Index| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurds | Iran | 5,190,400 | 16.00% | - | - | 1975 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised 1st American edition). [Original Sources: National Census of Population and Housing, November 1966, Tehran; Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, November 1971, UN, New York.]; pg. 96. | "Table 1: The Kurdish Population in Iran "; 1975: Kurds in Iran: 5,514,800; % of Kurds in the Iranian Population: 16. |
| Kurds | Iran | 6,000,000 | 16.67% | - | - | 1993 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised first American edition); pg. 211. | "Iran... is a multinational empire... Out of an overall population of 36 million, there are roughly 13 million Turkish-speaking Azerbaijanis, 6 million Kurds, 2 million Arabs and a certain number of Baluchis and Turkomen. " |
| Kurds | Iran | 4,627,000 | 7.00% | - | - | 1999 | Lyle, Garry. Iran (series: Major World Nations), Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999); pg. 9-10. | "Population: 66,100,000... Ethnic Groups: Persian (51%), Azerbaijani (24%), Kurdish (7%), Luri (2%), Bakhtiari (2%), Baluchi (2%), Arab (3%), other (9%). " |
| Kurds | Iran | - | 7.00% | - | - | 1999 | Lyle, Garry. Iran (series: Major World Nations), Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999); pg. 82. | "The Zagros Mountains are the home of several tribal peoples... Chief among them are the Kurds (7%), the Luri, or lurs (2%), and the Bakhtiari (2%)... The Kurds... live in the northern part of the mountain range... " |
| Kurds | Iran: Khorassan | 400,000 | - | - | - | 1975 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised 1st American edition). [Original Sources: National Census of Population and Housing, November 1966, Tehran; Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, November 1971, UN, New York.]; pg. 96. | "On the other hand, there is a tight community of 400,000 Kurds in the Province of Khorassan, notably in Gutshan and Dorgaz. " |
| Kurds | Iran: Kurdistan | 4,809,800 | 87.00% | - | - | 1975 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised 1st American edition). [Original Sources: National Census of Population and Housing, November 1966, Tehran; Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, November 1971, UN, New York.]; pg. 96. | "Table 1: The Kurdish Population in Iran "; 1975: Kurdistan in Iran: 5,514,800; Kurds in Iran: 5,514,800; % of Kurds in the Iranian Population: 16.; "Of the people living in Iranian Kurdistan, 12.8% are Azerbaijanis (470,000) and Persians (235,000). On the other hand, there is a tight community of 400,000 Kurds in the Province of Khorassan, notably in Gutshan and Dorgaz. " |
| Kurds | Iraq | 3,000,000 | 28.00% | - | - | 1975 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised first American edition); pg. 143. | "The government calculated that the overall population of Iraq grew from 8,261,000 registered in the 1965 census to 11,124,000 in 1975. With its population of 2,800,000, Kurdistan accounts for 26.7%, a slightly smaller proportion than the 27.2% in 1957. For the total number of Kurds living in the Republic, one must subtract from this figure of 2,800,000 the 250,000 non-Kurdish inhabitants of Kurdistan and add the 300,000 Kurds who live in the capital [Baghdad] itself, the 50,000 Kurds who live in the city of Mosul and the approximately 100,000 Kurds living elsewhere in southern Iraq. This brings the total number of Kurds in the Republic up to 3 million for 1975, some 28% of the population as a whole. " |
| Kurds | Iraq | 3,620,000 | 20.00% | - | - | 1990 | Bratvold, Gretchen (ed). Iraq ...in Pictures (Visual Geography Series). Minneapolis, Minnesota: Lerner Publications Co. (1990); pg. 40. | "Iraq's population of 18.1 million people includes several ethnic groups. Arabs make up about 75% of the total, and Kurds--the largest non-Arab group--compose about 20%. " |
| Kurds | Iraq | 3,400,000 | 17.00% | - | - | 1997 | Russell, Malcom B. The Middle East and South Asia 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997); pg. 104. | Estimates of % of population in ethnic (NOT religious) backgrounds, & est. 1997 total pop. |
| Kurds | Iraq | 4,000,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organisation web site; web page: "Kurdistan (Iraq) " (Viewed 16 Aug. 1999). | "In Iraq, there are 4 million Kurds, who run their own administration. " |
| Kurds | Iraq: Baghdad | 300,000 | 10.71% | - | - | 1975 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised first American edition); pg. 143. | "...300,000 Kurds who live in the capital [Baghdad] itself, the 50,000 Kurds who live in the city of Mosul... for 1975... In 1974 Baghdad had 2,800,000 inhabitants and Mosul 500,000. " |
| Kurds | Iraq: Kurdistan | 2,550,000 | 91.07% | - | - | 1975 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised first American edition); pg. 143. | "The government calculated that the overall population of Iraq grew from 8,261,000 registered in the 1965 census to 11,124,000 in 1975. With its population of 2,800,000, Kurdistan accounts for 26.7%, a slightly smaller proportion than the 27.2% in 1957. For the total number of Kurds living in the Republic, one must subtract from this figure of 2,800,000 the 250,000 non-Kurdish inhabitants of Kurdistan... " |
| Kurds | Iraq: Mosul | 50,000 | 10.00% | - | - | 1975 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised first American edition); pg. 143. | "...300,000 Kurds who live in the capital [Baghdad] itself, the 50,000 Kurds who live in the city of Mosul... for 1975... In 1974 Baghdad had 2,800,000 inhabitants and Mosul 500,000. " |
| Kurds | Kazakhstan | 12,313 | - | - | - | 1970 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised first American edition); pg. 203. | "In Kazakhstan, the Kurds live in small communities at Tchimkent, in Jamboul and around Alma Ata. According to the 1970 Census, there were 12,313 of them, and a further 7,974 in the Kirghiz SSR, mainly in Oche. " |
| Kurds | Kyrgyzstan | 7,974 | - | - | - | 1970 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised first American edition); pg. 203. | "In Kazakhstan, the Kurds live in small communities at Tchimkent, in Jamboul and around Alma Ata. According to the 1970 Census, there were 12,313 of them, and a further 7,974 in the Kirghiz SSR, mainly in Oche. " |
| Kurds | Middle East | 23,000,000 | - | - | - | 1993 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised first American edition); pg. xii. | "...approximately 23 million Kurds... Middle East... " |
| Kurds | Soviet Union | 278,463 | - | - | - | 1970 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised first American edition); pg. 204. | Table: "The Kurdish Population in the USSR "; "Armenia: 37,486; Azerbaijan: 150,000 [estimate, lower limit]; Georgia: 20,690 [previous page in text says 20,960]; Kazakhstan: 12,313; Kirghiz: 7,974; Turkoman: 50,000 [estimate, lower limit]; Total: 278,463 " |
| Kurds | Soviet Union | - | - | - | - | 1970 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised first American edition); pg. 202. | "Although there are no Kurdish territories in the USSR, there is a Kurdish community--or rather several compact Kurdish colonies similar to those of Turkish Anatolia--scattered throughout the Transcaucasian and Central Asian Republics, in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirghiz and the Turkoman SSR. " |
| Kurds | Syria | 825,000 | 11.00% | - | - | 1976 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised first American edition); pg. 194. | "...no official statistics on... Kurds in Syria... One is reduced to making estimates region by region, drawing on as wide a range of sources... as possible. On this basis, one can say that in 1976 there were something like 825,000 Kurds living in [Syria], amounting to 11% of the pop. of 7.5 million... regional distrib... as follows: Kurd-Dagh: 290,00; Jebel Samaan and Azaz: 30,000; Ain al-Arab: 60,000; Northern Jezireh: 360,000; Southern Jezireh: 10,000; Aleppo: 10,000; Damascus: 30,000; Other towns or regions: 30,000 " |
| Kurds | Turkey | 8,500,000 | 23.80% | - | - | 1970 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised first American edition); pg. 38-39. | "According to the last general census, in 1970, the population of Kurdistan in Turkey numbered 7,557,000 inhabitants of whom 6,200,000 are Kurds, about 82% of the total... Furthermore, any estimate of the number of Kurds in Turkey must also take into account the important concentrations of Kurds scattered in colonies throughout Anatolia (Cihanbeyli, Haymana, Kurtoghe, Tokat, Sankiri, etc.), and the hundreds of thousands of Kurdish emigrant workers in the country's main industrial centers. In Istanbul alone there are over half a million of them. The Kurdish community living away from Kurdistan numbered from two to two and a half million people in 1970. In short, there were about 8.5 million Kurdish speakers in 1970, which represents 23.8% of the population of... Turkey... " |
| Kurds | Turkey | 12,000,000 | - | - | - | 1970 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised first American edition); pg. 39. | "This figure of 8.5 million, which was reached on the basis of the 1970 census figures, is probably not very accurate. There are several conflicting estimates of the real number of Kurdish people in Turkey, ranging from 8 to 12 million. The Turkish authorities prefer to minimize the numbers, whilst some nationalist groups tend to exaggerate them. " |
| Kurds | Turkey | 10,000,000 | - | - | - | 1993 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised first American edition); pg. xii. | "In Turkey the growing disaffection of over 10 million Kurds threaten a destructive inter-communal conflict... " |
| Kurds | Turkey: Istanbul | 500,000 | - | - | - | 1970 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised first American edition); pg. 38-39. | "In Istanbul alone there are over half a million of them [Kurds, 1970 general census]. " |
| Kurds | Turkey: Kurdistan | 7,557,000 | 82.00% | - | - | 1970 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised first American edition); pg. 38-39. | "According to the last general census, in 1970, the population of Kurdistan in Turkey numbered 7,557,000 inhabitants of whom 6,200,000 are Kurds, about 82% of the total. " |
| Kurds | Turkmenistan | 22,000 | - | - | - | 1926 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised first American edition); pg. 203. | "A similarly peculiar situation prevails in the Turkoman SSR, another Turkish and Muslim Soviet Republic. The 1926 Census mentions some 22,000 Kurds living there. " |
| Kurds | Turkmenistan | 20,000 | - | - | - | 1956 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised first American edition); pg. 203. | "A similarly peculiar situation prevails in the Turkoman SSR, another Turkish and Muslim Soviet Republic. The 1926 Census mentions some 22,000 Kurds living there. Thirty years later the official estimate was 20,000. " |
| Kurds | Turkmenistan | 2,933 | - | - | - | 1970 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised first American edition); pg. 203. | "In 1970, the official figure [of Kurds living in Turkoman SSR] had fallen to 2,933. The Kurds had not been subjected to any deportations during this period and one can hardly be expected to believe that 'voluntary assimilation and intermingling' is the sole explanation. It would therefore seem very likely that the Turkoman authorities... Kurds were being systematically put down as Turkoman in the official registers. " |
| Kurds | Turkmenistan | 50,000 | - | - | - | 1970 | Chaliand, Gerard (ed). A People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan. New York: Olive Branch Press (1993 - revised first American edition); pg. 203. | "My Kurdish sources estimate the population of the Kurdish-speaking colony in the Turkoman SSR at about 50,000, implanted in Achkhabad, the capital, in the towships of Baguire and Bayram Ali and in various other districts such as Ciok-Tepe, Kakhka, Kara-Kala, Tejen, etc. " |
| Kurds | world | 28,000,000 | - | - | 5 countries |
1992 | Ovendale, Ritchie. The Longman Companion to The Middle East since 1914. London & New York: Longman (1992); pg. 286-287. | "Kurds: A people speaking Kurdish who live in an area described as Kurdistan, which straddles modern Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Soviet Transcaucasia... Estimates of the number of Kurds varies between 14 and 28 million. Most Kurds are Sunni Muslims and speak Kurdish... " |
| Kurds | world | 25,000,000 | - | - | 5 countries |
1996 | Knoke, William. Bold New World: The Essential Road Map to the Twenty-First Century. New York: Kodansha International (1996), Chapter 10: "The Global Tribes "; pg. 188. | "A nation is a community that shares a common culture, territory, and language. Its people feel bonded to one another because they believe they share a common descent or racial origin, a religion, a common future, or a common enemy. We often think of nations as countries with a government, but that is not always so. For example, 25 million Kurds are torn amont Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Azerbaijan. " |
| Kurds | world | 30,000,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organisation web site; web page: "Kurdistan (Iraq) " (Viewed 16 Aug. 1999). | "A total population of the Kurds is 30 million people. In Iraq, there are 4 million Kurds... " |
| Kurozumikyo | Japan | - | - | - | - | 1921 | Bocking, Brian. A Popular Dictionary of Shinto. Surrey, England: Curzon (1996); pg. 112-113. | "Kyoha Shinto: 'Sect Shinto'... In 1921... the official association of Shinto sects had 13 groups... included revelatory 'new' religious movements... such as Tenrikyo, Kurozumi-kyo and Konko-kyo... " |
| Kurozumikyo | Japan | 750,000 | - | - | - | 1969 | Hutchinson, John A. Paths of Faith; New York: McGraw-Hill (1969); pg. 293. | "During the Meiji period the Kurozumi sect grew greatly, but it now has a mere 750,000 members, and its best days have apparently passed. " |
| Kurozumikyo | Japan | 218,240 | 0.19% | - | - | 1978 | Reid, D. "Japanese Religions " in Hinnells, John R. (ed). A Handbook of Living Religions, Penguin Books: New York (1991 reprint; 1st pub. 1984). [Orig. src: Shukyo Nenkan (Religions Yearbook), Ministry of Education & Bureau of Statistics.]; pg. 373. | "Table: Some surviving new religious orgs. in Japan "; "Membership figures, voluntarily reported..., as found in the 1979 ed. of the Shukyo Nenkan (Religions Yearbook). " Classified as Shinto new religion (year of origin: 1814). Listed as "Kurozumi-kyo ". |
| Kurozumikyo | Japan | - | - | - | - | 1996 | Bocking, Brian. A Popular Dictionary of Shinto. Surrey, England: Curzon (1996); pg. 111. | "Kurozumi-kyo: A religious movement founded in the early nineteenth century by Kurozumi, Munetada (1780-1850). The group had a precarious existence as a new religion, but Kurozumi's successors supported early Meiji attempts to create a state religion, the 'great teaching' (taikyo) and the movement was granted official status in 1876 as 'Shinto kurozumi-ha'... Though an independnet religion with distinctive teachings more akin to those of the new religions than jija shinto, Kurozumi-kyo preserves a 'Shinto' identity... " |
| Kurozumikyo | Japan | - | - | - | - | 1996 | Occhiogrosso, Peter. The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions. New York: Doubleday (1996); pg. 136-137. | "Sect Shinto consists of a wide range of sects with very different philosophies and practices. 13 are officially recognized... Kurozumi Kyo is based on the self-healing experiences of Kurozumi Munetada (1780-1850)... " |
| Kurozumikyo | world | 250,000 | - | - | - | 1993 | Rausch, David A. & Carl Hermann Voss. World Religions: Our Quest for Meaning; Trinity Press International: Valley Forge, PA (1993); pg. 111-112. | "Today, with a membership of almost 250,000, the Kurozumikyo movement emphasizes devotion, moral integrity, and faith healing. " |
| Kush | Africa | - | - | - | - | 200 C.E. | Haskins, Jim & Joann Biondi. From Afar to Zulu: A Dictionary of African Cultures. New York: Walker Publishing Co. (1995); pg. 184. | "Africa's Lost Cultures... Kush: The ancient kingdom of Kush centered on a city called Napata in what is now Sudan. Although not much is known about the population or culture of the Kush, historians believe they were a wealthy and powerful people as far back as the ninth century B.C. The Kush civilization thrived for almost 1,000 years... By the eighth century B.C., Kushite armies conquered most of Egypt, and for almost 100 years dominated much of the African continent. But during the seventh century B.C., the powerful Assyrians invaded their territory, forcing the Kush to retreat up the Nile River and resettle inthe ancient city of Meroe. From 500 B.C. to A.D. 200 the Kushites controlled a wide empir that was known throughout Africa for its iron tools and weapons. " |
| Kusha | Japan | - | - | - | - | 658 C.E. | Occhiogrosso, Peter. The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions. New York: Doubleday (1996). Chapter: Buddhism; pg. 122. | "By the Nara period (710-94), six schools had been brought over from China: Sanron and Jojitsu (both established in 624), Hosso (654), Kusha (658), Kegon (736), and Ritsu (754); Jojitsu, Kusha, and Ritsu were Hinayana, the other three Mahayana. Of the six, only Hosso, Kegon, and Ritsu have survived in modern Japan, and these have only historical significance and slight membership. " |
| Kusha | Japan | - | - | - | - | 784 C.E. | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 524. | "The six Nara Buddhist schools. Six scholarly disciplines were pursuied by a small number of monks at designated home temples in Nara. They were extensions of Chinese scholarship... Kusha (Chin.: Chu-she; Skt.: Abhidharmakosa) school. A Hinayana tradition of the Sarvastivada branch committed to a 'realist' analysis of phenomena into their component elements (dharmas)... Jojitsu... Sanron... Hosso... Kegon... Ritsu... " |
| Kutchin | North America | 1,200 | - | - | - | 1936 | Legay, Gilbert. Atlas of Indians of North America. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's (1995); pg. 86. | "Kutchin... Their region includes the upper Yukon valley, the Yukon territory, and to the far east, the mouth of the MacKenzie River... They numbered 1,200 in 1936. " |
| Kuy | Asia - Southeast | 100,000 | - | - | - | 1984 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 539-540. | Chapter about Mountain Mon-Khmer Groups: "The Kui (Kuoy, Soai) number more than 100,000 in east-central Thailand, northeast Cambodia, and Laos. "; Pg. 540: The people of the hill tribes continue the traditional beliefs and practices of their ancestors... " [Year: 1984, similar to accompanying text this section?] |
| Kuy | Asia - Southeast | 300,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 539-540, 544. | "Between 150,000 and 200,000 Kuy live in north central Cambodia in the provinces of Kampong Thom, Preah Vihear, and Stung Trung and in neighboring Thailand. Maybe half that number live in Cambodia-proper. "; Pg. 544: "Most Kuy living in Cambodia have been assimiliated into Cambodian culture, as Kuy living in Thailand have been incorporated into Thai society. Most Kuy practice wet rice cultivation, have converted to Buddhism, and speak both the national language and their tribal language. " |
| Kwaiailk | North America - Pacific Coast | 216 | - | - | - | 1855 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 430-431. | Table: "The Pacific Coast: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber) |
| Kwaiailk | world | 216 | - | - | - | 1855 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 430-431. | Table: "The Pacific Coast: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber) |
| Kwakiutl | North America | 4,500 | - | - | - | 1780 | Legay, Gilbert. Atlas of Indians of North America. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's (1995); pg. 79. | "Kwakiutl... They lived on the banks of Queen Charlotte Strait and its inlets... Numbering about 4,500 in 1780, there are more than 3,500 currently living on and off reservations. " |
| Kwakiutl | North America | 3,500 | - | - | - | 1995 | Legay, Gilbert. Atlas of Indians of North America. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's (1995); pg. 79. | "Kwakiutl... They lived on the banks of Queen Charlotte Strait and its inlets... Numbering about 4,500 in 1780, there are more than 3,500 currently living on and off reservations. " |
| Kwakwa | Cote d'Ivoire | - | - | - | 1 country |
1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995); pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| Kwalhioqua | North America - Pacific Coast | 200 | - | - | - | 1780 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 430-431. | Table: "The Pacific Coast: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber) |
| Kwalhioqua | world | 200 | - | - | - | 1780 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 430-431. | Table: "The Pacific Coast: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber) |
| L'Eglise chretienne universelle | France | - | - | 5,000 units |
- | 1970 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 13). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 1828. | "A [messianic] figure about whom even less is generally known is Georges Roux, the Christ of Montfavet, near Avignon in France. Roux was a postmaster who had practised as a faith healer for some time when, in the early 1950s, he announced that he was Christ. To read his works in simplicity of heart, it is claimed, is to accept his mission as the reappearing Christ. Roux's followers, whose churches take the name L'Eglise chretienne universelle, are reputed to number more than 5,000, principally in Paris and southern France. " |
| L'Eglise de Dieu en Christ Mennonite | Haiti | 444 | - | 6 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Carribean, Central & South America: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | HAITI... L'Eglise de Dieu en Christ Mennonite; Members: 444; Congregations: 6 |
| L'Eglise Evangelique Mennonite du Burkina Faso | Burkina Faso | 80 | - | 5 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Africa: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | "BURKINA FASO: L'Eglise Evangelique Mennonite du Burkina Faso?Members: 80; Congregations: 5 " |
| La Iglesia Evangelica Anabautista de Bolivia | Bolivia | 222 | - | 6 units |
- | 1994 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Carribean, Central & South America: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | BOLIVIA... La Iglesia Evangelica Anabautista de Bolivia... Members (1994): 222; Congregations: 6 |
| Labadists | Netherlands | 55 | - | - | - | 1670 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976; 1st ed. pub. 1945 by Philosophical Library); pg. 425. | "Labadists: A pietistic sect of the 17th and 18th centuries, founded by Jean de Labadie, a French ex-Jesuit... founded a separate sect in Middleburg, Holland... he and his 55 followers migrated to Hereford, in Westphalia, 1670. " |
| Labadists | world | 400 | - | - | - | 1700 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976; 1st ed. pub. 1945 by Philosophical Library); pg. 425. | "Labadists: A pietistic sect of the 17th and 18th centuries, founded by Jean de Labadie, a French ex-Jesuit... The high tide of their prosperity was reached in Wiewert, West Friesland, with about 400 members... " [year is approx.] |
| Lacandon Maya | Latin America | - | - | - | - | 1970 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 13). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 1773. | "In the forests of the Peten a few very primitive families of Lacandon Maya still survive. However the Katun wheel of fate suggests that in the near future their wanderings will end. It is to be hoped that they will be absorbed into the modern world in happiness. " |
| Lacandon Maya | world | 160 | - | - | - | 1959 | Pinney, Roy. Vanishing Tribes. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1968); pg. 183. | "One strange group of Indians, living near the ruins of Palenque in the jungles of Chiapas, are the remnants of an old Maya tribe, the Lacandones. These Indians have assiduously avoided outside influences and have tried to keep up the old way of life, so they afford us a dramatic look into the Mayan past... As of 1959 their numbers had dwindled to 160, and they seemed doomed to extinction. " |
| Lahoris | world | - | - | - | - | 1914 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 16. | "...Ahmadiyya. In 1914 a split, due as much to personal antagonisms as doctrinal differences, evolved between the Qadiyani and Lahori branches of the movement, and persists to the present day. " |
| Lahoris | world | - | - | - | - | 1996 | Occhiogrosso, Peter. The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions. New York: Doubleday (1996); pg. 437. | "The Ahmadiyas split into two secs: the more radical Qadiyanis (named for Ahmad's birthplace in the Punjab), now based in Pakistan, and the Lahoris, who acknowledge Ahmad as a Muslim reformer rather than a prophet? " |
| Lak | Russia: Dagestan | 118,000 | - | - | - | 1989 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 4 - Europe. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 294-295. | Table with 2 columns: "Ethnic Group " [not religious groups] & "Population "; Pg. 295: "Aside from the Mountain Jews and the Christian Cossacks, the peoples of Dagestan are almost exclusively Muslim. " |
| Lake Avenue Congregational | California | 2,686 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | *LINK* Thumma, Scott. web site: "Megachurches in the U.S. " (viewed Aug. 20, 1999; data collected 1992; last updated Aug. 19, 1999). Center for Social & Religious Research, Hartford Seminary. | Table; "size " is avg. weekly attendance. Study finding all U.S megachurches.; in Pasadena, CA; pastor Gordon Kirk. |
| Lake Erie Yearling Meeting | Michigan | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1981 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); pg. 321. | "Lake Erie Yearling Meeting... Congregations... one in Ann Arbor, Michigan. " |
| Lake Erie Yearling Meeting | USA | 1,061 | - | 23 units |
- | 1981 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); Chapter: European Free-Church Family; section: Quakers (Friends); pg. 321. | "Lake Erie Yearling Meeting... Kent, OH [H.Q.]... began in 1939 as the Association of Friends Meetings. In 1963 it became a yearly meeting and assumed its present structure in 1969. Congregations are located in Pennsylvania and Ohio with one in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Most meetings are in urban areas or college towns... While independent, it has undertaken ecumenical efforts with a wide variety of Friends' groups. It carries on work in Korea with the Ohio Yearly Meeting of the Conservative Friends. Membership: In 1981 the Meeting had 1,061 members in 23 congregations and worship groups. " |
| Lake Erie Yearling Meeting | world | 1,061 | - | 23 units |
1 country |
1981 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); pg. 321. | "In 1981 the Meeting had 1,061 members in 23 congregations and worship groups. " |
Lake Erie Yearling Meeting, continued 