Religious Organizations and Movements

From a Lutheran perspective, the CTCR evaluates the beliefs of world religions, religious organizations and movements. The Commission also provides information regarding fraternal organizations and lodges.

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Religious Organizations and Movements

• Abrahamic Religions
  2014
   
• Bahá’í Faith
  2006
   
• Beth Moore
  2015 | Spanish
   
• Buddhism
  2014 | Spanish
   
• Center for Progressive Christianity
  2010
   
• Christian Identity Movement
  2005
   
• Christian Reconstructionism
  2015
   
• Christian Science
  2005 | Spanish
   
• Church of Scientology
  2005 | Spanish
   
• Churchless Christianity
  2012
   
• Cults — An Overview
  2005 | Spanish
   
• Cursillo Movement
  2006 | Spanish
   
• Emergent Church
  2014
   
• Enneagram
  2010
   
• Gnosticism
  2017
   
• God’s Learning Channel
  2010
   
• Hinduism
  2013
   
• Human Potential Movement
  2007
   
• Islam
  2007 | Spanish
   
• Jehovah’s Witnesses
  2005 | Spanish
   
• Joel Osteen
  2020
   
• Joyce Meyer Ministries
  2020
   
• Judaism
  2005
   
• Kabbalah
  2005
   
• Latter Day Saints
  2008 | Spanish
   
• Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
  2020
   
• Near Death Experiences
  2015 | Spanish
   
• New Age Movement
  2005
   
• New Atheism
  2017
   
• Newer Atheists
  2020
   
• Rastafarians
  2007
   
• Red Letter Christians
  2020
   
• Reiki
  2006
   
• Restorationism
  2005
   
• Salvation Army
  2005
   
• Satanism
  2005
   
• Secular Humanism
  2016 | Spanish
   
• Secularism
  2020
   
• Seventh-day Adventism
  2012 | Spanish
   
• Swedenborgianism (New Church)
  2013
   
• The International Churches of Christ
  2005 | Spanish
   
• The Occult
  2014 | Spanish
   
• Theophostic Prayer Ministry
  2009
   
• Transhumanism
  2011
   
• Unification Church
  2005 | Spanish
   
• Unitarian-Universalist Association
  2005
   
• United Pentecostal Church International
  2005
   
• Unity School of Christianity
  2005
   
• Universalism
  2021
   
• Vineyard Ministries
  2005
   
• Wicca
  2005
   
• Word-Faith Movement (Positive Confession Movement)
  2007
   
• Yoga
  2007 | Spanish
   

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Lodges

• Membership in Certain Fraternal Organizations: A Pastoral Approach
  2009  |  Spanish
  Note: The Commission on Theology and Church Relations prepared this resource for pastors, church workers, and lay leaders as they inform congregational members about questions and concerns that may arise regarding membership in certain fraternal organizations.
   
• Elks Lodge
  2006
   
• Fraternal Order of Eagles
  2007
   
• Moose International
  2005
   
• The Lodge
  2005
   

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Spanish

• Afiliación A Ciertas Organizaciones Fraternales
  2009
   
• Beth Moore
  2015
   
• Ciencia Cristiana
  2005
   
• El Budismo
  2014
   
• El Islam
  2007
   
• El Ocultismo
  2014
   
• Experiencias Cercanas a la Muerte
  2015
   
• Humanismo Secular
  2016
   
• Iglesia Adventista Del Séptimo Día
  2012
   
• Iglesia de la Cienciología
  2005
   
• Iglesia Unida Pentecostal Internacional
  2005
   
• La Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Últimos Días
  2008
   
• La Iglesia de la Unificación
  2005
   
• Los Cultos-Sinopsis
  2005
   
• Los Testigos De Jehová
  2005
   
• Movimiento Cursillo
  2006
   
• Yoga
  2007
   

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