Minimal documented control (0–5)
Entries with no public-record pattern of systematic control. Voluntary participation, transparent governance, no shunning, low exit costs.
43 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.
- Anglican / Episcopal Communion· Christian · High confidence
- Mainline Methodism· Christian · High confidence
- Mainline Lutheranism (ELCA / Nordic state churches)· Christian · High confidence
- Mainline Presbyterianism (PCUSA, Church of Scotland)· Christian · High confidence
- Mainstream Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma)· Hindu · High confidence
- Mahayana Buddhism (mainstream)· Buddhist · High confidence
- Mainstream Jainism· Jain · High confidence
- Mainstream Taoism· Taoist · High confidence
- Mainstream Shinto· Shinto · High confidence
- Insight Meditation Society / Spirit Rock (mainstream Western Vipassana)· Buddhist · High confidence
- Old Catholic Church (Union of Utrecht)· Christian · High confidence
- Alevi Islam (Turkey, mainstream)· Islam · High confidence
- Vaishnavism (mainstream)· Hindu · High confidence
- Shaivism (mainstream)· Hindu · High confidence
- Smarta tradition (mainstream)· Hindu · High confidence
- Ramana Maharshi tradition (mainstream)· Hindu · High confidence
- Pure Land Buddhism (mainstream East Asian)· Buddhist · High confidence
- Svetambara Jain mainstream· Jain · High confidence
- Iranian Bahá'í community (state-persecuted, mainstream)· Bahá'í · High confidence
- Scandinavian state Lutheran churches (mainstream)· Christian · High confidence
- Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)· Christian · High confidence
- Mainstream Wicca / contemporary Paganism· Pagan / Wiccan · High confidence
- Universal Life Church (ordination network)· Other · High confidence
- Krishnamurti Foundations (mainstream)· Hindu · High confidence
- Vipassana Trust prison programmes (mainstream)· Buddhist · High confidence
- Modern Druidry (OBOD, Druid Network mainstream)· Pagan / Wiccan · High confidence
- Covenant of the Goddess (Wiccan federation)· Pagan / Wiccan · High confidence
- Discordianism (mainstream)· New Religious Movement · High confidence
- Pastafarianism / Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster· New Religious Movement · High confidence
- Avon Products (mainstream direct sales)· Wellness / Multi-Level · High confidence
- Internal Family Systems (IFS) mainstream therapy network· Wellness / Multi-Level · High confidence
- Mainstream electoral conservatism (low-control reference)· Political / Ideological · High confidence
- Mainstream electoral progressivism / social democracy (low-control reference)· Political / Ideological · High confidence
- Mainstream civic nonprofit volunteering (low-control reference)· Political / Ideological · High confidence
- Other Buddhist traditions (umbrella)· Buddhist · High confidence
- Unitarian Universalist Association (mainstream)· Other · High confidence
- American Ethical Union / Ethical Culture Society· Other · High confidence
- Humanist organisations (American Humanist Association, Humanists UK, mainstream)· Other · High confidence
- Atheist / Freethought organisations (mainstream)· Other · High confidence
- Footsteps 2024 continuation· Other · High confidence
- Academic cult-recovery research community (mainstream)· Other · High confidence
- Cult-aware therapy network (mainstream)· Other · High confidence
- Open Minds Foundation 2024 continuation· Other · High confidence