The International Raëlian Movement claims tens of thousands of members, the majority in Francophone areas of Western Europe and North America and parts of East Asia.

The Movement has attracted further attention through its public protests endorsing causes such as women's and gay rights and against nuclear testing. In 2002, the company claimed to have produced a human clone, a baby named Eve, bringing much critical scrutiny and media attention.

In 1997 Raël initiated Clonaid, an organisation engaged in research in human cloning directed by senior Raëlian Brigitte Boisselier. In 1998, Raël established the Order of Angels, an internal all-female group whose members are largely sequestered from wider society and tasked with training themselves to become the Elohim's consorts. Attracting more followers, the group obtained a country estate in France before relocating its operations to Quebec. Raël headed the new organisation, which was structured around a hierarchy of seven levels. He subsequently established an organisation devoted to promoting his ideas, MADECH, which in 1976 disbanded and was replaced by the Raëlian Church. Raël first published his claims to have been contacted by the Elohim in his 1974 book Le Livre Qui Dit La Verité (The Book that Tells the Truth). Raëlians engage in daily meditation, hope for physical immortality through human cloning, and promote a liberal ethical system with a strong emphasis on sexual experimentation. To this end, Raëlians have sought to build an embassy for the Elohim that incorporates a landing pad for their spaceship. Raëlism holds that humanity must find a way to harness new scientific and technological development for peaceful purposes, and that when this has been achieved the Elohim will return to Earth to share their technology with humanity and establish a utopia. Raëlists believe that since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, humanity has entered an Age of Apocalypse in which it threatens itself with nuclear annihilation. Among them are The Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad, with Raël himself the 40th and final prophet. It claims that throughout history the Elohim have created 40 Elohim/human hybrids who have served as prophets preparing humanity for news about their origins. An atheistic religion, it holds that the Elohim have historically been mistaken for gods.

Raëlism teaches that an extraterrestrial species known as the Elohim created humanity using their advanced technology. The group is formalised as the International Raëlian Movement ( IRM) or Raëlian Church, a hierarchical organisation under Raël's leadership. Scholars of religion classify Raëlism as a new religious movement. Raëlism, also known as Raëlianism, is a UFO religion founded in 1970s France by Claude Vorilhon, now known as Raël.

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