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For
a complete list of the letters and other articles regarding what's been
happening between the ICOC and the new Sold-Out Movement, see the
Timeline page.
The ever changing definition of who belongs to God's church:
1994 - "I believe with
all my heart that the Boston Movement is God's modern-day movement. For
the past several years, through love, prayer, Bible study and intense
conversations, we have tried to pull into God's movement the remnant of
all those who are surrendered to the Scriptures and who believe God's
dream is to evangelize the world in one generation. We will continue to
seek other isolated disciples who may be members in false churches."
Revolution Through Restoration Part II: The 20th Century Church,
Kip Mckean, 1994
2004 - "I shared
that in the past I never believed we were the only saved people. However,
in order to perpetuate God's church around the world, we could not
collectively embrace other restoration "churches" partially
composed of disciples but also tolerant of perpetual sin, lukewarmness and
non-disciples. This approach not only watered down their message and
fellowship, but also it fundamentally destroyed their ability to multiply
disciples. Churches composed of only baptized disciples can and will
reproduce disciples locally and plant "teams" of disciples in
their sphere of influence. This is still our plan in the Portland Church
and now Eugene shares the same dream. Oregon will be "evangelized in
our day!"" Kip McKean, If
You Build It They Will Come, 2004
2004 - The church universal comprises all disciples of the
world that God sees when he looks down from heaven into people's hearts,
whether they are in the ICOC, the mainline Churches of Christ
(non-instrumental), the conservative Christian Churches (instrumental), in
breakaway small groups, or a single disciple in a denominational church.
God adds baptized disciples to his "church universal." Kip
McKean, The Mandate of God for World
Evangelism Part 6, 2004
2010 -
"We consider
ourselves a Bible Church that believes there is one true Creator God,
that our Savior Jesus Christ physically resurrected from the dead, that
the Bible is the inspired and inerrant Word of God, and that only
sold-out baptized disciples compose God’s Church universal." Kip
McKean,
Welcome to Our Regional Services!, 2010
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CAN
YOU HANDLE THE TRUTH?
The
past few years have been quite tumultuous for many in the International Churches
of Christ which Kip McKean began some 25 years ago.
