisted by Jo Rogers as Sec/Treasurer. Roberts felt that the British Unitarian movement had two main streams of belief adequately represented, but that another mode of thought that was not formally represented, a Nature...
Sikhist organizations
Theosophical organizations
- Theosophical Society PasadenaTheosophical Society PasadenaThe Theosophical Society is a successor organization to the original Theosophical Society founded by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and others in 1875....
- Theosophical Society Point Loma-CovinaTheosophical Society Point Loma-CovinaThe Theosophical Society is part of a universal, ethical and intellectual Movement, which has been active throughout the ages. This Movement brought forth, in accordance with the cyclic laws of Nature, spiritual impulses, which gave the initial impetus to the great religious and philosophical...
- New AcropolisNew AcropolisNew Acropolis , New Acropolis (NA), New Acropolis (NA), (official name - Asociación Cultural Nueva Acrópolis. is a worldwide non-profit organisation founded in 1957 by Jorge Angel Livraga Rizzi (died 1991)...
- United Lodge of TheosophistsUnited Lodge of TheosophistsThe United Lodge of Theosophists, or ULT, was founded in 1909 by a Theosophical Society member, Robert Crosbie . Crosbie wanted to focus exclusively on the literature left behind by H.P. Blavatsky and William Quan Judge....
Unitarian, Universalist and Unitarian Universalist
- International Council of Unitarians and UniversalistsInternational Council of Unitarians and UniversalistsThe International Council of Unitarians and Universalists is an umbrella organization founded in 1995 bringing together many Unitarians, Universalists and Unitarian Universalists.The size of the member organizations varies widely...
- Australian and New Zealand Unitarian Universalist Association
- Canadian Unitarian CouncilCanadian Unitarian CouncilThe Canadian Unitarian Council is the national body for Unitarian Universalists in Canada.The CUC is a member of the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists.- Principles and sources :...
(Young Religious Unitarian UniversalistsYoung Religious Unitarian UniversalistsYoung Religious Unitarian Universalists is a youth organization within the Unitarian Universalist Association in the United States and the Canadian Unitarian Council. YRUU is primarily run by youth, ranging in age from 14 to 20, with mentoring adult partners...
) - Deutsche Unitarier ReligionsgemeinschaftDeutsche Unitarier ReligionsgemeinschaftDeutsche Unitarier Religionsgemeinschaft was founded in 1876 in Germany's Rheinhessen region under the name Religionsgemeinschaft Freier Protestanten ....
- European Unitarian UniversalistsEuropean Unitarian UniversalistsThe European Unitarian Universalists is a network of English-speaking Unitarian Universalist fellowships and individuals in Western Continental Europe...
- General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian ChurchesGeneral Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian ChurchesThe General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches is the umbrella organisation for Unitarian, Free Christian and other liberal religious congregations in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1928, with denominational roots going back to the Great Ejection of 1662...
(Unitarian Christian AssociationUnitarian Christian AssociationThe Unitarian Christian Association is a relatively small fellowship of Christians who feel an affinity with traditional Unitarianism and Free Christianity...
; Unitarian Earth Spirit NetworkUnitarian Earth Spirit NetworkThe Unitarian Earth Spirit Network was founded in 1990 by Rev Peter Roberts, assisted by Jo Rogers as Sec/Treasurer. Roberts felt that the British Unitarian movement had two main streams of belief adequately represented, but that another mode of thought that was not formally represented, a Nature...
) - Unitarian Church of TransylvaniaUnitarian Church of TransylvaniaThe Unitarian Church of Transylvania is a church of the Unitarian denomination, based in the city of Cluj in the Principality of Transylvania, present day in Romania...
- Unitarian Universalist AssociationUnitarian Universalist AssociationUnitarian Universalist Association , in full the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations in North America, is a liberal religious association of Unitarian Universalist congregations formed by the consolidation in 1961 of the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of...
(Church of the Larger FellowshipChurch of the Larger FellowshipThe Church of the Larger Fellowship provides a ministry to isolated Unitarian Universalists . Its mission also includes growing Unitarian Universalism by supporting small congregations and new UUs around the world...
; Church of the Younger Fellowship; Covenant of Unitarian Universalist PagansCovenant of Unitarian Universalist PagansThe Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans is an association of Unitarian Universalists who define themselves as Pagans or Neopagans.-History:...
)) - Covenant of Unitarian Universalist PagansCovenant of Unitarian Universalist PagansThe Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans is an association of Unitarian Universalists who define themselves as Pagans or Neopagans.-History:...
- Meadville Lombard Theological SchoolMeadville Lombard Theological SchoolThe Meadville Lombard Theological School, located in Chicago, is a Unitarian Universalist seminary.It is a result of a merger in the 1930s between a Unitarian and a Universalist institution...
- Starr King School for the MinistryStarr King School for the MinistryStarr King School for the Ministry is a Unitarian Universalist seminary in Berkeley, California and part of the Graduate Theological Union. Starr King School opened in 1904 as the Pacific Unitarian School for the Ministry...
- Southeast Unitarian Universalist Summer Institute
- Unitarian Universalist Buddhist FellowshipUnitarian Universalist Buddhist FellowshipThe Unitarian Universalist Buddhist Fellowship is a "Related Organization" to the Unitarian Universalist Association . Formed in the early 1990s, the UUBF exists to facilitate dialogue among UU Buddhists and other UUs interested in Buddhism and its practices...
- Unitarian Universalist Christian FellowshipUnitarian Universalist Christian FellowshipThe Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship is the main group serving Christian Unitarian Universalists within the Unitarian Universalist Association. The UUCF was founded in 1945 and can trace its roots back through the history of North American Universalism and Unitarianism...
- National Church of IcelandChurch of IcelandThe National Church of Iceland, or Þjóðkirkjan, formally called the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland, is the state church in Iceland. Like the established churches in the other Nordic countries, the National Church of Iceland professes the Lutheran branch of Christianity. Its head is the...
(In contact organization)
- American Unitarian ConferenceAmerican Unitarian ConferenceThe American Unitarian Conference was founded in 2000 by several Unitarian Universalists who felt that the Unitarian Universalist Association had become too theologically liberal and too political. They decided their mission was to promote "classical" Unitarianism, which they argued as being...
- Christian Universalist AssociationChristian Universalist AssociationThe Christian Universalist Association, based in Fairfax, Virginia, is an interdenominational organization connecting churches, ministries, and individuals who believe in Christian Universalism. It was founded in 2007 by Rev. Kalen Fristad and Rev. Eric Stetson...
Organizations of miscellaneous religions
- List of groups referred to as cults or sects in government documents
- Church of SatanChurch of SatanThe Church of Satan is an organization dedicated to the acceptance of the carnal self, as articulated in The Satanic Bible, written in 1969 by Anton Szandor LaVey.- History :...
- CreativityCreativity (religion)Creativity is a nontheistic, ethnocentric religion founded in 1973 by Ben Klassen with the publication of the book Nature's Eternal Religion and was later expounded upon in the books The White Man's Bible, and Salubrious Living...
- High Council of B'nei NoahHigh Council of B'nei NoahThe High Council of B'nei Noah is a group of Noahides who, at the request of the nascent Sanhedrin, gathered in Israel on Monday January 10, 2006/10 Tevet 5766 to be recognized as an international Noahide organization for the purpose of serving as a bridge between the Sanhedrin and Noahides worldwide...
- Institute on Religious Deathcare and Spiritual HealingInstitute on Religious Deathcare and Spiritual HealingThe Institute on Religious Deathcare and Spiritual Healing is a non-profit organization that sponsors an ethical framework for deathcare providers, which is endorsed by clergy, congregations, individuals and other organizations...
- Never Ending GardensNever Ending GardensNever Ending Gardens is a division of Dream for Africa, a faith-based non-profit organization based in Gainesville, Georgia, USA, and in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa that seeks to alleviate hunger in Africa by building sustainable vegetable gardens in communities to improve their diet.While...
- John Templeton FoundationJohn Templeton Foundation"The John Templeton Foundation is a philanthropic organizationthat funds inter-disciplinary research about human purpose and ultimate reality. It is usually referred to simply as the Templeton Foundation...
- Temple of SetTemple of SetThe Temple of Set is an initiatory occult society claiming to be the world's leading left-hand path religious organization. It professes Setian philosophy and magical practice.-History:...
- Universal Life ChurchUniversal Life ChurchThe Universal Life Church is a religious organization that offers anyone semi-immediate ordination as a ULC minister free of charge. The organization states that anyone can become a minister immediately, without having to go through the pre-ordination process required by other religious faiths...
- World Pantheist MovementWorld Pantheist MovementThe World Pantheist Movement is the world's largest organization of people associated with pantheism, a philosophy which asserts that spirituality should be centered on nature...
Organizations of miscellaneous Asian religions
- Avatar Meher Baba TrustAvatar Meher Baba TrustThe Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust is a Charitable trust created by Meher Baba in 1959 to fulfill after his death various directives given by him. Bhau Kalchuri is currently its chairman.- History and charter :...
- Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika PeethamSri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika PeethamSri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham is a theosophical congregation which states that it is based on the principles of oneness of God, and discovering divinity in the self. The ashram is situated in Pithapuram, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India.-Origin:Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya...
Interreligious organizations
- Association for Consciousness ExplorationAssociation for Consciousness ExplorationThe Association for Consciousness Exploration LLC is an American organization based in Northeastern Ohio which produces events, books, and recorded media in the fields of "magic, mind-sciences, alternative lifestyles, comparative religion/spirituality, entertainment, holistic healing, and related...
- Center for Religion, Ethics and Social PolicyCenter for Religion, Ethics and Social PolicyCenter for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy is a non-profit, nonsectarian, educational organization affiliated with Cornell University...
- The Becket Fund for Religious LibertyThe Becket Fund for Religious LibertyThe Becket Fund for Religious Liberty is a non-profit organization based in Washington, DC that describes itself as "a non-profit, public interest law firm defending the freedom of religion of people of all faiths." The Becket Fund operates in three arenas: in the courts of law , in the court of...
- Berkeley Psychic InstituteBerkeley Psychic InstituteThe Berkeley Psychic Institute is a school for spiritual development, founded in 1973 by Lewis S. Bostwick in Berkeley, California and is also the workshop of the seminary of the Church of the Divine Man. After Lewis' death in 1995, his wife, Vr. Rt. Rev Dr. Susan Hull Bostwick, assumed...
- Institute on Religion in an Age of ScienceInstitute on Religion in an Age of ScienceThe Institute on Religion in an Age of Science is a non-denominational society that promotes and facilitates the ongoing dialectic between religion and science. Both members of IRAS and non-members congregate at the IRAS conference held annually at Star Island in New Hampshire.-History:IRAS...
- Interfaith Worker JusticeInterfaith Worker JusticeInterfaith Worker Justice is a nonprofit, nonpartisan religious organization that educates and mobilizes the religious people of all faiths in the United States on issues important to working people....
- [International Council for Inter-Religious Cooperation]
- National African Religion CongressNational African Religion CongressThe National African Religion Congress is an organization, formed by Gro Mambo Angela Novanyon Idizol in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1998, which aims to seek tolerance for African religions, as well as creating credentialing standards for priests and priestesses and working on legal issues of...
- Partners for Sacred PlacesPartners for Sacred PlacesPartners for Sacred Places is a United States national, non-sectarian, non-profit organization whose mission is the support of older and historic sacred places by helping congregations and local communities sustain and actively use the structures.Founded in 1989, Partners has helped several...
- Sea of FaithSea of FaithThe Sea of Faith Network aims to explore and promote religious faith as a human creation.-History:The SoF movement started in 1984 as a response to Don Cupitt's book and television series, both titled Sea of Faith...
- Society for the Arts, Religion and Contemporary CultureSociety for the Arts, Religion and Contemporary CultureThe Society for the Arts, Religion and Contemporary Culture, or ARC, was founded in October 1961 by Marvin Halverson , an American Protestant theologian sometime of the Chicago Theological Seminary and the author of a 1951 booklet, Great Religious Paintings. Its aims and program are based on the...
- World Congress of Ethnic ReligionsWorld Congress of Ethnic ReligionsThe European Congress of Ethnic Religions , formerly known as the World Congress of Ethnic Religions , is an organisation for the cooperation between associations which promote the indigenous ethnic religions of Europe...
- The World Peace Prayer SocietyThe World Peace Prayer SocietyThe World Peace Prayer Society is a non-sectarian pacifist organization. Its motto is "May Peace Prevail on Earth".WPPS was founded in 1955 by Masahisa Goi in Japan...
Inter-Abrahamic organizations
- The Coexistence TrustThe Coexistence TrustThe Coexistence Trust is an organisation that was founded in 2005 by Lord Janner of Braunstone and Prince Hassan of Jordan, originally named "The Political Council for Coexistence".-Purpose and mission:...
- Faith & Values Media
- Religious Coalition for Reproductive ChoiceReligious Coalition for Reproductive ChoiceThe Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice was founded in 1973 by clergy and lay leaders from mainline denominations and faith traditions to provide interfaith support for the new constitutional right to privacy in decisions about abortion...
See also
- List of religions and spiritual traditions
- Major religious groupsMajor religious groupsThe world's principal religions and spiritual traditions may be classified into a small number of major groups, although this is by no means a uniform practice...