Groups founded in the 1920s

Mexico-based Christian Restorationist movement founded by Eusebio Joaquín González (1926). Current leader Naasón Joaquín García was convicted in California in 2022 on multiple counts of child sexual abuse and sentenced to 16 years.

Polygamist sect of Mormon fundamentalists, originally led by the Allred family. Less coercive than the FLDS but maintains plural marriage and significant community control. Some members appeared in the TLC series 'Sister Wives'.

Catholic personal prelature founded by Josemaría Escrivá (1928). The numerary celibate variant — about 3,000 members of ~90,000 globally — lives communally, surrenders salaries to the prelature, and practices corporal mortification (cilice, discipline). The supernumerary majority are mainstream lay Catholics outside this scoring; the 2022 Vatican Motu Proprio *Ad charisma tuendum* and 2023 statute reform began curbing some of the disputed numerary practices.

Indian Hindu nationalist paramilitary-style organisation founded by K.B. Hedgewar (1925). Largest volunteer organisation in the world. Documented links to political violence including the 1948 Gandhi assassination.

Tenrikyo schism organised by Onishi Aijirō in 1925 (and twice suppressed for lèse-majesté in 1928 and 1938) on the basis of the living-Kanrodai revelation. ~300,000 adherents at peak; today substantially smaller.

Transnational Sunni missionary movement founded in India (1926) by Muhammad Ilyas. Members spend extended periods (40 days to 4 months) on khuruj — door-to-door preaching journeys — significantly disrupting normal family and work life.

Splinter movements from the parent Tenrikyo (Honmichi 1925, Honbushin 1961, others). Distinctive prophetic-succession claims and moderate-control patterns.

Mainstream organisations transmitting G.I. Gurdjieff's 'Fourth Way' teachings (Gurdjieff Foundation in NYC, Institute Gurdjieff in Paris, etc.). Voluntary participation; specific high-control sub-groups (notably Fellowship of Friends) covered separately.

Schismatic Greek Orthodox jurisdictions that rejected the 1924 Greek Orthodox Church adoption of the Revised Julian Calendar. The largest body today is the 'Genuine Orthodox Church of Greece' under Archbishop Kallinikos (Synod of Kallinikos), with multiple smaller competing 'True Orthodox' synods (Lamia, Kiousis, Avlona).

Indian Sant tradition founded by Buta Singh (1929). Distinctive teachings on the Formless God (Nirankar). Major successor disputes with mainstream Sikhism.

Major African Initiated Church (Église de Jésus-Christ sur la Terre par son envoyé spécial Simon Kimbangu) founded by Simon Kimbangu (1921). Substantial Congolese national presence.

Major West African Spirit-prayer movement (1920s+) including Cherubim and Seraphim, Christ Apostolic Church, Celestial Church of Christ. Distinctive white-robe worship.

International Hindu-derived organisation founded by Paramahansa Yogananda (1920) and best known for his 'Autobiography of a Yogi'. Operates monastic order (SRF Monastic Order). Sister Indian organisation Yogoda Satsanga Society of India.

Cross-reference entry — see primary SRF entry. Tracks 2020s Self-Realization Fellowship monastic-order concerns documented in ex-monastic accounts.

Vietnamese syncretic religion founded by Ngô Văn Chiêu and Lê Văn Trung (1926) blending Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Christianity, and Vietnamese folk religion. Headquartered at the Tây Ninh Holy See.

Japanese lay Buddhist new religion (1925, Kakutaro Kubo). Parent organisation of Rissho Kosei-kai (1938 split) and other Nichiren-derived offshoots.

Māori Christian church founded by T.W. Rātana (1925). Substantial role in NZ Labour Party politics through Rātana–Labour alliance.

Small Western esoteric school founded by Paul Foster Case (1922). Distinctive Tarot and Qabalistic curriculum.