Mahikari - Mahikari Organizations

Mahikari Organizations

The following organizations (listed in order of establishment date) are Shinshūkyō that were influenced by the world-view and practices of Yoshikazu Okada:

• 1959 : "L.H. Yokoshi Tomo no Kai" (Company of Sun Light Children) – name later changed to Sekai Mahikari Bunmei Kyodan

• 1963 : "Sekai Mahikari Bunmei Kyodan" – nominal membership – 50,000 to 100,000 worldwide (2007)

• 1974 : "Shin Yu Gen Kyu Sei Mahikari Kyodan"

• 1978 : "Sukyo Mahikari" (Japan) – nominal membership – 1,000,000+ worldwide (2009)

• 1978–1979 : "The Light Center" (Belgium)

• 1980 : "Suhikari Koha Sekai Shindan" – nominal membership – 4,500 (2007)

• 1984 : "Yokoshi Tomo No Kai" (Singapore)