Christian Science-Metaphysical Family: Intrafaith Organizations

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Affiliated New Thought Network (ANTN)

PO Box 710698
Santee, CA 92072

The Affiliated New Thought Network is a cooperative fellowship of independent New Thought Centers in the state of California. ANTN seeks to assist affiliated centers with practical knowledge concerning their development as an organization designed to provide mental, spiritual, emotional, and physical fulfillment. While creedless, the centers share an appreciation for the New Thought tradition as found in the writings of the Transcendentalists, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Ernest S. Holmes.

Membership: Not reported.

Educational Facilities: Emerson Institute.

Sources:

http://www.newthought.org/.

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International New Thought Alliance (INTA)

5003 E. Broadway Rd.
Mesa, AZ 85206

The International New Thought Alliance was founded in 1914 as an ecumenical expression of the merging New Thought movement. It recognizes Phineas P. Quimby (1802-1866) as the "Father of New Thought."

The alliance, a successor to some earlier attempts at developing the New Thought, formed as an umbrella organization to further the work of the numerous groups and individuals. It adopted what is called a "Declaration of Principles." Believers in the New Thought have a primary mission to heal the sick through prayer. Individuals affirm their faith through the "Divine Nature"–health, wisdom, love, life, truth. power, peace, beauty, and joy. People are considered to be invisible spiritual dwellers within human bodies and will unfold as spiritual beings beyond the change called physical death.

Membership: There are more than 300 congregations. Members are found in the United States, Canada, Australia, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Trinidad, Costa Rica, New Zealand, the Philippines, Great Britian, Netherlands, and South Africa.

Periodicals: New Thought.