High Control (21–30)

Documented patterns of significant control across multiple BITE categories.

226 canonical entries. Aliases redirect to their canonical entry and are not duplicated in this list. See the BITE model methodology for how scores are computed.

• 30/40· HighWestboro Baptist Church· Christian · High confidence
• 30/40· HighRajneesh / Osho Movement· New Religious Movement · High confidence
• 30/40· HighWorld Mission Society Church of God (WMSCOG)· New Religious Movement · High confidence
• 30/40· HighTwo by Twos / 'The Truth' (no-name fellowship)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 30/40· HighChen Tao (God's Salvation Church)· New Religious Movement · High confidence
• 30/40· HighLegion of Christ (Marcial Maciel)· Christian · High confidence
• 30/40· HighRestored Hope Network (US Christian conversion-therapy ministries)· Christian · High confidence
• 30/40· HighThe Bible Speaks / Carl Stevens / Greater Grace World Outreach· Christian · High confidence
• 30/40· HighMooji / Anthony Paul Moo-Young· Hindu · High confidence
• 30/40· HighOneness University / Ekam (Kalki Bhagavan / Sri Bhagavan)· Hindu · High confidence
• 30/40· HighHyung Jin 'Sean' Moon / Sanctuary Church / Rod of Iron Ministries· New Religious Movement · High confidence
• 30/40· HighHoly Order of MANS (HOOM) / Father Paul Blighton· New Religious Movement · High confidence
• 30/40· HighVarious Mormon-fundamentalist polygamist groups (umbrella)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 30/40· HighMagnificent Meal Movement (New Zealand, 1980s–90s)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 30/40· HighLogos Foundation (Howard Carter, Australia)· Christian · High confidence
• 29/40· HighNew Kadampa Tradition (NKT, Kelsang Gyatso)· Buddhist · High confidence
• 29/40· HighFellowship of Friends (Robert Burton)· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 29/40· HighQAnon Movement· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 29/40· HighRamtha's School of Enlightenment (JZ Knight)· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 29/40· HighUniversal Medicine (Serge Benhayon, Australia)· Wellness / Multi-Level · High confidence
• 29/40· High3HO / Yogi Bhajan / Kundalini Yoga lineage· Wellness / Multi-Level · High confidence
• 29/40· HighThe Source Family (Father Yod / James Edward Baker)· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 29/40· HighApostolic Faith / fundamentalist-Pentecostal isolate communities· Christian · Low confidence
• 29/40· HighSeed of David / faith-healing isolates· Christian · Low confidence
• 29/40· HighUnification Church successor groups· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 29/40· HighBlack Hebrew Israelites (extreme variants)· Other · Medium confidence
• 29/40· HighBoston Church of Christ (1979–2003 Crossroads/ICOC era)· Christian · High confidence
• 29/40· HighTwo by Twos / The Truth / Cooneyites / Workers and Friends (William Irvine)· Christian · High confidence
• 29/40· HighUniversity Bible Fellowship (UBF)· Christian · High confidence
• 29/40· HighGer (Gur) Hasidic· Judaism · Medium confidence
• 29/40· HighBrahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (BKWSU)· Hindu · High confidence
• 29/40· HighOneTaste (Nicole Daedone)· Wellness / Multi-Level · High confidence
• 29/40· HighModern caliphate-restoration online recruitment networks· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 29/40· HighSociety of Saint John (SSJ) / Catholic religious community (Pennsylvania, 1997–2004)· Christian · High confidence
• 29/40· HighGenesis II Church / MMS (Miracle Mineral Solution)· Other · High confidence
• 29/40· HighThe Base (accelerationist)· Political / Ideological · High confidence
• 29/40· HighQAnon 2024–2026 evolution (post-Q drops)· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 29/40· HighAleph (Aum Shinrikyo successor)· Buddhist · High confidence
• 29/40· HighChristian Identity (extreme variants)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 29/40· HighTroubled Teen Industry high-control programmes· Wellness / Multi-Level · High confidence
• 29/40· HighJapanese Unification Church successor branches (post-2022 Abe)· New Religious Movement · High confidence
• 29/40· HighSub-Saharan African prophetic / apostolic high-control churches (umbrella)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 29/40· HighLatin American neo-Pentecostal prophetic / healing high-control movements (umbrella)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 29/40· HighPost-Soviet Russian and Eastern European NRMs (umbrella)· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 28/40· HighUltra-Orthodox Judaism (Haredi)· Judaism · Medium confidence
• 28/40· HighInternational Churches of Christ (ICOC / 'Boston Movement')· Christian · High confidence
• 28/40· HighJohn of God (João Teixeira de Faria)· Wellness / Multi-Level · High confidence
• 28/40· HighIglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 28/40· HighMembers Church of God International (Eli Soriano / 'Ang Dating Daan')· Christian · Medium confidence
• 28/40· HighEndeavor Academy (Charles Anderson)· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 28/40· HighJW Kingdom Hall elders / judicial committee system· Christian · High confidence
• 28/40· HighElder Ephraim of Arizona — Athonite monastery network (USA)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 28/40· HighSean Feucht / Burn 24-7 / Let Us Worship· Christian · High confidence
• 28/40· HighThe Message of the Hour / William Branham / Voice of God Recordings· Christian · High confidence
• 28/40· HighMiles Jesu (Vatican-suppressed Catholic ecclesial institute)· Christian · High confidence
• 28/40· HighHouse of Prayer Christian Church (HOPCC)· Christian · High confidence
• 28/40· HighGülen Movement / Hizmet / Cemaat (Fethullah Gülen)· Islam · High confidence
• 28/40· HighBobov Hasidic· Judaism · Medium confidence
• 28/40· HighBelz Hasidic· Judaism · Medium confidence
• 28/40· HighVizhnitz Hasidic· Judaism · Medium confidence
• 28/40· HighRigpa (Sogyal Rinpoche, post-2017)· Buddhist · High confidence
• 28/40· HighIM Academy (formerly iMarketsLive / IML)· Wellness / Multi-Level · High confidence
• 28/40· HighInternational House of Prayer KC (IHOPKC)· Christian · High confidence
• 28/40· HighRevolutionary Communist Party USA (Bob Avakian)· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 28/40· HighEnlightened Christian Gathering (Shepherd Bushiri)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 27/40· HighHizb ut-Tahrir· Islam · Medium confidence
• 27/40· HighBentinho Massaro (Trinfinity Academy)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 27/40· HighThe Newman Tendency / Social Therapy (Fred Newman)· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 27/40· HighDahn Yoga / Body & Brain (Ilchi Lee)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 27/40· HighMars Hill Church (Mark Driscoll, 1996–2014)· Christian · High confidence
• 27/40· HighShakers (United Society of Believers, historical)· Christian · High confidence
• 27/40· HighIgreja Mundial do Poder de Deus (Apóstolo Valdemiro Santiago)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 27/40· HighJohn MacArthur / Grace Community Church (Sun Valley, California)· Christian · High confidence
• 27/40· HighCentennial Park group (Second Ward, Mormon fundamentalist)· Christian · High confidence
• 27/40· HighPanacea Society (Bedford, Mabel Barltrop / 'Octavia')· Christian · High confidence
• 27/40· HighChurch Universal and Triumphant (Elizabeth Clare Prophet)· New Religious Movement · High confidence
• 27/40· HighOctavio Rettig — Bufo alvarius (5-MeO-DMT) facilitator network· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 27/40· HighAvatar Course / Star's Edge International (Harry Palmer)· Wellness / Multi-Level · High confidence
• 27/40· HighAyn Rand / Objectivist 'Collective' inner circle (1960s NBI)· Political / Ideological · High confidence
• 27/40· HighSnake-Handling Pentecostals (Church of God with Signs Following)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 27/40· HighAdi Da Samraj / Daism (Franklin Jones, Adidam)· Hindu · Medium confidence
• 27/40· HighSovereign Citizens Movement· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 27/40· HighThe Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (Olumba Olumba Obu)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 26/40· HighAmish (Old Order)· Christian · High confidence
• 26/40· HighLocal Church (Witness Lee / Living Stream Ministry)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 26/40· HighNation of Islam (Louis Farrakhan)· Islam · Medium confidence
• 26/40· HighSahaja Yoga (Nirmala Srivastava)· Hindu · Medium confidence
• 26/40· HighSedevacantist movement (independent traditional Catholicism)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 26/40· HighProcess Church of the Final Judgment (historical)· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 26/40· HighSolar Lodge (Crowley-derived OTO offshoot, historical)· Other · Medium confidence
• 26/40· HighMountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (Daniel Olukoya)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 26/40· HighCarl Lentz / Hillsong NYC (2010–2020)· Christian · High confidence
• 26/40· HighNew Apostolic Reformation (NAR) / C Peter Wagner network / 7-Mountain Dominionism· Christian · High confidence
• 26/40· HighTehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP)· Islam · Medium confidence
• 26/40· HighNeturei Karta (anti-Zionist Haredi)· Judaism · Medium confidence
• 26/40· HighJewish Defense League (Meir Kahane lineage)· Judaism · Medium confidence
• 26/40· High'Anchor' new online sects (umbrella, 2025+)· New Religious Movement · Low confidence
• 26/40· HighRussell Brand / post-2023 evangelical pivot· New Religious Movement · High confidence
• 26/40· HighWagner Group / Africa Corps (Russian PMC, post-2023)· Political / Ideological · High confidence
• 26/40· HighMOVE (Philadelphia, John Africa)· Political / Ideological · High confidence
• 26/40· HighPatriot Front· Political / Ideological · High confidence
• 26/40· HighRussian Imperial Movement· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 25/40· HighWord of Faith / Prosperity Gospel networks· Christian · Medium confidence
• 25/40· HighIndependent Fundamental Baptist (IFB)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 25/40· HighApostolic United Brethren (AUB)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 25/40· HighISKCON (Hare Krishna)· Hindu · High confidence
• 25/40· HighBrahma Kumaris (BKWSU)· Hindu · Medium confidence
• 25/40· HighRama Seminars (Frederick Lenz)· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 25/40· HighOnline radical-religious influencer cults (umbrella)· Other · Low confidence
• 25/40· HighOpus Dei (numerary high-control variant)· Christian · High confidence
• 25/40· HighHarvest Bible Chapel (James MacDonald)· Christian · High confidence
• 25/40· HighSociety of Saint Pius V (SSPV) / sedevacantist Catholic-traditionalist breakaway· Christian · Medium confidence
• 25/40· HighRegnum Christi (lay movement of Legionaries of Christ)· Christian · High confidence
• 25/40· HighJesus Christians (Dave McKay)· Christian · High confidence
• 25/40· HighRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 25/40· HighThe Foundation (Trent and Tony Stansfeld)· New Religious Movement · Low confidence
• 25/40· HighAI-companion / chatbot cult communities (umbrella)· New Religious Movement · Low confidence
• 25/40· HighHonmichi (Tenrikyo offshoot, Onishi Aijirō)· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 25/40· HighTeal Swan / Teal Eye LLC / The Teal Tribe· New Religious Movement · High confidence
• 25/40· HighAccess Consciousness (Gary Douglas / Dain Heer)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 25/40· HighEpoch Times / NTD / Shen Yun media empire (Falun Gong-aligned)· New Religious Movement · High confidence
• 25/40· HighOneCoin (Ruja Ignatova)· Political / Ideological · High confidence
• 25/40· HighInternational Bolshevik Tendency· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 25/40· HighSpartacist League / International Communist League· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 25/40· HighEndeavor Academy continuation online· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 25/40· HighOnline radical-religious influencer cults 2026 evolution· Other · Low confidence
• 25/40· HighHikari no Wa (Aum Shinrikyo successor splinter)· Buddhist · Medium confidence
• 25/40· HighHumanitarian-disaster opportunist online cult figures (2024–26)· Other · Low confidence
• 25/40· HighIgreja Universal do Reino de Deus / IURD (Edir Macedo, Brazil)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 24/40· HighLDS Church (mainstream Mormonism)· Christian · High confidence
• 24/40· HighChabad-Lubavitch· Judaism · Medium confidence
• 24/40· HighSathya Sai Baba organisation· Hindu · Medium confidence
• 24/40· HighBikram Yoga (Bikram Choudhury)· Wellness / Multi-Level · High confidence
• 24/40· HighOsho International Foundation (post-Rajneesh)· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 24/40· HighMar Mari Emmanuel / Christ the Good Shepherd Church (Sydney)· Christian · Low confidence
• 24/40· HighSovereign Grace Churches (formerly SGM)· Christian · High confidence
• 24/40· HighRavi Zacharias / RZIM (Ravi Zacharias International Ministries)· Christian · High confidence
• 24/40· HighGateway Church / Robert Morris· Christian · High confidence
• 24/40· HighFocolare Movement / Work of Mary / Chiara Lubich· Christian · High confidence
• 24/40· HighUnited Submitters International (Rashad Khalifa)· Islam · Medium confidence
• 24/40· HighTablighi Jamaat (Saadi / Nizamuddin faction)· Islam · Low confidence
• 24/40· HighShadhili-Darqawi — Murabitun World Movement (Sheikh Abdalqadir as-Sufi / Ian Dallas)· Islam · Medium confidence
• 24/40· HighSiddha Yoga (Muktananda / Chidvilasananda)· Hindu · High confidence
• 24/40· HighHonbushin (Tenrikyo offshoot, Onishi Aijiro)· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 24/40· HighOptavia / Medifast· Wellness / Multi-Level · High confidence
• 24/40· HighAubrey Marcus / Onnit / Fit For Service· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 24/40· HighBurmese 969 / Ma Ba Tha movement (U Wirathu)· Buddhist · High confidence
• 24/40· HighBroader South Korean high-control Christian movements (umbrella)· Christian · High confidence
• 24/40· HighServants of the Paraclete (Servi Paraclitorum)· Christian · High confidence
• 24/40· HighBoogaloo movement· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 24/40· HighActive Club Network (white nationalist combat sports)· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 24/40· HighRight-wing news influencer parasocial cult communities· Political / Ideological · Low confidence
• 24/40· HighTherapeutic-community (TC) Synanon-derivative movement· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 24/40· HighAnti-mask / anti-vax online movement (continuing 2026)· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 24/40· HighMountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (Nigeria, D.K. Olukoya)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 24/40· HighChrist Embassy / Believers' LoveWorld (Chris Oyakhilome)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 24/40· HighTriratna Buddhist Community (Sangharakshita)· Buddhist · High confidence
• 23/40· HighOneness University (Sri Bhagavan / Sri Amma)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 23/40· HighKripalu / Amrit Desai legacy ashrams· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 23/40· HighOld Order Mennonites· Christian · High confidence
• 23/40· HighHutterites (communal Anabaptists)· Christian · High confidence
• 23/40· HighAnanda Marga (P.R. Sarkar)· Hindu · Medium confidence
• 23/40· HighSahaja Yoga successor organisations / Vishwa Nirmala Dharma (post-Nirmala Srivastava)· Hindu · High confidence
• 23/40· HighSahaja Yoga (Nirmala Srivastava / Shri Mataji)· Hindu · Medium confidence
• 23/40· HighIsha Foundation / Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev· Hindu · High confidence
• 23/40· HighShambhala International (post-Sakyong scandal)· Buddhist · High confidence
• 23/40· HighWestern Vajrayana high-control teacher circles (umbrella)· Buddhist · Low confidence
• 23/40· HighSchool of Economic Science / School of Philosophy· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 23/40· HighDivine Light Mission / Elan Vital / Words of Peace Global / Prem Rawat· New Religious Movement · High confidence
• 23/40· HighQAnon-wellness 'conspirituality' overlap (umbrella)· Political / Ideological · High confidence
• 23/40· HighIncel online community (umbrella)· Political / Ideological · High confidence
• 23/40· HighRed-pill / black-pill online radicalisation pipelines· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 23/40· HighRussian 'Sovereign Citizens' / Grazhdane SSSR (Citizens of the USSR)· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 23/40· HighStop Cop City / Atlanta Forest Defenders (specific antifa-adjacent cell)· Political / Ideological · High confidence
• 23/40· HighVarious Indian 'godmen' / guru figures (umbrella)· Hindu · High confidence
• 23/40· HighHistorical 19th-century American religious-communal cults (umbrella)· Christian · High confidence
• 23/40· HighHarmonists / Rappites (George Rapp, historical)· Christian · High confidence
• 23/40· HighSanta Muerte high-control templos (umbrella)· Other · Low confidence
• 23/40· HighThree Percenters militia movement· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 23/40· HighEkklesia / cell-church high-control networks· Christian · Low confidence
• 22/40· HighSeventh-day Adventist Church· Christian · Medium confidence
• 22/40· HighAsatru Folk Assembly (Folkish heathenry)· Pagan / Wiccan · Medium confidence
• 22/40· HighA Course in Miracles high-control circles· New Religious Movement · Low confidence
• 22/40· HighBritish Israelism / Christian Identity high-control groups· Christian · Medium confidence
• 22/40· HighHebrew Roots Movement (high-control variants)· Christian · Low confidence
• 22/40· HighUnited Pentecostal Church International (UPCI, Oneness Pentecostal)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 22/40· HighChurch of the Highlands / Chris Hodges / Association of Related Churches (ARC)· Christian · High confidence
• 22/40· HighNaqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order (Sheikh Nazim al-Haqqani lineage)· Islam · Medium confidence
• 22/40· HighOnline MLM-spiritual hybrid cults (umbrella)· New Religious Movement · High confidence
• 22/40· HighSoul Quest Ayahuasca Church (Orlando, FL)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 22/40· HighQuan Yin Method (Suma Ching Hai)· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 22/40· HighVarious 'ascension' / 5D / starseed online communities (umbrella)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 22/40· HighNu Skin Enterprises· Wellness / Multi-Level · High confidence
• 22/40· HighAndrew Huberman / Huberman Lab· Wellness / Multi-Level · High confidence
• 22/40· HighProud Boys (Western chauvinist far-right)· Political / Ideological · High confidence
• 22/40· HighOath Keepers (anti-government militia)· Political / Ideological · High confidence
• 22/40· HighNational Justice Party (NJP, white nationalist)· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 22/40· HighManosphere extreme-figure online cults· Political / Ideological · Low confidence
• 22/40· HighTrue Buddha School (Lu Sheng-yen)· Buddhist · Low confidence
• 21/40· HighKabbalah Centre (Berg family)· Judaism · Medium confidence
• 21/40· HighFalun Gong (Falun Dafa)· New Religious Movement · Low confidence
• 21/40· HighConversations with God (Neale Donald Walsch) high-control circles· New Religious Movement · Low confidence
• 21/40· HighCornelia Connelly Society / Society of the Holy Child Jesus· Christian · Medium confidence
• 21/40· HighVishva Hindu Parishad (VHP)· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 21/40· HighSpiritual Science Research Foundation (SSRF) / Jayant Athavale· Hindu · Medium confidence
• 21/40· HighArt of Living Foundation / Sri Sri Ravi Shankar· Hindu · High confidence
• 21/40· HighSummit Lighthouse (parent of Church Universal and Triumphant)· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 21/40· HighVarious Falun Gong-adjacent qigong sects (umbrella)· New Religious Movement · High confidence
• 21/40· HighExtreme raw-food / fruitarian online cults· Wellness / Multi-Level · High confidence
• 21/40· HighPlexus Worldwide· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 21/40· HighIsagenix International· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 21/40· HighIt Works! Global· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 21/40· HighVector Marketing / Cutco Cutlery· Wellness / Multi-Level · High confidence
• 21/40· HighWorkers World Party (WWP)· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 21/40· HighNational Bolshevik Party / Other Russia (Limonov)· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 21/40· HighVarious small far-left cadre sects (umbrella)· Political / Ideological · High confidence
• 21/40· HighBodu Bala Sena (Sri Lanka Buddhist nationalist)· Buddhist · Medium confidence
• 21/40· HighSociety of Separatists of Zoar (historical)· Christian · High confidence
• 21/40· HighBethel Church Redding (Bill Johnson)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 21/40· HighThe Newman Tendency / All Stars Project (post-Newman)· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 21/40· HighNeo-charismatic prophets network (Cindy Jacobs et al.)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 21/40· HighLeft-wing influencer parasocial cult communities (umbrella)· Political / Ideological · High confidence
• 21/40· HighLiving Faith Church Worldwide / Winners' Chapel (David Oyedepo)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 21/40· HighDamanhur (Italy)· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 21/40· HighUniversal White Brotherhood (Peter Deunov / Mikhaël Aïvanhov)· New Religious Movement · Low confidence
• 21/40· HighDiamond Way Buddhism (Ole Nydahl)· Buddhist · Medium confidence