For background information on (most) religions in Particracy, see here.
The RP Team officially has the power to conduct RP with large religions, and we decided it would be best for RP if we were to devolve this power to interested players. The religious denominations being handed out are those that have a significant presence in at least two nations. Considering the potential RP impact this may have, players controlling religious organizations are encouraged to take into account the views of impacted players, and in exceptional cases may expect their actions to be nullified by the RP Team or by Moderation.
In cases of religious organizations that lack central leadership we decided that interested players may still take control of the denomination as a whole, allowing them to introduce RP impacting the entire denomination or even create a central leadership. For some of the smaller denominations, such as Daenism and Geraja, we decided to hand out control over the religion as a whole rather than its sects, while for others we decided to group together closely related denominations, such as Israism and Sahabism. In the case of religions such as Yeudism or Jienism that have a significant presence in several nations but a majority only in one, we decided it would be best for these to remain under the control of the players in the nation where said religion constitutes a majority.
The procedures for applying are as follows:
The player should have a good record in terms of respecting the Game Rules.
The player should have a forum account that is at least 30 days old.
The player should post a request for control over a specified religious organization in the Religious Organization Control Applications thread.
If the religious organization requested is currently unoccupied by a player, or has been controlled by the same player for 30 days or more, the RP Team will consider the request.
If a player has controlled a religious organization for 30 days, and the religious organization is requested by another player, the new player will be granted control. In other words, once a player has controlled a religious organization for 30 days, they are on borrowed time and should be prepared to lose control over the organization at any moment.
Players who are in control of a religious organization may control its central leadership, its organizational structure, its doctrines, its interactions with other religious organizations, and its interactions with governments and international organizations. In the case of religious organizations lacking central leadership players who control the organization have the right to introduce events, characters, and institutions that have an impact on the organization as a whole or specific branches of the organization.
The national or local leadership of the religious organization, as well as characters without control/influence over the religious organization as a whole shall remain under the control of players in the relevant nations.
Large-scale changes impacting the religious organization will require permission from the RP team before being implemented.
Players controlling a religious organization may create a news thread for their organization in the Global News (RP Team) sub-forum, or they may continue to use the existing thread of the organization (if applicable).
The RP Team reserves the right to revoke a player's control of a religious organization for violating these regulations.
The religious organizations handed out are the following:
1. Aurorian Patriarchal Church
Forum: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=6218
Wiki: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Aurori ... hal_Church
RL equivalent: Roman Catholic Church
2. Terran Patriarchal Church
Forum: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1844
Wiki: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Terran ... hal_Church
RL equivalent: Russian Orthodox Church + Slavic mythology
3. Apostolic Church of the East
Forum: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=5454
Wiki: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Aposto ... f_the_East
RL equivalent: Oriental Orthodox Churches + Church of the East
4. Independent Confessional Churches
Forum: N/A
Wiki: N/A
RL equivalent: Lutheran Churches
5. Ameliorate Churches
Forum: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=7057&p=108117
Wiki: N/A
RL equivalent: Calvinist/Reformed Churches
6. Bishopal Churches
Forum: N/A
Wiki: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Bishopal_Church
RL equivalent: Episcopalian/Anglican Churches
7. Israism and Sahabism
Forum: N/A
Wiki: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Israism and http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Sahabism
RL equivalent: Sunni Islam and Sufism
8. Abadism and Halawism
Forum: N/A
Wiki: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Abadism and http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Halawism
RL equivalent: Shia Islam (mainstream Twelver + Zaydi) and Alevism + Alawism
9. Daenism
Forum: N/A
Wiki: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Daenism (also Upayana, Mazdayana, and Zensho)
RL equivalent: Buddhism (Upayana = Theravada, Mazdayana = Mahayana, Zensho = Zen)
10. Felinism
Forum: N/A
Wiki: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Felinism
RL equivalent: N/A
11. Geraja
Forum: N/A
Wiki: http://particracy.wikia.com/wiki/Geraja
RL equivalent: Hinduism
Open religious organizations:
Abadism and Halawism
Ameliorate Churches
Apostolic Church of the East
Aurorian Patriarchal Church
Bishopal Churches
Daenism
Felinism
Geraja
Israism and Sahabism
Register of Player Controlled Religious Organizations:
Independent Confessional Churches: Polites (11 July 2023)
Terran Patriarchal Church: Polites (29 December 2023)