RELIGIOUS GROUPINGS IN NORTH AMERICA

MELTON/HADDON LIST

DR. NORTHUP'S PARTIAL (and always changing) LIST:

Adventists
· Advent Christian Church
· Advent Christian Fellowship
· Advent Christian General Conference
 Church of God, Adventist
Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith
· Church of God General Conference
· Creation Seventh-day Adventist
Davidian Seventh-day Adventists
Life and Advent Union
New Life Congregational Seventh-day Adventist
            Primitive Advent Christian Church
· Remnant Church of Creation Seventh-day Adventists
· Seventh-day Adventist Church
Seventh-day Adventist Reform Movement

American Rescue Workers

Anabaptists
Amish
     Apostolic Christian Church
     [Becket Fund]
     Old Order Amish Church
German Brethren
· Brethren Church
· Brethren in Christ Church
· Church of the Brethren
· Church of the United Brethren in Christ
· Dunkard Brethren
Evangelical United Brethren
· Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches
· Landmark Baptists
· Old German Baptist Brethren
Hutterites
Dariusleut
Lehrerleut
Schmeideleut
 Hutterian Brethren (Bruderhof)
 Committee Hutterites
Mennonites
· Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches
· Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches
Church of God in Christ (Mennonite) (Holdeman)
· Conference of Mennonites in Canada
· Conservative Mennonite Conference
Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church
Evangelical Mennonite Church
· Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference
Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches
· General Conference, Mennonite Church
Krimmer Mennonite Church
· Mennonite Brethren Churches
· Mennonite Church
Missionary Church
Old Colony Mennonites
Old Order (Wisler) Mennonite Church
Reformed Mennonite Church
Sommerfield Mennonites
United Christian Church
United Zion Church
Moravians
· Moravian Brethren
· Moravian Church in America
Schwenkfelders

Anglicans
· Anglican Catholic Church
· Anglican Church of America
· Anglican Church of Canada
· Anglican Orthodox Church
Anglican Province of America
· Anglican Province of Christ the King
· Charismatic Episcopal Church
Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches
· Episcopal Church in the United States
· Episcopal Missionary Church
Evangelical Episcopal Church
· Evangelical Anglican Church of America
· Southern Episcopal Church
· Traditional Episcopal Church
Traditional Protestant Episcopal Church
Traditionalist Groups
· American Anglican Council
· Association of Anglican Congregations on Mission
· Concerned Clergy and Laity
· Ekklesia
· Episcopal Network for Evangelism
· Episcopal Renewal Ministries
· Episcopal Synod of America
· Episcopalians United
· First Promise
· Living Stones
· Mustard Seed Project
· National Organization of Episcopalians for Life
· North American Missionary Society
· Prayer Book Society
· Scholarly Engagement with Anglican Doctrine

Apostolic Christian Churches of America

Atheists
· American Atheists
· American Association for the Advancement of Atheism
· Atheists United
· Faith Atheism
Freedom from Religion Foundation

· Ba’hais

Baptists
· American Baptist Association
· American Baptist Churches in the USA
· American Baptist Evangelicals
Anti Mission Baptists
· Baptist Bible Fellowship International
· Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec
· Baptist General Conference
· Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs
· Baptist Missionary Association of America
· Baptist World Alliance
Bethel Ministerial Association
· Canadian Baptist Ministries
Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists
Central Baptist Association
Central Canada Baptist Conference
· Conservative Baptist Association of America
· Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
Duck River Association of Baptists
[Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada]
· Fundamental Baptist Fellowship
General Association of General Baptists
· General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
General Conference of the Evangelical Baptist Church
Hardshell Baptists
· National Association of Free Will Baptists
· National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.
National Baptist Evangelical Life and Soul Saving Assembly of the USA
National David Spiritual Temple of Christ Church Union
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America
National Primitive Baptist Convention, Inc.
· New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches
· North American Baptist Conference (U.S .and Canada)
Old School Baptists
· Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.
Reformed Baptists
Separate Baptists in Christ
· Seventh Day Baptist General Conference (U.S. and Canada)
· Southern Baptist Convention
Sovereign Grace Baptists
Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptists
United Baptists
United Free Will Baptists
World Baptist Alliance

Bible Churches
· American Council of Christian Churches
Berean Fundamental Church
Bible Church of Christ
Bible Fellowship Church
Bible Protestant Church
Congregational Bible Churches
Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches
Independent Fundamental Churches of America
Grace Gospel Fellowship
Open Bible Standard Churches

Brethren
· Brethren Church (Ashland, Ohio)
· Christian (Plymouth) Brethren
            Exclusive Plymouth Brethren
· Lutheran Brethren of America
           Open Plymouth Brethren
           River Brethren
           United Christian Church
           United Zion Church

Buddhists
· Buddhist Churches of America
Jodo Shinshu
· New Kadampa Tradition
· Nichiren Shoshu
· Soka Gakkai
· Western Buddhist Order
· Won Buddhism
Zen Centers

Catholic (Eastern)  (Uniate Churches)
 Armenian Catholic Church
 Byzantine Catholic Church
 Chaldean Catholic Church
 Coptic Catholic Church
 Ethiopian Catholic Church
 Maronite Church
 Melkite Catholic Church
 Romanian Catholic Church
 Russian Catholic Church
 Ruthenian Catholic Church
 Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
 Ukranian Catholic Church
 West Syrian Catholic Church

Catholic (Roman)
· Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
· Roman Catholic (U.S.)

· Christadelphians

Christian Science
· Church of Christ, Scientist
· Christ Universal Temple

Churches of Christ--Christian churches (Stone-Campbell)
· Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Churches of Christ
[Disciple Heritage Fellowship]
Free Christian Zion Church of Christ
· New Gospel Churches of Christ
Renovated Church of Christ

Churches of God
Church of God (Huntsville, AL)
Church of God and Saints of Christ
Church of God by Faith, Inc.
Church of God General Conference, Abrahamic Faith
· Church of God, International
· Church of God (Seventh Day), Denver, CO
Church of God (Which He Purchased with His Own Blood)

Confucianism

Congregationalists
· Congregational Christian Churches
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference
Independent Congregational Christian Churches
· [National Association of Congregational Christian Churches]

· Doukhoborism

Eastern Orthodox Churches (ethnic)
Albanian Orthodox Church
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church
· Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East
· Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church
· Armenian Evangelical Union of North America
· Armenian Holy Apostolic Church
· Assyrian Orthodox Church
· Coptic Orthodox Church of North America
· Diocese of the Armenian Church of America
· Diocese of the Armenian Church in Canada
· Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
· Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
· Greek Orthodox Church of Canada
Holy Orthodox Church for Diaspora and Hellas
Holy Ukrainian Autocephalic Orthodox Church in Exile
Indian Orthodox Church
Macedonian Orthodox Church in North America
· Orthodox Church in America
· Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America
· Russian Orthodox  Church
· Serbian Orthodox Church
· Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch
· Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Evangelical (independent)
           American Evangelical Christian Churches
           Associated Gospel Churches
           [Campus Crusade for Christ]
· Canadian Evangelical Christian Churches
· Evangelical Convenant Church
Evangelical Church Alliance
· Evangelical Congregational Church
Evangelical Covenant Church
· Evangelical Free Church
· Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada
Evangelical Mission Covenant Church of America
[Fellowship of Christian Athletes]
[Intervarsity Christian Fellowship]
· Missionary Church
New Frontier International
· Promise Keepers
[Youth for Christ]

Friends (Quakers)
· Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
Evangelical Friends Alliance
Evangelical Friends International
Friends Catholic Communion
Friends General Conference
· Friends United Meeting
Religious Society of Friends (Conservative)
Religious Society of Friends (Unaffiliated Meetings)

Gay and Lesbian
 Metropolitan Community Church
 Covenant of Hope
 Unity Fellowship Movement

International Council of Community Churches

Hinduism
 Arya Samaj
Hijra
· International Society of Krishna Consciousness (Hare Krishna)
Hindu Religious Leaders
Meyer Baba
Om Sakthi Movement
Osho
Radha Soami Foundation
Rahasya Sampradaya
Ruhani Satsang
Sai Baba
Shaivism
Sri Chinmoy
Swaminarayanism
Vedanta Societies
Vipasanna Meditation
[Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America, Inc.]

Humanism
· African Americans for Humanism
· Alliance of Secular Humanist Societies
· American Ethical Union
· American Humanist Association
· Campus Freethought Alliance
· Council for Secular Humanism
· Friends of Religious Humanism

Independent Catholic/Anglican/Orthodox
· African American Catholic Congregation (Imani Temple)
· American Catholic Church
American Church of the East
· American Old Catholic Church
· Anglican Orthodox Church
· Anglican Catholic Communion
· Anglican Rite Old Catholic Church
· Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese
· Apostolic Catholic Church
· Apostolic Catholic Church of the Americas
· Apostolic Episcopal Church, Order of Corporate Reunion
· Apostolic Orthodox Church in America
· Association of Catholic Community Churches
· Autocephalic Naker Rite Catholic and Apostolic Church, Inc.
· Byzantine Catholic Church
· Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch
· Catholic Apostolic Church in North America (CACINA) (Irvingites)
· Catholic Church of the Americas
· Celtic Orthodox Christian Church in North America
Charismatic Catholic Church
Christ Catholic Church
· Christian Catholic Church
· Christian Catholic Rite of Community Churches
· Christian Episcopal Church of Canada
· Christ's Apostolic Church of North America
· Eastern American Catholic Church
Ecclesia Gnostica
· Ecumenical Catholic Church
· Evangelical Catholic Church
· Evangelical Orthodox Catholic Church in America
· Free Catholic Church
· Gnostic Catholic Church
Hellenic Orthodox Traditional Church of America
· Holy Celtic Church
· Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church in America, Inc.
· Holy Orthodox Church in North America
· Holy Orthodox Church, American Jurisdiction
· Independent Anglican Church
· Independent Catholic Church of America
· Knanaya Catholic Church
Liberal Catholic Church
Lighthouse Fellowship
· National Catholic Church of America
· New Catholic Communion
· Old Catholic Church of America
Old Catholic Church of British Columbia and Society
Old Ritualist Metropolia
· Old Roman Catholic Church in North America
· Oriental Catholic Church
Orthodox Catholic Church in North America
· Orthodox Church of the East
· Pentecostal Catholic Church
· Polish National Catholic Church
· Reformed Catholic Church (USA)
· Traditional Orthodox Christian Church Usa
· Traditional Roman Catholic Archdiocese
· True Orthodox Church of Greece
· Western Orthodox Church in America
United Catholic Church

Islam
 Amadiyya
· Bektashi
Council of Mosques of the United States
Darul
Druze
Islamic Society of North America
Muslim American Society
 Nation of Islam
 Qadiriya
 Rifa'i
 Seveners of the United States
 Shadhili
 Sufism
Sunni
Shi’a
Twelvers
Uwaysi
Zaidi
Jehovah’s Witnesses

Judaism
Conservative
 Leadership Council of Conservative Judaism
 United Synagogues of America
· United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism
Orthodox
 Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
Reconstructionist
 Federation of Reconstructionist Congregations
Reform
· Central Conference of American Rabbis
· Religious Action Center
· Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Interbranch
 North American Board of Rabbis
 Ad Hoc Groups
World Jewish Congress
Secular
Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations
International Federation of Secular Humanistic Jews
Society for Humanistic Judaism
World Union for Progressive Judaism
  YMHA/YWHA

Latter Day Saints
 Aaronic Order
· Apostolic United Brethren
· Association for the Unity of Restoration Saints
· Church of Christ
· Church of Christ, Temple Lot
Church of Christ with the Elijah Message
· Church of Christ, Restored
Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonites)
Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerites)
Church of Jesus Christ, Pittsburgh
· Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Strangite)
· Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Church of the Lamb of God
Fundamental Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Latter-day Church of Christ
LeBaron Churches
· New Covenant Church of God
Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
· Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
· Restoration Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Restored Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Second Ward
· True and Living Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
United Order Effort
World Church of Jesus Christ

Lutheran
· American Association of Lutheran Churches
· Apostolic Lutheran Church of America
· Association of Free Lutheran Congregations
Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church
           Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations
· Church of the Lutheran Confession
· [Concordia Lutheran Conference]
           Conservative Lutheran Association
· Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church
· Evangelical Lutheran Church
· Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Fellowship of Lutheran Congregations
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church
· Lutheran Brethren of America
· Lutheran Church--Canada
· Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod
Lutheran Church--Protestant Synod
· Lutheran Churches of the Reformation
· Lutheran Confessional Synod
· Lutheran Ministerium and Synod
· Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

Messianic Judaism
 Assembly of Yahweh
· Fellowship of Messianic Congregations
· First Fruits of Zion
House of Yahweh
· International Federation for Messianic Jews
Jews for Jesus
· Messianic Bureau International
· Messianic Israel Alliance
· Messianic Jewish Alliance of America
· Society for the Advancement of the Nazarene Judaism
· Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations

Methodist
· African Methodist Episcopal Church
· African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
African Zion Church
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection
Apostolic Methodist Church
 British Methodist Episcopal Church
· Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
· [Confessing Movement]
Congregational Methodist Church
Evangelical Methodist Church
· Free Methodist Church of North America
First Congregational Methodist Church
Fundamental Methodist Church, Inc.
Methodist New Connection
Primitive Methodist Church
Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal Church
Reformed New Congregational Methodist Church
Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church
Southern Methodist Church
· United Methodist Church
Union American Methodist Episcopal Church

Native American Church

Nazarene
· Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene)
· Church of the Nazarene

New Apostolic Church of North America

New Thought
· Affiliated New Thought Network
· Divine Science
· [International New Thought Alliance]
· Religious Science International
· Seicho-No-Ie
· Society for the Study of Metaphysical Religion
· United Church of Religious Science
· Unity
· Universal Foundation for Better Living

Pentecostal
           Apostolic Church in Canada
           Apostolic Church of Pentecost in Canada, Inc.
Apostolic Faith Mission Church of God
Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God
· Assemblies of God
Bible Church of Christ, Inc.
Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, World Wide, Inc.
Brownsville Revival
Calvary Chapel
· Christian Church of North America, General Council
· Church of God (Cleveland, TN)
Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc.
Church of God of Prophecy
Church of God with Signs Following
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.
Elim Fellowship
Ethiopian Overcoming Holy Church of God
· Fellowship of Christian Assemblies
Followers of  Christ
· Foursquare Gospel Church
Full Gospel Assemblies International
Full Gospel Fellowship of Churches and Ministers International
Holiness
     Bible Holiness Movement
     Church of the Living God
     Church of the Living God, Pillar and Ground of Truth, Inc .
     Christian and Missionary Alliance
     Church of God in Christ
     Church of God in Christ International
 Church of Daniel's Band
 Church of God as Organized by Christ
 Church of God, Holiness
· Congregational Holiness Church
  Emmanuel Holiness Church
  Fire Baptized Holiness Church
· Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas
Hepzibah Faith Missionary Association
Holiness Church
Holiness Methodist Church
     House of God, Which is the Church of the Living God, the Pillar and Ground of Truth
     House of God, Which is the Church of the Living God, the Pillar and Ground of Truth, House of Prayer for All People
Independent Holiness Church
Kodesh Church of Immanuel
Metropolitan Church Association
Missionary Bands of the World
New Congregational Methodist Church
· Pentecostal Holiness Church
Pillar of Fire
Pillar and Ground of Truth
· Salvation Army
· Wesleyan Church
    Wesleyan Holiness Association of Churches
Independent Assemblies of God International
· International Pentecostal Church of Christ
Italian Pentecostal Church of Canada
Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.
Original Church of God, Inc.
· Pentecostal Assemblies
Pentecostal Church of God
Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church
Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, Inc.
Sabbatarians
· General Assembly of the True Jesus Church in the U.S.A.
· House of God
· United House of God the Holy Church of the Living God
Triumph the Church and Kingdom of God in Christ
United Holy Church of America, Inc.
United House of Prayer for All People
· United Pentecostal Church
United Pentecostal Churches in Christ
Unorganized Italian Christian Churches of North America

Presbyterians
· Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Bible Presbyterians
· Cumberland Presbyterian Church
· Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Free Presbyterian Church
General Assembly of the Korean Presbyterian Church in America
Korean American Presbyterian Church
· Orthodox Presbyterian Church
· Presbyterian Church in America
· Presbyterian Church (USA)
· Presbyterian Church in Canada
· Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America

Reformed
· Canadian Reformed Churches
·  [Church Alive]
· Christian Reformed Church
·  [Community of Concern]
Free Magyar Church in America
Hungarian Reformed Church
[National Alliance of Covenanting Congregations]
Netherlands Reformed Congregations
· Protestant Reformed Churches
· Reformed Church in America
· Reformed Church in Canada
· Reformed Church in the United States
· United Church of Canada

Schwenkfelder Church

Shakers

Shinto
· Shinreikyo

Sikhism (Happy, Holy, Healthy Organization)

Spiritism
 Candomble
 Macumba
 Santeria
· Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye
 Umbanda
 Voudou
 Yoruba

Spiritualism
· American Modern Spiritualism Movement
· First Spiritual Temple
· Harmony Grove Spiritualist Association
· International General Assembly of Spiritualists
· National Spiritualist Association
National Spiritual Alliance of the U.S.A.
· New Jerusalem
· Church of the New Jerusalem
· Swedenborgian Church
· Universal Spiritualist Association
Theosophy
· Theosophical Society
· United Lodge of Theosophists

United Church of Christ
Armenian Evangelical Union of North America
· [Biblical Witness Fellowship]
· United Church of Christ

United House of Prayer

Unitarians
· Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans
· Unitarian-Universalist Association

· Vineyard Churches

Volunteers of America

Worldwide Church of God (Armstrong)
Church of God, International
· Global Church of God
Philadelphia Church of God
United Church of God
· Worldwide Church of God

Zoroastrianism
· Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America
· Zarathustrian Assembly

YMCA/YWCA
 

NEW AND ALTERNATIVE RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS
· Aetherius Society
· Aggressive Christianity Missionary Training Corps
Alamo Christian Foundation
Amalgamated Flying Saucers Club
Amana Church Society
American Ethical Union
Ancient and Mystical Order of the Rosa Crucis
Anthroposophical Society
Aquarian Foundation
Aquarian Tabernacle Church
· Asatru (Eagle's Kindred)
Association for Research and Enlightenment
Atlanteans
Aum Shinrikyo
Body of Christ (End-Time Ministry)
· Branch Davidians
Breitenbush Community
· Cao Dai
· Celtic Fire
Church of Illumination
Christian Unity Science Church
Christian Identity Movement
· Church of All Worlds
Church of Armageddon
· Church of Satan
Church of the Revelation
Church of the White Eagle Lodge
· Church Universal and Triumphant
· Circle Sanctuary
· Covenant of the Goddess
Dialogue Center
Divine Life Society
Divine Light Mission
· Druidism
· Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids
· Reformed Druids of North America
· Eckankar
est
Faithists
· The Family
· Formant Concordance
Fourth Way
Gardnerian Witches in America
Godivari Mata
Grace of God Movement for the Women of the World
Gurdjieff Movement
· I AM
Inner Peace Movement
Institute of Mentalphysics
· Institute of Noetic Sciences
· International Churches of Christ
Invisible College
Jesus People
· Jeung San Do
Kemetic Orthodoxy
· House of Netjer
· Ordo Servorum Isidis
· Temple of Set
Local Church
Meher Baba
Morse Fellowship
Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness
· Nation of Yahweh
· Ordo Templi Orientis
Our Lady of Enchantment, Church of the Old Religion
PL Kyodan
Planetary Light Association
P'nai Or Religious Fellowship
· Raelianism
· Rainbow Family
Rastafarianism
Reiyukai Kyodan
· ROC
· Scientology
Seekers
Self-Realization Fellowship
Seth Network International
Shadow Guild of Demonolatry
Solar Temple
Spiritual Frontier Fellowship
· Subud
· Suns Ahman Israel
· Temple of the Vampire
Transcendental Meditation
· Troth
· Truth Missionaries' Chapter of Positive Accord
Two-by-Twos
Unarius Academy of Science
· Unification Church
Urantia
The Way International
Wicca
Women-Church

INTERNET RELIGIONS
· Church of the Gerbil
· Church of the Subgenius
· Church of the Profit$
· Diamond Tradition
· Ice Cream Church
· New Order of Glastonbury
· Universal Life Church
· Unholy Church of the Octopus
 

TELEVANGELISM
· Crystal Cathedral
John Osteen

PERSONALITIES

ECUMENICAL ORGANIZATIONS
· Canadian Council of Christians and Jews
· Canadian Council of Churches
· Canadian Council of Christians and Jews
· Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative
· Congress of National Black Churches
· Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
· Lutheran Theological Seminary
· National Council of Churches
Ad Hoc Positions

INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS BODIES
Anglican Communion
· Lutheran World Federation
· Roman Catholic Church
· Tibetan Buddhism

SOCIAL ACTION ORGANIZATIONS
 Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
National Coalition on Health Care
Project Ploughshare
Touch the Earth Foundation

RELIGIOUS ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS
· Bible Creation Association
· Bible Memory Association
· Christian Coalition
· Family Research Council
· Moral Majority
· Priests for Life
 Right to Life Committee

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs)
 Amnesty International
 Bread for the World
 Human Rights Watch