Denominations
Every denomination and church body we know of, whether we evaluate its churches, and the official statements or actions behind that, with sources. Entries describe the teaching and actions of a body, not the faith of any person in it.
A cult, in the sense used here, is a group that claims to be Christian while denying what the historic creeds confess about God, Christ, or the gospel.
Cults 21
Groups that present themselves as Christian but deny the Trinity, the deity of Christ, or salvation by grace. Their congregations are not graded.
Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus
Oneness Pentecostal
Oneness (modalism); denies the Trinity.
Official action: The church's doctrinal principles state that there is only one God who has manifested Himself in various forms, revealed as Father in creation, as Son in redemption, and as the Holy Spirit poured out in believers.
Official source for Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ JesusWebsite
Confession references: athanasian 1, wcf 2.3
Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ
Oneness Pentecostal
Oneness (modalism); denies the Trinity.
Official action: The articles of faith state that the one true God 'has revealed Himself as Father in creation, through the Son in redemption, and as the Holy Ghost by emanation,' and require baptism in the name of Jesus Christ.
Official source for Assemblies of the Lord Jesus ChristWebsite
Confession references: athanasian 1, wcf 2.3
Assemblies of Yahweh
Sacred Name movement
Denies the Trinity and the deity of the Holy Spirit; makes law-keeping necessary for salvation.
Official action: The statement of doctrine calls the Holy Spirit 'the mighty power' from the Father and the Messiah, finds trinitarian doctrine 'foreign to the inspired Scriptures,' and teaches that keeping the commandments given to Israel is necessary for salvation.
Official source for Assemblies of YahwehWebsite
Confession references: wcf 2.3, wcf 11.1
Christadelphians
Deny the deity of Christ.
Official action (1898): The Birmingham Amended Statement of Faith lists among doctrines to be rejected 'That God is three persons' and 'That the Son of God was co-eternal with the Father,' while its clause 10 describes Jesus as 'God manifested in the flesh.'
Official source for Christadelphians
Confession references: nicene 1
Church of Christ, Scientist
Denies the reality of sin, death, and the atoning work of Christ.
Official action: The church's tenets state that spiritual understanding casts out evil as unreal and acknowledge Jesus' atonement as the evidence of divine, efficacious Love, while a church periodical describes sin, disease and death as mental illusions.
Official source for Church of Christ, Scientist
Confession references: wcf 8.5
Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
Unificationism
Denies the deity of Christ; teaches the Second Coming is fulfilled in its founding couple; adds scripture beyond the Bible.
Official action: The movement's Divine Principle, published on its US website, teaches that Jesus may be called God only as a perfected man in oneness with God, 'Nevertheless, he is not God Himself.' Its about page states that the Second Coming is the founder Sun Myung Moon and his wife, and lists Moon's writings as scripture.
Official source for Family Federation for World Peace and UnificationWebsite
Confession references: nicene 1, wcf 1.6
General Church of the New Jerusalem
Swedenborgian (New Church)
Rejects the Trinity of three persons; treats Swedenborg's writings as new revelation.
Official action: The church's core beliefs state that the Lord Jesus Christ is the one God, in whom the Father is the Soul, the Son the Body, and the Holy Spirit the Activity of 'the One Divine Person,' and that Swedenborg's writings give the Bible's inner meaning.
Official source for General Church of the New JerusalemWebsite
Confession references: wcf 2.3, wcf 1.6
Iglesia ni Cristo
Deny the deity of Christ.
Official action: The church's official media site states 'we do not subscribe to the belief that Christ is a God-Man' and that Christ 'is not God but a man.'
Official source for Iglesia ni Cristo
Confession references: nicene 1
Jehovah's Witnesses
Denies the deity of Christ and the Trinity.
Official action: The Witnesses' official website teaches that Jesus is not Almighty God, that the Son was created, and that the Trinity is not a Bible teaching.
Official source for Jehovah's Witnesses
Confession references: nicene 1
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World
Oneness Pentecostal
Oneness (modalism); denies the Trinity.
Official action: The body's website gives its mission and history but no doctrinal statement; it is widely described as one of the oldest Oneness Pentecostal bodies.
Official source for Pentecostal Assemblies of the WorldWebsite
Confession references: athanasian 1
Philadelphia Church of God
Armstrongism
Denies the Trinity; teaches the Godhead is two beings and the Holy Spirit is an impersonal power.
Official action: The church's summary of beliefs, published in its magazine The Philadelphia Trumpet, states that the Godhead 'is actually composed of two personages,' the Father and the Word, and describes the Holy Spirit as the power of God.
Official source for Philadelphia Church of GodWebsite
Confession references: nicene 1, wcf 2.3
Remnant Fellowship Church
Nontrinitarian
Denies the Trinity and the full deity of Christ.
Official action: The church's statement on the essence of God calls the Trinity a man-made creed introduced after 325 A.D. and teaches that God is the Father and Jesus is His Son, under His authority.
Official source for Remnant Fellowship ChurchWebsite
Confession references: nicene 1, wcf 2.3
Restored Church of God
Armstrongism
Denies the Trinity; teaches God is a family of two beings.
Official action: The church's book on the Trinity calls the doctrine an invention of men and teaches that, though God is one Family, Scripture shows 'it currently consists of two Beings,' the Father and the Son.
Official source for Restored Church of GodWebsite
Confession references: nicene 1, wcf 2.3
Shepherd's Chapel
British Israelism
Denies the Trinity (per CARM); teaches the serpent seed and the pre-existence of souls.
Official action: The ministry's statement of faith confesses the God of the Bible, Jesus Christ as the only begotten Son, and salvation by grace through faith, but makes no confession of the Trinity and centres its teaching on the national identity of Israel.
Official source for Shepherd's ChapelWebsite
Confession references: wcf 2.3
Swedenborgian Church of North America
Swedenborgian (New Church)
Rejects the Trinity of three persons and the bodily return of Christ; treats Swedenborg's writings as revelation.
Official action: The church's beliefs page teaches the oneness of God with Jesus as the incarnation of Divine Wisdom, that God never judges or punishes, and that the Second Coming began in Swedenborg's lifetime as an inner return 'not an actual physical appearance of the Lord.'
Official source for Swedenborgian Church of North AmericaWebsite
Confession references: wcf 2.3, wcf 1.6
The Church of Almighty God
Chinese new religious movement (Eastern Lightning)
Teaches that Christ has returned as a new incarnation; adds scripture beyond the Bible.
Official action (2017): The church's statement of basic beliefs names the Old and New Testaments and 'The Word Appears in the Flesh,' which it calls the Bible of the Age of Kingdom spoken by 'the returned Lord Jesus of the last days, Almighty God,' as its tenets.
Official source for The Church of Almighty GodWebsite
Confession references: wcf 1.6
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Rejects the Nicene Trinity; adds scripture beyond the Bible.
Official action (2007): In an October 2007 General Conference address, an apostle stated that the Church regards the Father, Son and Holy Ghost as one in purpose but not as three persons in one substance, and the Articles of Faith affirm the Book of Mormon as scripture alongside the Bible.
Official source for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Confession references: nicene 1
The Way International
Biblical unitarian
Denies the deity of Christ, the Trinity, and the personhood of the Holy Spirit.
Official action: The ministry's statement of beliefs confesses one God and Jesus Christ as His Son and 'the man Christ Jesus' without confessing his deity, and its teaching page 'Is Jesus Christ God?' answers with verses that distinguish the Son from God, glossing 'Holy Ghost' as God the Father.
Official source for The Way InternationalWebsite
Confession references: nicene 1, wcf 2.3
United Church of God
Armstrongism
Denies the Trinity; teaches God is a family of two beings and the Holy Spirit is an impersonal power.
Official action: The church's fundamental beliefs state that 'The Holy Spirit is the power of God,' that Scripture reveals God as two distinct divine Beings, the Father and the Son, forming one God family, and that the Spirit is not a third person in a trinity.
Official source for United Church of GodWebsite
Confession references: nicene 1, wcf 2.3
Unity (Unity School of Christianity)
New Thought
Denies the deity and uniqueness of Christ; teaches every person is divine.
Official action: Unity's own website teaches that 'Christ' is not a person but the presence of God in everyone, that Jesus was a man who discovered and expressed his divinity, and that every person has the same potential to become 'the Christ.'
Official source for Unity (Unity School of Christianity)Website
Confession references: nicene 1, wcf 8.2
World Mission Society Church of God
Korean new religious movement
Teaches that its founder was God and the returned Christ, and that there is a God the Mother.
Official action: The church's official website states that 'Christ Ahnsahnghong is God the Father and Jesus who came a second time,' and that the church believes in God the Father and God the Mother.
Official source for World Mission Society Church of GodWebsite
Confession references: nicene 1, wcf 2.3