Index| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quaker | USA | 108,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance (viewed circa Nov. 1998); "last updated October 1998 " | Table: "Christian Organizations "; "Membership numbers, as supplied by various denominations " |
| Quaker | USA - Middle Colonies | - | 14.10% | - | - | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 29-30. | Table 2.1: "Denominational Percentages by Region, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total Num. of congreg: 1,285. |
| Quaker | USA - New England | - | 3.80% | - | - | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 29-30. | Table 2.1: "Denominational Percentages by Region, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total Num. of congreg: 1,039. |
| Quaker | USA - South | - | 9.00% | - | - | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 29-30. | Table 2.1: "Denominational Percentages by Region, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total Num. of congreg: 845. |
| Quaker | Utah | 120 | 0.01% | 4 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 81. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Quaker | Vermont | 438 | 0.08% | 12 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 310. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Quaker | Virginia | - | 7.10% | 35 units |
- | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 277-281. | Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 491. |
| Quaker | Virginia | - | 0.85% | 35 units |
- | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 277-281. | Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 491. Denominational % (7.1%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 12%. |
| Quaker | Virginia | 3,116 | 0.05% | 39 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 2,192. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Quaker | Virginia - whites | - | 1.56% | 35 units |
- | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 277-281. | Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 491. Denominational % (7.1%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 22%. [Figure for whites calculated separately for southern states where large numbers of black slaves, few of whom were religiously affiliated at this time; otherwise southern denominational % figures are skewed lower.] |
| Quaker | Washington | 1,911 | 0.04% | 33 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,334. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Quaker | Washington, D.C. | 638 | 0.11% | 4 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. |
| Quaker | West Virginia | 64 | 0.00% | 2 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 40. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Quaker | Western Hemisphere | 142,000 | - | - | - | 1987 | Bishop, Peter & Michael Darton (editors). The Encyclopedia of World Faiths: An Illustrated Survey of the World's Living Faiths. New York: Facts on File Publications (1987); pg. 134. | "At present there are nearly 142,000 Friends in the Americas, approaching 43,000 in Africa, some 18,000 in Great Britain, and smaller groups in other areas including Australia and New Zeland, most of the countries of northern Europe, India, Taiwan and Japan. " |
| Quaker | Wisconsin | 1,123 | 0.02% | 17 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 475. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Quaker | world | 60 | - | - | - | 1654 | Spence, Hartzell. The Story of America's Religions; New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1960) [1st printing 1957]; pg. 237. | "In 1654, [Quaker founder George] Fox had only sixty followers. Five years later, he had thirty thousand. " |
| Quaker | world | 30,000 | - | - | - | 1654 | Spence, Hartzell. The Story of America's Religions; New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1960) [1st printing 1957]; pg. 237. | "In 1654, [Quaker founder George] Fox had only sixty followers. Five years later, he had thirty thousand. " |
| Quaker | world | - | - | - | 24 countries |
1937 | Zehavi, A.M. (editor) Handbook of the World's Religions. New York: Franklin Watts (1973); pg. 17. | "An All-Friends Conference was held in London in 1920, and in 1937 the Friends World Committee for Consultation, representing 45 Quaker groups in 24 countries, was organized. " |
| Quaker | world | 163,135 | - | - | - | 1940 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976; 1st ed. pub. 1945 by Philosophical Library); pg. 722. | "Out of this has come a World Committee for Consultation which brings together the aproximately 163,135 Friends now in the world. Their subdivisions were in 1940: Great Britain and Ireland, 22,124... " |
| Quaker | world | 194,022 | - | - | - | 1957 | Spence, Hartzell. The Story of America's Religions; New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1960) [1st printing 1957]; pg. 236. | "Today, the Friends have such a strong missionary program that Kenya colony, Africa, for example, has 28,000 Quakers. This is nearly 15 per cent of the world body of 194,022. " |
| Quaker | world | 186,000 | 0.01% | - | - | 1957 | Welles, Sam. The World's Great Religions, New York: Time Incorporated (1957); pg. 205. | "Friends (Quakers) have 121,000 U.S. members (in world, 186,000). " |
| Quaker | world | 150,000 | - | - | - | 1957 | Zehavi, A.M. (editor) Handbook of the World's Religions. New York: Franklin Watts (1973); pg. 17. | "The World Christian Handbook (1957) reports that there are about 150,000 members of quaker societies in the world, four-fifths of them in the United States. " |
| Quaker | world | 195,664 | - | - | - | 1963 | Rosten, Leo (ed.). Religions in America; New York: Simon & Schuster (1963), 8th ed. [1st pub. in 1952. 8th ed. completely revised]; pg. 174-175. | "There are 195,664 members of the Society of Friends all over the world, according to the latest count from the Friends World Committee for Consultation (offices at Woodbrooke, Selly Oak, Birmingham, 29, England). " |
| Quaker | world | 200,000 | - | - | - | 1978 | 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. 267. | "Of the nearly 200,000 Friends in the world in 1978... " |
| Quaker | world | 400,000 | - | - | - | 1980 | Walls, Andrew. "Christianity " in Hinnells, John R. (ed). A Handbook of Living Religions, Penguin Books: New York (1991) [reprint; 1st published in 1984]; pg. 108. | "Figure 2.7: Northern (non-Latin Western) Christianity [i.e. Protestantism], 1980: world figures (after Barrett, 1982) " |
| Quaker | world | 200,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990); pg. 112. | "With a membership in the U.S. and Canada of only 123,000 (200,000 around the world), Friends, better known as Quakers, have had a deep and lasting influence upon Western society. " |
| Quaker | world | 200,000 | - | - | - | 1993 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | "Friends " |
| Quaker | world | - | - | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* Hexham, Irving. Concise Dictionary of Religion. Carol Stream, USA: InterVarsity Press (1994). (v. online 6 Oct. 1999) | "QUAKERS: a small PROTESTANT GROUP known as the SOCIETY OF FRIENDS which arose in the seventeenth century as a result of the preaching of George FOX... " |
| Quaker | world | 300,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance | There are about 300,000 members worldwide, including a large group in Kenya. There are 125,000 in North America. In the United States, they are concentrated in the Northeast and Midwest. |
| Quaker | Wyoming | 62 | 0.01% | 7 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 25. [Listed as 'Friends.'] |
| Quapaw | North America - Central Prairies and Woodlands | 2,500 | - | - | - | 1650 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 240. | Table: "Central Prairies and Woodlands: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber) |
| Quapaw | world | 2,500 | - | - | - | 1650 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 240. | Table: "Central Prairies and Woodlands: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber) |
| Quara | Ethiopia | 6,000 | - | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Ethiopian Jewry Home Page " (1998); Article/web page: "The Last Jews in Ethiopia " by Larry Thompson. | "In 1991 a massive airlift... transported over 14,000 Jews to Israel in 2 days. It was believed at that time that Operation Solomon substantially completed the aliyah of Ethiopian Jews to Israel. However, 2 groups of persons claiming to be Jews were left behind in Ethiopia. (1) The Quara people: In 1991, approx. 6,000 Judaic Ethiopians were living in the isolated Quara region... In a follow-up to Operation Solomon, about 3,500 persons from upper Quara were taken to Israel in 1992 & 1993. But another group of about 2,500 from lower Quara were left behind, apparently because religious disputes caused them to be left off the lists of persons deemed eligible for aliyah to Israel. " |
| Quara | Ethiopia | 2,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethiopian Jewry Home Page " (1998); Article/web page: "The Last Jews in Ethiopia " by Larry Thompson. | "Abraham Neguise, leader of the Ethiopian advocacy organization, South Wing to Zion, estimates there are 16,000 Falas Mora in Ethiopia and about 2,000 Quara Jews. " |
| Quechua | Bolivia | 2,347,906 | 30.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook 1998 (viewed June 24, 1999) | "Population: 7,826,352 (July 1998 est.)... Ethnic groups: Quechua 30%, Aymara 25%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 25%-30%, white 5%-15% " |
| Quechua | Bolivia | 2,149,500 | 30.00% | - | - | 1999 | Schimmel, Karen. Bolivia ( "Major World Nations " book series). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999); pg. 9. | "National Population: 7,165,000... Ethnic Groups: Quechuas, 30%; mestizo, 30%; Aymara, 25%; European, 14%... " |
| Quechua | Ecuador | - | - | - | - | 1988 | Dostert, Pierre Etienne. Latin America 1988 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997); pg. 91. | "Culturally, Ecuador reflects the regionalism of its people. The Quechua-speaking people of the highlands, while paying their respects to the Christian God of their conquerors, have retained their ancient customs. Conservative village communes persist and the people prefer to isolate themselves from Spanish influence. " |
| Quechua | Peru | 5,000,000 | - | - | - | 1981 | 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. 704. | "But the masses of Quechua-speaking Indians survived. Quechua is still the hearth language of over five million highland Indians and exerts a conservative force on religion and social life, such that the stamp of the Inca is still quite visible in contemporary Peru. " |
| Quechua | Peru | - | - | - | - | 1981 | 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. 702. | Chapter: "South American Tribal Religions "; map: "Tribal Locations " |
| Quechua | Peru | - | - | - | - | 1981 | 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. 706. | "Quechua religion today retains a good deal of Inca influence, though essentially it is a special form of Catholicism. It is not difficult to see how the overlay of Catholic beliefs and ritual syncretized with traditional Quechua ideas. Religion is important in the daily life of any highland community and ceremonialism is allied to the most practical and serious objectives of the community. " |
| Quechua | Peru | - | 50.00% | - | - | 1993 | Willis, Roy (ed.). World Mythology. New York: Henry Holt & Co. (1993); pg. 251. | "The modern descendants of the Inca are the Quechua-speaking peples of the Andes, who make up almost half the population of Peru; they practise Catholicism infused with a belief in various native gods and spirits. " |
| Quechua | Peru | - | 20.00% | - | - | 1998 | Holligan de Diaz-Limaco, Jane. Peru: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture (In Focus series), Brooklyn, New York: Interlink Books (1998); pg. 57. | "Those who consider Quechua their mother tongue make up around a fifth of the population, but there are many more descendants of Quechua people who now speak only Spanish. " |
| Quechua | South America | 7,500,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 380-381. | "Quechua: Location: Peru; Ecuador; Bolivia (Central Andes regions); Population: About 7.5 million; Language: Quechua; Religion: Combination of pre-Columbian and Roman Catholic elements. "; Pg. 381: "The cross, introduced by the Catholic Church, not only symbolized Christianity and christ but is used to symbolize the Womanize (mountain deities) in some rituals, and fertility in other rites. The Quechua, therefore, have not merely adopted Christianity but have incorporated it into their indigenous beliefs. " |
| Quechua | world | 7,000,000 | - | - | - | 1975 | Anderson, Norman (ed.). The World's Religions; Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (1989). [1st pub. in 1950. 4th ed., completely revised, pub. 1975.] (Article: "Religions of pre-literary societies " by Edward G. Newing.); pg. 27-28. | "Quechua of So. America... difficult to find accurate statistics, but a conservative figure would be about 6 or 7 million. " [This count: racial affiliation. Many/most describe themselves as part of another religion, but traditional practices persist.] |
| Quechuas for Christ | Bolivia | - | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* "Soon, God's Word will echo throughout the majestic Andes... A New Messenger for the Quechua " in SIM NOW, April 1999 (vol. #86); (viewed online 6 July 1999); SIM International web site. | "Although SIM is the owner and the ministry responsible for Radio Mosoj Chaski, the project would not have come this far without co-workers from Pioneers, New Tribes, and Quechuas for Christ. " |
| Queets | North America - Pacific Coast | 250 | - | - | - | 1805 | 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) |
| Queets | world | 250 | - | - | - | 1805 | 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) |
| Querandi | Argentina | - | - | - | - | 1981 | 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. 702. | Chapter: "South American Tribal Religions "; map: "Tribal Locations " |
| Quietism | Europe | - | - | - | - | 1650 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 17). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 2318. | "Quietism in its specialized sense denotes a heretical Christian movement which came into full flower in the 17th century in Spain, Italy and especially France, although its roots stretched far back into the past. " |
| Quietism | France | - | - | - | - | 1675 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 17). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 2319-2320. | "It was in France that Quietism entered its final and most controversial period, in the second half of the 17th century. A French widow, Mme Guyon wrote a number of influential mystical works of a Quietist nature, and devoted herself to travelling through Europe on an evangelical mission. Among her converts, who included a number of highly-placed persons, was Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambrai... but the Church considered her a dangerous and heretical nuisance. First arrested in 1688, Mme Guyon was again sentenced to imprisonment in 1695... A papal letter was issued, criticizing 23 chapters of Fenelon's work which said to be redolent of Quietism. Fenelon bowed before this condemnation, withdrawing to his diocese and remaining there until his death in 1715. Mme Guyon was finally freed from imprisonment in 1702. " |
| Quietism | world | - | - | - | - | 1650 | *LINK* Hexham, Irving. Concise Dictionary of Religion. Carol Stream, USA: InterVarsity Press (1994). (v. online 6 Oct. 1999) | "QUIETISM: a FORM of SPIRITUALITY which emphasizes 'waiting on GOD' and the abandonment of SELF to God. More specifically it refers to MYSTICS like MADAME GUYON who alarmed the seventeenth century ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH because their views were thought to lead to PANTHEISM. " |
| Quimault | North America - Pacific Coast | 1,500 | - | - | - | 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) |
| Quimault | world | 1,500 | - | - | - | 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) |
| Quimbanda | Brazil | - | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* "AFRICAN RELIGION syncretism " (viewed 5 April 1999) | "In Brasil there seems to be four distinct movements, Candomble of Bahia and the northeast, Spiritism of Rio and the more advanced urban centers; Umbanda in the urban centers not influenced by Bahia and Quimbanda a form of black magic that is practiced clandestinely everywhere. " |
| Rade | Cambodia | 20,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 540. | Chapter about Mon-Khmer Groups: "The Rade are closely related to the Jarai. Approximately 20,000 Rade live in Cambodia with more than 100,000 Rade living across the border in Vietnam. " |
| Rade | Vietnam | 100,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 540. | Chapter about Mon-Khmer Groups: "The Rade are closely related to the Jarai. Approximately 20,000 Rade live in Cambodia with more than 100,000 Rade living across the border in Vietnam. " |
| Radha Soami Foundation, Beas | Canada | - | - | 3 units |
- | 1972 | Harper, Marvin Henry. Gurus, Swamis, and Avatars: Spiritual Masters and their American Disciples; Philadelphia: Westminster Press (1972); pg. 216. | "A recent issue [of the Sangat's publication 'R. S. Greetings'] lists the locations... of 14 satsangs east of the Rockies and 26 to the west. 3 satsangs in Canada and 1 each in Mexico and in Hawaii are also listed. " |
| Radha Soami Foundation, Beas | Hawaii | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1972 | Harper, Marvin Henry. Gurus, Swamis, and Avatars: Spiritual Masters and their American Disciples; Philadelphia: Westminster Press (1972); pg. 216. | "A recent issue [of the Sangat's publication 'R. S. Greetings'] lists the locations... of 14 satsangs east of the Rockies and 26 to the west. 3 satsangs in Canada and 1 each in Mexico and in Hawaii are also listed. " |
| Radha Soami Foundation, Beas | India | - | - | - | - | 1890 | 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. 319. | "The novelty of Radha Soami came in the establishment of an industrial city at Dayalbagh, near Agra, and the creation of an international center by a branch of the movement at Beas, in the Indian state of Punjab. The movement first attracted Western followers in the late nineteenth century from among British officers stationed in India. " |
| Radha Soami Foundation, Beas | India | 2,000,000 | - | - | - | 1981 | 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. 596. | "In 1891 Jaimal Singh (1839-1933) started a Radha Soami center at Beas, about twenty miles from Amritsar. He was succeeded by Sawan Singh (d. 1948) and Jagat Singh (d. 1951). The present head of the Beas Radha Soami is Charan Singh, grandson of Sawan Singh. A sizable township named Dera Baba Jaimal Singh has become the residence of the Guru and headquarters of the movement, which claims a following of over two million, including Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Parsis, and Sikhs. " |
| Radha Soami Foundation, Beas | Mexico | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1972 | Harper, Marvin Henry. Gurus, Swamis, and Avatars: Spiritual Masters and their American Disciples; Philadelphia: Westminster Press (1972); pg. 216. | "A recent issue [of the Sangat's publication 'R. S. Greetings'] lists the locations... of 14 satsangs east of the Rockies and 26 to the west. 3 satsangs in Canada and 1 each in Mexico and in Hawaii are also listed. " |
| Radha Soami Foundation, Beas | North America | - | - | 45 units |
- | 1972 | Harper, Marvin Henry. Gurus, Swamis, and Avatars: Spiritual Masters and their American Disciples; Philadelphia: Westminster Press (1972); pg. 216. | "A recent issue [of the Sangat's publication 'R. S. Greetings'] lists the locations... of 14 satsangs east of the Rockies and 26 to the west. 3 satsangs in Canada and 1 each in Mexico and in Hawaii are also listed. " |
| Radha Soami Foundation, Beas | USA | - | - | - | - | 1910 | 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. 319. | "...a branch of the movement at Beas, in the Indian state of Punjab. The movement first attracted Western followers in the late nineteenth century from among British officers stationed in India. In 1910 chapters of the movement were established in the United States. The American growth accelerated after the power to initiate new members was granted by proxy to the Beas master's representative in California. " |
| Radha Soami Foundation, Beas | USA | - | - | 41 units |
- | 1972 | Harper, Marvin Henry. Gurus, Swamis, and Avatars: Spiritual Masters and their American Disciples; Philadelphia: Westminster Press (1972); pg. 216. | "A recent issue [of the Sangat's publication 'R. S. Greetings'] lists the locations... of 14 satsangs east of the Rockies and 26 to the west. 3 satsangs in Canada and 1 each in Mexico and in Hawaii are also listed. " |
| Radhasoami | world | 1,700,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Fisher, Mary Pat & Robert Luyster. Living Religions, I.B. Tauris & Co.: New York (1990); pg. 329. | "The Radhasoami approach to the Godhead now claims an estimated 1.7 million initiates. Those in the Agra area of India have created whole spiritual suburbs who live and work as well as worship together. " |
