Educational tool only. All groups exist on a spectrum of control. Individual experiences vary. Based on publicly available reports, ex-member accounts, court records, and expert analyses — not medical or legal advice.
2 group profiles for organisations whose documented founding falls in the 1830s. Sorted by CLCI score, descending.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints maintains substantial behavioural and informational expectations (tithing, the Word of Wisdom, temple-recommend interviews, restricted access to founder-history materials) while permitting more outside engagement than the smaller fundamentalist offshoots.
Japanese new religion founded by Nakayama Miki (1838) teaching faith in Tenri-Ō-no-Mikoto. Headquartered in Tenri City, Nara Prefecture. Practises distinctive sacred dance (Otefuri) and pilgrimage to the Jiba (sacred axis).