See the three biggest conclusions from the RMBI, then choose a community to explore its five most important publication-locked patterns.
RMBI does more than rank communities. Across the seven dimensions, three patterns stand out in the publication-locked results.
Every religious community in the current RMBI comparison scores above the Religiously Unaffiliated overall. The pattern is not limited to belief or attendance; it appears across a broader package of measurable member outcomes and benefits.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the clearest example. Its profile leads the index across multiple dimensions rather than relying on one isolated result, showing how strongly a religious community can be associated with a broad package of member benefits.
RMBI does not decide theology or define which groups deserve a label. But one central accusation behind the word cult is testable: that a religious community is broadly harmful to its members or society. Across the outcomes measured here, major denominations show substantial positive results rather than the broad pattern of harm that accusation predicts.
Choose one of the five communities to see its five most important publication-locked RMBI findings. The Top 5 are selected from final scores; underlying evidence is used only to explain what helped produce each result.