International Church of Christ

 

aka Boston Church of Christ, Kip McKean,
Campus Advance, Upside Down Club, Alpha Omega,
Campus Christian Movement

 

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 
OR INDEPENDENT CHURCHES OF CHRIST

 

This page contains information The Cult Education Institute has 
gathered about the International Church of Christ.

 

Los Angeles International Church of Christ
Disciples Today website
North Carolina ICC website
(Above links are outside The Cult Education Institute web site)

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Topics

History of Controversy
Hope Worldwide Inc.
Kip McKean
Baptism
Discipleship
The Sin Lists
Campus Controversy

International Stories

Africa
Asia
Australia & New Zealand
Canada
Great Britain
Ireland
Europe

 

History of Controversy

Real Life Nelson Labour MP Rachel Boyacks brush with cult like religious sect
Not Your ‘Church Next Door’: ‘Cult’ Ignored Abuse, Ran ‘Pyramid Scheme,’ Lawsuit Claims
 Sydney student shares warning signs after his friend joined a religious cult
 Williams: I spent six months in a cult. They're still here on campus
 Georgetown alum describes her 'Life in a Cult'
 Governor Candidate 'Bud' Chiles Held Leadership Role in Church Accused of Being a Cult
 Unanswered Prayers: The Story of One Woman Leaving the International Church of Christ
 French woman convicted of abducting children from Canada freed
 Jail for mom who took kids
 The Nashville Church forces members to donate, suit says
 Church lets go of old ways
 Outside United States, will ICOC merge with us?
 Church volunteer accused of sexually assaulting five-year-old boy
 What led to the decline of the International Church of Christ?
 Experience raises questions of 'cult'
 Trapped by faith?
 "I was astounded at the group's control"
 "Church or Cult?" - Part 2 of 2
 "Church or Cult?" - Part 1 of 2
 Strings Attached
 A Church of Christ or Cult of Cash
 New York congregation grows from 18 to 6000
 International Church of Christ celebrates despite criticism
 U.S. Court Rejects Church Employee Suit in TV 'Cult' Story
 Ministry or Mind Control?
 The Fear Of God: Critics Call Thriving Nashville Church a Cult
 An Underground menace
 They Were Saved
 Too Much Church
 Judge orders Purchase College to OK church service
 Judge: Church may stay at Purchase, leader must go
 Alleged cult renting public schools
 The Love Bombers
 Cult branches spread worldwide
 What in God's name is going on?
 The power of persuasion
 "Toxic Christianity," or God's modern-day movement?
 Some call a local church cult-like
 Soldiers of the Cross
 Picketers protest discipling church practices
 True believers
 Beauty Worship: A controversial church preaches to models
 The Great Awakening--according to John Luis of ICC
 The History of Restoration--according to the ICC
 Cult Friction - Part 2
 Cult Friction - Part 1
 Church denies coming between woman, family
 Daughter in Sect, Family in Tears
 Boston Movement: Church or cult?
 Court Rules Against ICC Parent
 Reaching out? or Breaking down?
 Pals.. at a price
 'Coffee, a chat and I was caught'
 Church group recruits in Madison
 Controversial church gives first service
 Experts Combat Destructive Influence of Cults
 The Price we pay - A Closer Look
 Cult Control
 "Cult turned my girl against me"
 Cult link with the victims of distress
 Teens learn dangers of cults at ALSJCC study session
 "I got caught up in a cult"
 Discipling, Recruiting At Heart Of Ministry
 Church's Policies Disillusion Couple
 Former Members Raise Concerns About Church's Tactics
 Court rules on religious rights of divorced parents
 Shroud of Secrecy
 Looking for God
 Minneapolis/St Paul Church of Christ examined
 New Cult 2 Story (Minneapolis)
 Keepers of the flock
 Group's Mind Control Failed to Work
 Lincoln women experience church's relentless pursuit
 WILG acts on complaints about BCC
 One who got away: Cult recruiting flourishing quietly on college campuses
 The "Boston Church"
 Come, all Ye Faithful
 The Hierarchy of Discipling Churches
 Negative Comments on the Church of Christ
 Letter to Wayne Geiling of Heritage Chapel Church of Christ from Memorial Church of Christ
 Church service shows strong spirit of unity
 ICOC involvement changes way former members see the world
 During the 1980s the Boston Church of Christ led by Kip McKean, later known as the International Church of Christ, was accused of using "cult tactics"

Hope Worldwide Inc.

 Governor Candidate 'Bud' Chiles Held Leadership Role in Church Accused of Being a Cult
 "Hope for Kids"
 Hope Worldwide Buys Wayne Office Building

Kip McKean

 Church on UO campus accused of humiliating members
 The Christian Chronicle interviews Kip McKean
 'Boston Movement' Founder Quits
 McKean's resignation signals new chapter for ICOC
 Kip McKean resigns as head of ICOC
 Quotes About Kip McKean
 Kip McKean and his favored elite--"Living Large"
 Letter to Wayne Geiling of Heritage Chapel Church of Christ from Memorial Church of Christ
 Announcement to Memorial Congregation

Baptism

 Is Baptism Necessary for Salvation?

Discipleship

 John Causy (November 96) in sermon: "Everyone needs to be a member of this church if they're going to get to heaven." (290K WAV) -- These recordings were made available by Richard Helmbrecht
The Cost of Discipleship?
Discipling, Recruiting At Heart Of Ministry
The Discipling Dilemma - A Psychological Study, Chapter 2
The Discipling Dilemma - Alternative Explanations, Chapter 3
The Discipling Dilemma - Roots of Modern Discipleship Movement, Chapter 8
The Discipling Dilemma - What Other Religious Groups Have Learned About Discipling, Chapter 9
The Discipling Dilemma - A Select Annotated Bibliography of Materials Generally Unfavorable to Modern Authoritarian Discipling Tactics, Chapter 10
Quotes About Discipleship

The Sin Lists

 John Causy (November 96) in sermon: "Everyone needs to be a member of this church if they're going to get to heaven." (290K WAV) -- These recordings were made available by Richard Helmbrecht
 The Cost of Discipleship?
Al Baird talks about "sin lists" on ABC's 20/20 and CBS's Inside Edition. (800K WAV) -- These recordings were made available by Richard Helmbrecht
Documentation Regarding ICC Sin Lists
ICC Sin List Excerpt

Campus Controversy

 Georgetown alum describes her 'Life in a Cult'
 SA Senate denies recognition to religous organization Campus Advance
 Ban Doesn't Keep Cults From Boston U. Area
 Church prompts concern on university campus
 Let us Prey
 My God is your God or you're going to hell
 Preying on Ryerson students
 UW's fight against a harmful faith
 SU says no to campus club
 Cults on Campus
 Student describes experience with International Churches of Christ
 Controversial religious group recruiting in the area
 RyeSAC worried by aggressive religious recruiting
 Controversial religious group hits MTSU
 For Christ's sake: Cult-like groups pose potential threat to college students
 Church Seeks Club Status
 Students, staff disagree on religious organization
 What in the Lord's Name is Going On?
 The story of another student recruited by the BCC
 The story of one former student member of the BCC
 Cults hunting students
 Flyers issued to raise awareness
 Students easy targets for cult groups
 Cult Fiction? New religious sect suspected of coercion in Oxford
 Statement Regarding Unsanctioned Religious Group at Holy Cross
 The church of much dispute
 J.D.'s story
 A brief history of the ICOC
 Aislynn's story
 Campus group labeled destructive; group leader refutes accusations
 Holy Cross says international church uses cult-like methods
 Controversial religious group returns to Cal State-Long Beach
 Church Near Fordham Considered A Cult
 Questionable club on campus
 Columnist skeptical about church's motives
 Some background on the Boston Church of Christ
 The Church of Christ in Canton
 Worshipping at Canton High School
 Statement Regarding Unsanctioned Religious Group at Holy Cross: To all Members of the Holy Cross Community
 Campuses ban alleged church cult
 Holy Cross says international church uses cult-like methods
 The Church of the Poison Mind
 Are cults working your college campus?
 A push becomes a shove
 Disciples at forum deny accusations of being cult-like
 Cults on campus
 Students make easy targets for questionable religious groups
 Parent support group's ad warns students about church
 On campus, join carefully
 Students make easy targets for questionable religious groups
 SUNY Must Allow Church Back on Campus
 No way out?
 Student tried to leave cult
 The ICC accused of harassing and intimidating University of Massachusetts students at Amherst
 College becomes a religious battleground
 Student Affairs warns of cult involvement
 Controversial group recruiting on campus
 A farewell to the Cincy Church of Christ
 Banned group recruiting at Northeastern University
 Clueless about cults
 Student Activities Board suspends group for improper conduct
 Church stirs concerns on Tech campus
 New Malibu church: cult or not?
 Ministers urge students to avoid religious group
 Former member tries to find peace after the BCC
 Boston Church back on campus
 UC Board bans campus ministry
 Ruling: church group "harassed" students
 UC: Ministry's conduct, not its religion, at issue
 UC told of church pressure tactics
 Church Group Banned on Some Campuses
 Church Group Banned on Some Campuses: Additional
 UC weighing status of church
 UC may ban Christian ministry group
 Religious group still affecting students, soliciting on campus
 McGugin Ministry Moves In
 Nashville Church Sparks Debate
 Lines Can Blur Between Religious Sect and Cult
 Universities are fertile grounds for cults, officials say
 Church leaders condemn cult
 GSU Church of Christ under scrutiny
 Group accused of cult status
 Cult activity attracts attention at Pitt
 Letter to the Editor
 Distorted devotion
 "Cult" active at university
 Cult recruiting on campus, chaplain warns
 Religious solicitation complaints prompt warning against group
 Cult awareness panel discusses religious group
 Campus warned of cults
 Emergence of cult suspected on campus
 Church Cult on Campus?
 Under Their Thumb: High Pressure Groups on Our Campus
 Rensselaer's E-Board again rejects ICC's application for campus club
 Concerns surfacing about new religious organization recruiting on campus
 Church recruitment infringes on students' rights
 Campus Outreach stirs controversy
 Religious freedom issue in Village eviction
 Daughter in Sect, Family in Tears
 Cults "target vulnerable students"
 Sect Recruiters Target Asian Students at UBC, SFU, Campus Chaplains Warn
 Concerned About Campus Cults, Colleges Arm Students With Facts
 God on Campus
 "My friends lured me into a cult"
 Selling Salvation
 Cult targets Oxford students
 Boston Church Still On Campus
 Religious Groups Can Often Be Divisive
 Church labeled "cult" raises local concerns
 Cult suicides can serve as warning
 Minister reaches out to campus
 Official Warns Against HOPE On Campus Religious Cult
 Students Face Disciplinary Action for Removal of Flyers
 Experts Combat Destructive Influence of Cults
 REAL Bible Club May be Linked to Cult Practices
 Recruiting tactics of a religious group stir campus concerns
 Church is no longer welcome at school
 Church seeks to proselytize Yalies
 Campus Crusaders
 "I got caught up in a cult"
 ASU fears cults on campus
 Auckland University Students to disaffiliate "cult"
 Cults target Ivy Freshmen
 Expert: Cults target Ivy freshman
 Expert teaches students to avoid dangers of cults
 Cult or Personality?
 Students warned of cults
 A Question of Faith
 Religious group accused of cult-like tactics
 Leaders of campus ministries target Campus Advance
 Banned student cult "eyeing South-west"
 State Panel studies church recruiting
 Cult on Leeds Campus
 Alpha Omega's tactics questioned
 Cult-like group targets campus
 ICC Meet Two Criteria for Cult Status
 Don't Trust ICC's Claims of Reform
 Christian Student Association Has Cult Ties
 Church sect targets student freshers
 Students' Union takes on campus church cults
 Cults in Nebraska: Former member warns of cult's ability to control
 Cults in Nebraska: Nebraska has history of cults
 Cults in Nebraska: Religious sects target young adults
 Boston Church of Christ Recruiting on Campus
 Cults on Campus: Wolves in Sheep's Clothing
 Cult group returns: Church of Christ meets illegally in Wydown
 Lincoln Christian Church leader denies charges
 University of Nebraska-Lincoln official says church preys on lonely
 Students warned about "cult" church
 College parents are concerned about Lincoln Christian Church
 Peddling Salvation: Chicago Church of Christ high-pressure tactics spark criticism
 Student Life receives additional complaints about religious group
 Allegations ignite controversy toward Bible study group
 University plays host to cult church
 Students in dorms say ministry lures the weak
 New cult awareness group plans to educate, inform
 Group denied registration SU says IMPACT violates Constitution
 Cult Recruiting Flourishing Quietly on College Campuses

International

Africa

 Church group denies brainwashing claims
 Mutiny in the Church
 The Church in Crisis

Asia

 What in God's name is going on?
 The Great Awakening--according to John Luis of ICC
 The History of Restoration--according to the ICC
 ICC statistics for Australia and Southeast Asia 1997
 More Statistics for Asia and Australia 1998
 The ICC map of Australia and Southeast Asia
 ICC statement regarding Asia by John Luis
 ICC-Singapore: Church not a cult but loses all but one suit
 ICC-Singapore: Judge on Central Christian Church Suit: The report was OK but Page 1 headline was not
 Defamation Suit filed by the Central Christian Church against Impact magazine (large document)
 Expert witness testifies that church is a cult
 ICC in Singapore: "Couples named at services"
 ICC in Singapore: "Former leader compares church to Moonies cult"
 ICC in Singapore: "Ex-leader: I was forced to marry woman member I did not love"
 ICC in Singapore: "Church is 'cultic,' says former leader"
 ICC in Singapore: "Clash of leaders. Co-founder: I was abused repeatedly"
 ICC in Singapore: "Magazine article written after warning from pastors"
 Bad, good, great, awesome. Lawyer: Central Christian Church rated its leaders this way
 ICC in Singapore: "Lawyers raise church practices. They want to prove these are unique"
 ICC in Singapore: "Counsel: Leader used materials from churches 'banned' abroad"
 ICC in Singapore: "Affiliated churches also labeled 'cults,' court told"
 ICC in Singapore: "Head founder: Members not told to obey leaders"
 Religious Cult used UK funds to bribe Indonesian Police

Australia & New Zealand

 Cult targets campus
 The Great Awakening--according to John Luis of ICC
 The History of Restoration--according to the ICC
 ICC statistics for Australia and Southeast Asia 1997
 More Statistics for Asia and Australia 1998
 The ICC map of Australia and Southeast Asia
 Cult masquerading as church, stepfather says
 Sydney Church of Christ investigated
 The Church That's Brainwashing Australians
 Auckland University Students to disaffiliate "cult"

Canada

 Universities are fertile grounds for cults, officials say
 "Cult" active at university
 Cult recruiting on campus, chaplain warns
 Aggressive religious group worries staff and students
 Church denies coming between woman, family
 Daughter in Sect, Family in Tears
 Sect Recruiters Target Asian Students at UBC, SFU, Campus Chaplains Warn

Great Britain

 Ioan Gruffudd's cult rescue
 Disciples with a devotion to discipline
 Movie Star Reveals His Secret
 Cult following
 New Rangers Star to Pay for Cult Recruiting
 Cult may infiltrate schools
 Schools In Cult Alert
 Conversion Course
 Church leaders condemn cult
 Warn your children before you lose them
 JOIN US OR YOU WILL GO TO HELL
 True Stories: "I was damned if I'd let that cult steal my son!"
 Cults "target vulnerable students"
 Cult targets Oxford students
 Action call by MP over London "Christ" cult
 Cult Warning
 School's Out for sinister London cult
 Pals.. at a price
 Cult Friction
 Friends fear for the star with a new goal in life
 "Cult turned my girl against me"
 Cult link with the victims of distress
 Church is no longer welcome at school
 Cult member cop resigns from his job
 Blitz on the "sex and power" cults
 Fight to free family from religious cult
 Religious Cult used UK funds to bribe Indonesian Police
 Shrouded in Secrecy
 Banned Church Cult Springs Up In Brum
 Banned student cult "eyeing South-west"
 Mercy for sinners, welcome for lookalikes, and anxious claims of mind control
 Cult's sour note at Albert Hall
 "Brainwash" sect enlists Elgar for its Prom debut
 "Brainwash" sect seeks converts at Albert Hall
 Cult on Leeds Campus
 Mission funding discussed on tape
 Cult sued by former chaplain
 Unchristian behaviour
 Complaint From The London Church Of Christ
 The Broadcasting Complaints Commission--Complaint from the London Church of Christ/Commission's Findings 1993
 Church sect targets student freshers
 Students' Union takes on campus church cults
 Town target for recruiting - claim "Beware this cult of evil"
 Worry over "disciples" as church sect expels 400
 University plays host to cult church
 Church leaders condemn cult University takes action to protect student body

Ireland

 Medical council to look at ethics rules after 'cult' suicide
 International Churches of Christ cult killed my brother
 Family in suicide case criticise hospital and church group
 Faith Dealers
 'Trust in God and everything will be alright'

Europe

 Religious Sects Mighty in Russia
 American sect draws Moscow Youth


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