Moderate Control (13–20)

Some controlling patterns documented; experience varies widely by branch, congregation, or era.

183 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.

• 20/40· ModerateHillsong Church· Christian · High confidence
• 20/40· ModerateDeobandi (high-control sub-currents)· Islam · Low confidence
• 20/40· ModerateTablighi Jamaat· Islam · Medium confidence
• 20/40· ModerateMessianic Judaism (high-control fellowships)· Christian · Low confidence
• 20/40· ModerateStrangite Mormons (Church of Jesus Christ – James Strang lineage)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 20/40· ModerateElevation Church (Steven Furtick)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 20/40· ModerateNewSpring Church (Perry Noble, post-2016)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 20/40· ModerateAnanda Sangha (Swami Kriyananda)· Hindu · High confidence
• 20/40· ModerateVarious 2025 high-control group emergence (umbrella)· New Religious Movement · Low confidence
• 20/40· ModerateNGO / aid-worker cult umbrella (rare but documented)· Other · Low confidence
• 20/40· ModeratePosadism (Trotskyist UFO-communism)· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 20/40· ModerateNeoreactionary (NRx) online movement· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 20/40· ModerateOnline trading-influencer cult communities (umbrella)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 20/40· ModerateBhole Baba (Narayan Saakar Hari) satsang· Hindu · High confidence
• 20/40· ModerateVarious Indonesian high-control Islamic groups (umbrella)· Islam · Low confidence
• 20/40· ModeratePhilippine Moro high-control groups (umbrella)· Islam · Low confidence
• 20/40· ModerateVietnamese high-control religious movements (umbrella)· Other · Low confidence
• 20/40· ModerateKenyan high-control church umbrella (beyond Mackenzie)· Christian · Low confidence
• 20/40· ModerateEvery Nation (Maranatha Campus Ministries successor)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 20/40· ModerateNaqshbandi-Haqqani (high-control sub-currents)· Islam · Low confidence
• 20/40· ModerateTenrikyo offshoots (Honmichi, Honbushin)· Other · Low confidence
• 20/40· ModerateLogan Paul CryptoZoo (NFT influencer scheme)· Wellness / Multi-Level · High confidence
• 20/40· ModerateBitConnect (Carlos Matos meme + community)· Political / Ideological · High confidence
• 20/40· ModerateIglesia de Cristo (Mexican high-control variants)· Christian · Low confidence
• 20/40· ModerateAyahuasca retreat high-control facilitator circles· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 20/40· Moderate5-MeO-DMT / Bufo Alvarius shaman circles· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 20/40· ModerateElon-Musk-stan online subcultures (high-control adjacent)· Political / Ideological · Low confidence
• 20/40· ModerateWealth-affirmation coaching cults· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 20/40· ModerateCatholic-charismatic high-control cells (Latin America)· Christian · Low confidence
• 20/40· ModerateDaesoon Jinrihoe (Korean new religion)· Other · Medium confidence
• 20/40· ModerateSukyo Mahikari (Japanese new religion)· Other · Medium confidence
• 20/40· ModerateEl Shaddai DWXI Prayer Partners (Mike Velarde, Philippines)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 19/40· ModerateEvangelical Megachurches (high-control variants)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 19/40· ModerateChristian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist)· Christian · High confidence
• 19/40· ModerateAmway (MLM)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 19/40· ModeratedoTERRA / Young Living essential-oil MLMs· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 19/40· ModerateLandmark Forum (Werner Erhard / EST lineage)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 19/40· ModerateHillsong United (broader Hillsong network)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 19/40· ModerateRussian Old Believers — Bezpopovtsy (priestless)· Christian · High confidence
• 19/40· ModerateBreslov Na Nach street-evangelism variants· Judaism · Low confidence
• 19/40· ModerateVarious 1970s 'mind cure' / human-potential movements (umbrella)· New Religious Movement · Low confidence
• 19/40· ModerateVarious Hawaiian / Polynesian guru-led communities (umbrella)· New Religious Movement · Low confidence
• 19/40· ModerateDeeper Life Bible Church (W.F. Kumuyi, Nigeria)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 19/40· ModerateRedeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG, Adeboye)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 19/40· ModerateAmway / Quixtar successor branding· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 19/40· ModerateVarious 'clean eating' / 'wellness influencer' online cults (umbrella)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 19/40· ModerateCarnivore-diet influencer cult communities· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 19/40· Moderate'Tradwife' online influencer cult communities (umbrella)· Political / Ideological · Low confidence
• 19/40· ModerateTony Robbins Business Mastery / Platinum Partnership· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 19/40· ModeratePolyamory / relationship coaching online cults (umbrella)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 19/40· ModerateOnline trauma-healing influencer cults (umbrella)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 19/40· ModerateVarious modern channeling networks (umbrella)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 19/40· ModeratePickup-artist online community (umbrella)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 19/40· ModerateIndian online spirituality influencer cults 2025 (umbrella)· Hindu · Low confidence
• 19/40· ModerateWilliam Wolfe / American Reformer / Center for Baptist Leadership· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 19/40· ModerateRadhe Maa (Sukhvinder Kaur)· Hindu · Medium confidence
• 19/40· ModerateVarious Bangladeshi pir / fakir high-control groups (umbrella)· Islam · Low confidence
• 19/40· ModerateHillsong Australia post-2023 continuation· Christian · High confidence
• 19/40· ModerateISKCON 2024 modern continuation· Hindu · High confidence
• 19/40· ModerateVarious 1970s Jesus Movement groups (umbrella, historical)· Christian · High confidence
• 19/40· ModerateCelebrity-led wellness cult communities (umbrella)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 19/40· ModerateOnline dating-coach / 'attraction' parasocial cults (umbrella)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 19/40· ModerateIemoto-system Japanese-arts high-control cases (umbrella)· Other · Medium confidence
• 19/40· ModerateTemple of Set (Michael Aquino)· Pagan / Wiccan · Medium confidence
• 19/40· ModerateLandmark Forum (post-2020 trajectory)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 19/40· ModerateFWBO/Triratna 2024–2026 reckoning continuation· Buddhist · Medium confidence
• 18/40· ModerateSoka Gakkai International (SGI)· Buddhist · Medium confidence
• 18/40· ModerateRaëlian Movement· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 18/40· ModerateThe Way to Happiness Foundation (Scientology-affiliated)· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 18/40· ModerateAetherius Society· New Religious Movement · Low confidence
• 18/40· ModerateYoido Full Gospel Church (Cho Yong-gi lineage)· Christian · High confidence
• 18/40· ModerateYoung Living Essential Oils (Gary Young legacy)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 18/40· ModeratedoTERRA modern operations· Wellness / Multi-Level · High confidence
• 18/40· ModerateVarious body-positive / fat-acceptance influencer cults (umbrella)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 18/40· Moderate'Techno-feudalism' / accelerationist Silicon Valley online cults· Political / Ideological · Low confidence
• 18/40· ModerateDeus É Amor (David Miranda, Brazil)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 18/40· ModerateOther European Jewish Orthodox communities (umbrella)· Judaism · Medium confidence
• 18/40· ModerateFar-right religious-political movements (umbrella)· Political / Ideological · Low confidence
• 18/40· ModerateAmana Society / Community of True Inspiration· Christian · High confidence
• 18/40· ModerateBolivian / Andean curanderismo high-control variants (umbrella)· Other · Low confidence
• 18/40· ModerateGlobal Awakening (Randy Clark)· Christian · Low confidence
• 18/40· ModerateRaëlian Movement modern continuation· New Religious Movement · Low confidence
• 18/40· ModerateGabriel Cousens / Tree of Life Center· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 17/40· ModerateLuLaRoe (MLM)· Wellness / Multi-Level · High confidence
• 17/40· ModerateGurdjieff Foundation (mainstream Fourth Way)· Other · Medium confidence
• 17/40· ModerateGenuine Orthodox Church of Greece (Old Calendar)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 17/40· ModerateDawoodi Bohra (Mustaali Ismaili)· Islam · Medium confidence
• 17/40· ModerateBobo Shanti / Bobo Ashanti (Rastafari Mansion)· Other · Medium confidence
• 17/40· ModerateI AM Activity (Saint Germain Foundation)· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 17/40· ModerateOrdo Templi Orientis (OTO) — Crowley-tradition Thelemic order· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 17/40· ModerateJoe Dispenza meditation network· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 17/40· ModerateOnline tarot / witch influencer cult communities (umbrella)· Pagan / Wiccan · Low confidence
• 17/40· ModerateInstagram spirituality influencer cult communities (umbrella)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 17/40· ModerateTikTok spirituality / 'WitchTok' cult communities (umbrella)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 17/40· ModerateParty for Socialism and Liberation (PSL)· Political / Ideological · Low confidence
• 17/40· ModerateIcarian Movement / Cabet (historical)· Other · Medium confidence
• 17/40· ModerateMindValley high-control online communities· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 17/40· ModerateSwaminarayan BAPS (Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Sanstha)· Hindu · Medium confidence
• 16/40· ModerateHerbalife Nutrition (MLM)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 16/40· ModerateWillow Creek Community Church (Bill Hybels)· Christian · High confidence
• 16/40· ModerateThe Potter's House (T.D. Jakes)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 16/40· ModerateChinese House Church Movement (mainstream)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 16/40· ModerateThree-Self Patriotic Movement (China state-registered church)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 16/40· ModerateAnthroposophy / Waldorf Schools (Rudolf Steiner mainstream)· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 16/40· ModerateAnanda Village (Kriyananda's California intentional community)· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 16/40· ModerateSeicho-no-Ie (Taniguchi Masaharu)· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 16/40· ModeratePrimerica (financial-services MLM)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 16/40· ModerateCrossFit-adjacent extreme-fitness cult communities (umbrella)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 16/40· ModerateCorporate workplace cult umbrella (mainstream)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 16/40· ModerateEffective Altruism (EA) mainstream movement· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 16/40· ModerateRationalist community (LessWrong / MIRI)· Political / Ideological · Medium confidence
• 16/40· ModerateBroader Brazilian neopentecostal boom (umbrella)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 16/40· ModerateGuatemalan evangelical political right (Ríos Montt legacy)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 16/40· ModerateVarious Latin American evangelical denominations (umbrella)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 16/40· ModerateOnline mediumship / 'spirit channeling' cult communities (umbrella)· New Religious Movement · Low confidence
• 16/40· ModerateAmerican Fourierists / Phalanx communities (historical)· Other · Medium confidence
• 16/40· ModerateAbraham-Hicks (Esther Hicks)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 16/40· ModerateHolotropic Breathwork high-control facilitator circles· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 16/40· ModerateMata Amritanandamayi Math (Amma)· Hindu · Medium confidence
• 16/40· ModerateSri Karunamayi (Indian guru, hugging-style ministry)· Hindu · Low confidence
• 16/40· ModerateRenovação Carismática Católica (high-control Latin American variants)· Christian · Low confidence
• 15/40· ModeratePentecostalism (mainstream)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 15/40· ModerateCalvary Chapel network (high-control variants)· Christian · Low confidence
• 15/40· ModerateModern Orthodox Judaism· Judaism · High confidence
• 15/40· ModerateEckankar· New Religious Movement · Low confidence
• 15/40· ModerateSociety of St. Pius X (SSPX)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 15/40· ModerateNewfrontiers (UK Charismatic)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 15/40· ModerateLakewood Church (Joel Osteen)· Christian · High confidence
• 15/40· ModerateThe Village Church (Matt Chandler)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 15/40· ModerateQuietism (Molinos / Madame Guyon, historical)· Christian · High confidence
• 15/40· ModerateMessianic Jewish Movement (mainstream)· Judaism · Medium confidence
• 15/40· ModerateSwadhyay Parivar (Pandurang Shastri Athavale)· Hindu · Medium confidence
• 15/40· ModerateShri Ram Chandra Mission / Heartfulness (Sahaj Marg)· Hindu · Medium confidence
• 15/40· ModerateRadha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB)· Hindu · Medium confidence
• 15/40· ModerateTranscendental Meditation (Maharishi Mahesh Yogi)· Hindu · Medium confidence
• 15/40· ModerateOrder of Buddhist Contemplatives (Jiyu-Kennett, Shasta Abbey)· Buddhist · Medium confidence
• 15/40· ModerateS.N. Goenka Vipassana Movement (10-day retreats)· Buddhist · Medium confidence
• 15/40· ModerateOrthodox Bahá'í Faith (Mason Remey lineage)· Bahá'í · Medium confidence
• 15/40· ModerateSant Nirankari Mission (Indian, mainstream)· Sikh · Medium confidence
• 15/40· ModerateKimbanguist Church (DR Congo)· Christian · High confidence
• 15/40· ModerateAladura Churches (West African Spirit-prayer movement)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 15/40· ModerateOnline energy-healing influencer cult communities (umbrella)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 15/40· ModerateOnline fitness influencer cult communities (umbrella)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 15/40· ModerateOnline intuitive-eating / anti-diet influencer cults (umbrella)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 15/40· ModerateAnswers in Genesis / Creation Museum (Ken Ham)· Christian · High confidence
• 15/40· ModerateVarious 'self-improvement' podcast cult communities (umbrella)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 15/40· ModerateNew Apostolic Church· Christian · Medium confidence
• 15/40· ModerateChinese Patriotic Catholic Association (state-registered)· Christian · High confidence
• 15/40· ModerateTony Robbins UPW intensives· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 15/40· ModerateSanto Daime / União do Vegetal (Brazilian ayahuasca churches)· Other · Low confidence
• 14/40· ModerateSelf-Realization Fellowship (Paramahansa Yogananda)· Hindu · Low confidence
• 14/40· ModeratePietism (Spener-Francke historical movement)· Christian · High confidence
• 14/40· ModerateTijaniyya — Niass Faydiyya (Baye Niasse lineage)· Islam · Medium confidence
• 14/40· ModerateDera Sant Sarwan Dass / Dera Ballan (Ravidassi)· Hindu · Medium confidence
• 14/40· ModerateNichiren Shoshu (parent of Soka Gakkai split)· Buddhist · Medium confidence
• 14/40· ModerateCamphill Communities (Anthroposophy intentional communities)· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 14/40· ModerateZionist Christian Churches (Southern African AIC, broader)· Christian · Medium confidence
• 14/40· ModerateByron Katie 'The Work' organisation· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 14/40· ModerateAntifa (umbrella decentralised antifascist movement)· Political / Ideological · High confidence
• 14/40· ModeratePolynesian LDS / Mormon Pacific communities (mainstream)· Christian · High confidence
• 14/40· ModerateSelf-Realization Fellowship modern continuation· Hindu · Low confidence
• 14/40· ModerateHolosync (Bill Harris / Centerpointe Research Institute)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 14/40· ModerateZion Christian Church / ZCC (South Africa)· Christian · Low confidence
• 13/40· ModerateAhmadiyya Muslim Community· Islam · Medium confidence
• 13/40· ModerateTenrikyo (Japanese new religion)· Other · Medium confidence
• 13/40· ModerateOomoto-kyo (Japanese new religion)· Other · Medium confidence
• 13/40· ModerateSubud (Susila Budhi Dharma)· Other · Medium confidence
• 13/40· ModerateCarthusians (Order of Saint Bruno)· Christian · High confidence
• 13/40· ModerateWisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS)· Christian · High confidence
• 13/40· ModerateSouthern Baptist Convention (SBC)· Christian · High confidence
• 13/40· ModeratePrimitive Baptists (Old Line)· Christian · Low confidence
• 13/40· ModerateTheosophical Society (Blavatsky lineage)· New Religious Movement · High confidence
• 13/40· ModerateAncient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC)· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 13/40· ModerateOrdo Templi Orientis (OTO mainstream)· New Religious Movement · Medium confidence
• 13/40· ModerateNamdhari Sikh tradition (Kuka)· Sikh · Medium confidence
• 13/40· ModerateMonat Global (haircare MLM)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 13/40· ModerateDeepak Chopra organisations (Chopra Center / Global)· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 13/40· ModerateIyanla Vanzant Inner Visions / OWN community· Wellness / Multi-Level · Medium confidence
• 13/40· ModerateDiscovery Institute (Intelligent Design)· Political / Ideological · High confidence
• 13/40· ModerateCommunist Platform (USA broader, mainstream parties)· Political / Ideological · High confidence
• 13/40· ModerateEuropean modern occult-revival movements (umbrella)· Pagan / Wiccan · Low confidence
• 13/40· ModerateWim Hof Method extreme-franchise variants· Wellness / Multi-Level · Low confidence
• 13/40· ModerateRussian Old Believers (Starovery)· Christian · Medium confidence