INFORM is an independent charity that was
founded in 1988 by Professor Eileen Barker with the help of British Home
Office funding and the support of the mainstream Churches. It is based at
the London School of Economics.
The primary aim of INFORM is to help people through providing them with
accurate, balanced, up-to-date information about new and/or alternative
religious or spiritual movements.*
INFORM does not make judgments about religious beliefs.
But we can tell you what those beliefs are.
INFORM does not say whether a group is 'good' or 'bad'.
But we can tell you what a group has done and is doing.
INFORM does not tell you what to think about a group.
But we can give you information from a wide variety of sources so that you
yourself can come to a more informed opinion.
INFORM does not tell you what to do.
But we can tell you the likely consequences of different actions, based on
past situations and scholarly research.
