List of False Teachings, False Religions, and Cults by Michael Houke

Here is a list of what this group considers false or cultic organizations or religious entities.

It is imperative that no one take this list for granted; rather, look at the works of each teacher individually and compare their teaching against Scripture, for this is God's will in Christ Jesus, that we practice discernment and not rely on any one man's word. If not, we make the same error as those who fall prey to false teaching in the first place, and this leads to ungodly division. This is not to imply that this list is incorrect, however, each one of us should practice discernment so we can be noble like the Bereans in Scripture, whom the Lord noted in his Word as noble for not trusting in what Paul said, but instead compared everything to God's Word.

This list is not all inclusive, it is a work in progress through years of research. Anyone wishing information about any of the below listed organizations just ask and it will be forwarded to the group for review. Some of the entities listed are false and some are heretic.

700 Club
119 Ministries
Atheism
Agnosticism
Armstrongism: Former World Wide Church of God teaching* WCG
Amish
Alamo Christian Foundation (Tony Alamo)
Aryan Nations Church
Assemblies of Yahweh 
Acupuncture
Alchemy
Ascended Masters
Astrology
Anthroposophy
Arcane School
Animism
Arianism
Annihilationism
Alcoholic Anonymous (AA)
Apocalyptic Cults
Alpha Course
Adventism
Automatic Writing
A.R.E. (Association for Research and Enlightenment)
A True Church (Darwin Fish)
Azusa Street Revival 
Apocrypha (Catholic)
Assemblies of God (Pentecostalism)

Baha’i Faith
Buddhism
British Israelism
Baptism for the Dead
Black Hebrews
Black Mass
Boston Church of Christ
Branch Dividians (David Koresh)
The Bohemian Grove
Bible Codes (Michael Drosnin) 
Branhamism (William Branham)
Brownsville Revival (John Kilpatrick, Michael Brown, and Steve Hill)
Baptismal Regeneration

A Course In Miracles (Oprah Winfrey)
Christedelphians
Christian Identity Movement
Confucianism
Edgar Cayce (A.R.E.)
Christian Science (Mary Baker Eddy)
Church Universal Triumph
Christian Churches of God (WCG)
Church of Satan
Celticism
CAN ( Cult Awareness Network) Scientology
Concerned Christians (Monte Kim Miller)
Churches of Christ
Church of God, International (WCG)
Charismatic Movement
Christian broadcasting Network (CBN)
Channeling
Church of the Great God (WCG)
Contemplative Prayer
Christ the Savior Brotherhood (CSB)
Christian Fellowship Ministries
Church of the Living word
Catholicism
Clear Word Bible

Da Free John
Dual Covenant (John Hagee)
Docetism
Deliverence Ministries 
Doctrine and Covenants
Dominion Theology
Druidism
Demonology (Worship of Demons)
Divine Science Church
The Door
Dianetics
Dungeons and Dragons

ECKANKAR
Evolution
Emergent Church
Ecumenism
Eastern Mysticism
Elijah List (NAR)
ESP

The Family " Children of God" (David Moses Berg) Mo Letters
Fortune Telling
Freemasonry (Masonic Lodge)
Five Percenters (Nation of Islam Sect)
Four Square Gospel Churches (Pentecostalism) (Aimee Simple McPherson) 
Fresh Fire Revival
Fantasy Role Playing Games

Gnosticism
Global Churches of God (WCG)
Gatekeepers (militia)
Global Awakening: Voice of the Prophets
Grace Ministries

Hare Krishna (ISKCON)
House of Yahweh
Halloween
Holy Order of Mans (HOOM)
Holy Laughter Movement
Heath and Wealth Gospel
Hinduism
Hypnosis
Holestic Health
Hell Fire Club
Horoscopes
Hebrew Roots Movement
Hanuman Foundation
Heaven’s Gate
Hillsong (Brian Houston)

Islam
International Churches of Christ
Israelite Nation Worldwide Ministries Shadrock Porter)
Inclusivism
Illuminati (If it actually exists)
ISKON
IHOP: International House of Prayer

Jesus Seminar
Jehovah's Witnesses (Charles Taze Russell)
Judaism
Jihad (Islam)
Jainism
Joel's Army
Kabbalism
Kabbalah Centre
Kansas City Prophets (IHOP)
Karma
Knights of Columbus (Catholic)
King James Onlyism
Kingdom Now Theology
Klu Klux Klan
Kundalini

Latter Rain Movement
Legalism
Little Flock
The Local Church (Watchman Nee)
Lucis Trust
Liberation Theology
Living Church of God (WCG)
Lamb and Lion Ministries ## (Monte Judah)## 
Lifespring
Lakeland Revival

Magic/Magick (White and Black)
Masonic lodge (Freemasonry)
Mormonism (Joseph Smith)
Mind Sciences
Modalism
Marxism/Leninism
Mental Telepathy
Metaphysics
Macumba (Metropolitan Community Churches) MCC
Manifested Sons of God
Mysticism
Maryology
Modern Day Tongues and Prayer Language (Pentecostal)
Modern Day Apostles (Pentecostal)
Modern Day Faith Healers (Pentecostal)
Modern Day Prophets of God (Pentecostal)
Modern Day Miracle Workers (Pentecostal)
Modern Day Exorcists (Pentecostal)

Nation Of Islam (Louis Farrekkhan)
New Age Movement
Necromancy
Native American Spirituality
NEO-Paganism
Nation of Yahweh
New Thought
National Council of Churches
NEO-orthodox Christianity
NAR (New Apostolic Reformation)
Near Death Experiences (NDE)
New World Translation (Watchtower Bible)

Oneness Pentecostalism (T.D. Jakes)
Occultism
Ouija Board
Order of the Solar Temple
Out of Body Experiences (OBE)

Prosperity Gospel
Philadelphia Church of God (WCG)
Parapsychology 
Psychology (Sigmund Freud)
Psychiatry (Carl Jung)
Psychoheresy
Purpose Driven Church (Rick Warren)
Positive Thinking (Robert Schuller)
Prophecy Club (Stan Johnson)
Pentecostal assemblies of the World
Potters House
Process Theology
Pyramidology
Polytheism
Peyote Way Church of Christ
People’s Temple
The Potter’s House
Paganism
Panteism
Panentheism
Psychic Healing
Pentecostalism
Pan African Orthodox Christian Church
Promise Keepers
Pentegram

Roman Catholicism (POPES) (PAPALCY)
Rajeesh
Religious Science
Rosicrucian fellowship
Radical feminism
ROTS (Rise of the Saints) Facebook Group 
Reincarnation
Restored Church of God (WCG)
REACH (Oneness Pentecostalness)
Rastarianism
Religious Science
Raelian Religion
Rebirthing
Remnant Fellowship Church
Remant Study Bible (7th Day Adventist)

Satanism
Spiritism
Skull and Bones
Seventh Day Adventist (Ellen G. White)
Sikhism
Shintoism
Scientology (Ron L. Hubbard)
Silva Mind Control
Sufism
Swedenborgism
Sorcery
Secular Humanism 
Gwen Shamblin "weighdown workshops"
Shepard's Chapel (Arnold Murray)
Social Gospel
Sabbatharianism
Slain in the Spirit (Charismatic Pentecostalism)
Santeria
Satanic Ritual Abuse
Second Advent Movement
Serpent Seed Doctrine
Shamanism
Shepherding
Shriners (Masonic Lodge)
Soul Sleep
Spiritual Abuse
Star Wars/Jedi
Stonehenge
Second Eighth Week Ministries

Taoism
Theosophical Society
Transcendental Meditation
Tarot Cards
Twelve Tribes
Talisman
Therapeutic Touch
Toronto Blessing (Rodney Howard Browne)
Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) (Paul Crouch)

UFO's and UFO Cults
Unification Church (Reverend Moon)
Unitarian Universalism
Unity school of Christianity
United Church of God (WCG)
United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI)
Ultra Dispensationalism
Universalism
The Urantia Society

Voodoo
Victory Chapel
Vendetta Society
Vedas
Vineyard Churches/Movement (John Wimber)

Westboro Baptist Church
Word of Faith Movement
Witchcraft
Wicca
The way International
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
Weighdown Workshop 
World Changers Church
World Council of Churches
World wide Church of God (Armstrongism) (No longer a Cult)
Woman Pastors, Preachers, Reverends, etc.
Warriors International

YOGA
Yaweheism
Yin and Yang

ZEN Buddhism
Zoroastrianism
Zodiac.

Michael Houke is an administrator for the Facebook Group, The World of False Teachings and Cults

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