The popularity of organizations such as the Fellowship of Isis attest to the continuing growth of the religion of the Goddess throughout the world.

The Fellowship of Isis ( FOI ) is an international spiritual organization devoted to promoting awareness of the Goddess.

All members in the Fellowship of Isis have equal privileges within it, and membership is free.

Membership is open to anyone who wishes to join – once an individual has read through the Fellowship of Isis Manifesto and finds themselves in agreement with the principles laid out within it.

The experiences shared within this group, along with the personal spiritual revelations and experiences of the three FOI co-founders led to the eventual founding of the Fellowship of Isis on the Vernal Equinox, 1976.

In August 1993, the Fellowship of Isis was represented at the Parliament of the World's Religions at Chicago by Olivia Robertson and other member delegates.

Two feminist neopagan groups, the Covenant of the Goddess and the Fellowship of Isis, were among the sponsors of the parliament.

Custodianship of the legacy of the Fellowship of Isis has been entrusted to three Foundation Unions known as " The FOI Foundation Union Triad.

These two new unions join the ArchPriesthood Union to form the Fellowship of Isis Foundation Union Triad.

Together the three unions act as " Custodians of the Legacy " of the Fellowship of Isis.

Owing to the rapid expansion of the Fellowship of Isis over the past several years, the Star of Isis-AU has been joined by the Circle of Brigid ( Ireland, 2004 ), Circle of Isis ( USA, UK, Germany, 2004.

There are three authorized central websites for the Fellowship of Isis, they are Circle of Isis ( Fellowship of Isis Central ), Star of Elen and FOI Germany.

" The Liturgy of the Fellowship of Isis was written by Olivia Robertson, each ritual honouring different pantheons, and including a divinely channeled oracle encouraging spiritual communion with that Deity.

These rites may be used for personal spiritual enhancement or, via instruction from a Fellowship of Isis center, various degrees may be attained.

The stated goal of the Fellowship of Isis is to support and promote the idea of the Divine Feminine.

The Fellowship of Isis Manifesto sets out the basic principles of this society.

The Fellowship of Isis has no particular affiliations.

The Fellowship of Isis Manifesto.

FOI sub-groups, called " FOI Foundation Center Societies " or " Daughter Societies " of the Fellowship of Isis consist of the ‘ College of Isis ’ ( Lyceums ), the ‘ Spiral of the Adepti ’ ( Iseums ), the ‘ Spiral of Alchemy ’ ( Solar Iseums ), the ' Druid Clan of Dana ' ( Groves ) and the ' Noble Order of Tara ' ( Priories ).

United States Fellowship of Reconciliation ( FOR USA ) was founded in 1915 by sixty-eight pacifists, including A. J. Muste, Jane Addams and Bishop Paul Jones, and claims to be the " largest, oldest interfaith peace and justice organization in the United States.

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship claims approximately 1, 900 partner churches.

Self-Realization Fellowship ( SRF ) continues disseminating Paramahansa Yogananda's teachings, including Kriya Yoga, a form of yoga the group claims originated millennia ago in India.

The Jesus Fellowship claims both as high callings.

In The Fellowship of the Ring, Samwise Gamgee mentions his cousin Hal claims to have seen a treelike giant, which resembled an elm not only in size but also in actual appearance, in the north of the Shire.

" The Odinist Fellowship, according to its website, claims that Odinism is England's " native and national faith ".

* In 1873, the Nazarene Fellowship, led by Edward Turney of Nottingham, separated over the atonement.

* In 1885, the Suffolk Street Fellowship was formed over the inspiration of the Bible.

In 1942 the Bereans again divided over marriage and divorce with the stricter party forming the Dawn Fellowship.

Comprising over 700 denominations and a large amount of independent churches, there is no central authority governing Pentecostalism ; however, many denominations are affiliated with the Pentecostal World Fellowship.

The university boasts over 680 faculty members ; awards and honors recognizing Lehigh faculty and alumni include the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, Fulbright Fellowship, and membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences.

Boromir did, however, prove himself a valuable companion on the Fellowship's attempt to pass over the Misty Mountains: he advised that firewood be collected before the attempt to climb Caradhras, and this saved the Fellowship from freezing to death.

After failing to climb over the mountains, the Fellowship passed eastward through Moria, the former realm of the Dwarves, where Gandalf fell into a deep abyss while fighting a Balrog.

The Fellowship of the Ring tried to cross the Redhorn Pass ( after rejecting the High Pass leading to Rhovanion as being watched by the Enemy, and the Gap of Rohan as taking the Fellowship too close to Isengard ), but a blizzard forced it to go under the mountain instead of over it.

Pembroke alumnus Dr. Damon Wells is a significant benefactor of the College over many years ; he enabled the restoration of the Chapel in 1972, and continues to support the Chaplaincy and History Fellowship.

The first is Aragorn's description of his Rangers during the Council of Elrond in The Fellowship of the Ring: " Lonely men are we, Rangers of the North, hunters — but hunters ever of the servants of the Enemy "; and the second is Gandalf's confrontation with the Balrog over the abyss in Moria, in particular his cry of " You cannot pass!

Places of worship shut down or relocated over the past 20 years include the United Reformed church, the Kingdom Hall ( Jehovah's Witnesses ) and an independent charismatic church called simply Prescot Christian Fellowship.

As of 2012, the Fellowship included over 500 self-governing churches with a total membership of over 65, 000, subscribing to a common doctrine.

Today ( 2003 ) the Fellowship of Grace Brethren is made up of over 265 churches in the United States and Canada, with a membership of over 30, 000.

There are 23 districts cooperating with the Fellowship, and over 1100 churches have been formed outside North America.

The 2007 / 08 Directory of Traditional Anglican and Episcopal Parishes, published by The Fellowship of Concerned Churchmen, contained information on over 900 parishes affiliated with either the Continuing Anglican churches or the Anglican realignment movement.

The Assemblies of God ( AG ), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 140 autonomous but loosely associated national groupings of churches which together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination.

Fellowship of the Society is conferred to anyone over 21 who has a deep involvement with geography ( through research, publication, profession, etc.

The Missionary Church ( and the movements that formed it ) has experienced three divisions — the withdrawal of several leaders from the Missionary Church Association in 1923 over disagreements concerning the Holy Spirit ; in 1947 the Pennsylvania Conference of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ withdrew over issues of doctrine and polity, and in 1959 became the Bible Fellowship Church ; and the Missionary Church of Canada withdrew from the Missionary Church in 1987 ( and merged with the Evangelical Church of Canada in 1993 to form the Evangelical Missionary Church ).

Differences of opinion over Jeffrey's open aspousal of British Israelism and disputes on church governance led Jeffreys to withdraw from the Elim Pentecostal Church in 1939 and to form the Bible-Pattern Church Fellowship in Nottingham, which founded other churches throughout England until the 1960s, but that now only continues as a small fellowship.

Later, a split over the latter rain movement led the formation of the Fellowship of Christian Assemblies.

The Fellowship has been the subject of controversy over its claimed tax status as a church, the ownership of the property and its connection to the Fellowship, and the reportedly subsidized benefits the facility provides to members of Congress.