List of New Thought denominations and independent centers
This is a list of New Thought membership organizations. It is historically based, therefore not all of these groups may be in existence at this time.
A
- Affiliated New Thought Network, associated with Religious Science SOM
- Agape International Spiritual Center (SOM)
- Association of Unity Churches, associated with Unity
- Association for Global New Thought, Santa Barbara, California
B
C
- Church of the Divine Unity, founded in Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1890s; associated with The Metaphysical Club [1]
- Church of the Healing Christ in New York City, associated with Divine Science ( defunct)
- Church of the Higher Life, founded in 1894 by Helen Van-Anderson in Boston, Massachusetts ( defunct; "the first New Thought society with a regular leader and organization" [1]
- Church of Truth, Canada
- Crystal Silence League, founded by Claude Alexander ( defunct)
D
- Divine Science, founded in 1892 in San Francisco, California by Malinda Cramer [1]
E
F
- Federation of Independent Unity Churches, an affiliate of Unity
G
- Global Religious Science Ministries, associated with Religious Science
H
- Hillside Chapel, ministered by Barbara King
- Home of Truth, founded in Alameda, California by Annie Rix Militz
I
- Inner Light Ministries, founded in 1997 in Santa Cruz, California by Rev. Deborah L. Johnson (independent}
- Institute of Religious Science and School of Philosophy (school; opened 1927; Religious Science)
- International Divine Science Association, the international wing of Divine Science
- International Metaphysical League, the international wing of The Metaphysical Club, founded in 1900 in New York City (defunct; absorbed into the International New Thought Alliance in 1914)[1]
- International New Thought Alliance, founded in London, England in 1914 by renaming the National New Thought Alliance (founded in 1908) which had been formed by renaming the World New Thought Federation]] (founded in 1905), which had formerly been the New Thought Federation (founded in 1900); upon INTA's creation it also absorbed the [[The Metaphysical Club|International Metaphysical League (founded in 1900), which was the international wing of The Metaphysical Club (founded in 1872); thus at the time of its official "founding", INTA had an unbroken membership history that stretched back 42 years. [1]
J
K
L
- Living Enrichment Center, founded by Mary Manin Morrissey ( defunct; see New Thought Ministries of Oregon)
- Ligue Internationale de la Nouvelle Pensee, founded in France, associated with the International New Thought Alliance in 1914 [1]
M
- The Metaphysical Club, founded in in Boston, Massachusetts by Rev. L. B. Macdonald, Dr. J. W. Lindy and Mr. Frederick Reed in 1895. This group, which is unrelated to a group of the same name at Harvard University organized by C.S. Peirce, Oliver Wendell Holmes and William James in 1872, was called "the first permanent New Thought Club" by Horatio Dresser. This Metaphysical Club was absorbed into the International New Thought Alliance in 1914. (membership organization; defunct) [1]
N
- National New Thought Alliance, founded in 1908 by renaming the World New Thought Federation, which had formerly been the New Thought Federation; it was in turn renamed the International New Thought Alliance (membership organization; absorbed into the International New Thought Alliance in 1914; defunct)
- New Thought Federation, founded in 1900; there were branches in various large cities, e.g. New Thought Federation of St. Louis, New Thought Federation of Chicago, etc. (membership organization; absorbed into the World New Thought Federation in 1905; defunct)[1]
- New Thought Ministries of Oregon (independent; formerly Living Enrichment Center)
O
P
- The Pacific Coast Metaphysical Bureau, founded in Alameda, California by Annie Rix Militz (independent; abosorbed into Home of Truth
- Procopeia Society, founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1894-95 (defunct)[1]
- Psychic Club, Chicago, associated with William Walker Atkinson ( defunct}[1]
- Psychiana, founded in Moscow, Idaho by Frank B. Robinson (1928 - c. 1950; defunct)
Q
R
- Radiant Center of Philosophy in Atlantic City, New Jersey, associated with Kate Atkinson Boehme circa 1918 ( defunct)
- Religious Science aka Science of Mind founded in Los Angeles by Ernest Holmes
- Religious Science International, associated with Religious Science
- Renaissance Unity Interfaith Spiritual Fellowship in Warren, Michigan ( associated with Unity)
S
- Sacred Center New York, Founded and ministered to by August Gold and Joel Fortinos SOM
- School of Applied Metaphysics, founded in 1897 in Eliot, Maine by Horatio Dresser and Ellen M. Dyer ( defunct)[1]
- School of Builders, founded by Genevieve Behrend in New York City ( defunct)[1]
- Science of Mind aka Religious Science founded in Los Angeles by Ernest Holmes
- Science of Unified Life
- Seicho-No-Ie, Japan, founded by Dr. Masaharu Taniguchi, with assistance of Fenwicke L. Holmes, brother to Ernest Holmes, founder of Science of Mind (Religious Science).
- Societe Unitive, founded in Paris, France (membership organization; in 1914 it was associated with the International New Thought Alliance[1]
- Society for the Study of Metaphysical Religion, founded in the 1980s as "an academic and religious-professional society dedicated to the study and discussion of a wide variety of philosophical, theological, social, and historical concerns surrounding what are popularly known as 'metaphysical religions,'" e.g. the New Thought Movement; has held annual conferences in conjunction with INTA (membership organization) [2]
- Society of Religious Pragmatism, founded by Mildred Mann ( reorganized as the Society of Pragmatic Mysticism)
- Society of Pragmatic Mysticism, in Vermont, founded by Mildred Mann (membership organization; formerly the Society of Religious Pragmatism)
- The Society of Silent Unity, Kansas City, founded by Charles Fillmore and absorbed into Unity
T
U
- Understanding Principles for Better Living Church, founded in Los Angeles by Della Reese
- United Church of Religious Science, associated with Religious Science
- Unity Church, founded by Charles Fillmore
- United Divine Science Ministries International, associated with Divine Science
- Universal Foundation for Better Living
V
W
- World New Thought Federation, founded in 1905 by absorbing the local and independent branches of the New Thought Federation in various large cities, e.g. New Thought Federation of St. Louis, New Thought Federation of Chicago, etc. (membership organization; reorganized abd renamed The National New Thought Alliance in 1908; defunct)[1]