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Kip McKeanʼs Theology: Still Winning in the Cincinnati Church of Christ

admin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:52:55 +0000

2011 Xraydio – Exposing the teachings of the International Churches of Christ (ICOC) and International Christian Churches (ICC) (a.k.a. the “Sold Out Discipling Movement”). Almost five years ago, July 4, 2006, my discipling partner and I were both members of the Cincinnati Church of Christ. We decided to meet for coffee when we ran into
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Wooten Termination in 2002

admin — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:21:48 +0000

Marty Wooten held the position of Teacher and World Sector Elder and Geographic Sector Leader for the Northern Federation World Sector until September 2002. We present the letter from the Wooten’s regarding their termination, the LA Church’s response to the charges raised in the Wooten’s letter and a letter from Cecil Wooten, former World Sector
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Slush Funds and Other Ways Your Money was Spent

admin — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:45:19 +0000

During a question and answer session on Delphi Forums, a former church administrator (Barry Mahfood) revealed some information that had not been known before about some of the inner workings of the finances in the World Sectors. Apparently there was a “special projects” fund set up for Kip McKean’s use. Why? A percentage of the
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Markings and Disfellowships

admin — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:36:30 +0000

Markings and disfellowships happened to various leaders and members who were critical of the church. A marking would be announced to the church and the members warned to stay away from the person marked. Only leaders were allowed to have contact with the marked person. If a member were to disobey this warning and
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Riverside County Church of Christ

admin — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:01:56 +0000

The following information has been gathered from several sources who were involved in the events and wrote about their experiences. On July 23, 2003, the Riverside sector of the Inland Empire region of the LACC voted to approve a resolution asking to localize the administrative responsibilities and finances of the church. The resolution came in
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Sworn Statements

admin — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:57:31 +0000

Affidavit from Andrew Ceniccola, Buffalo, NY Affidavit from Joan Chisholm, Buffalo, NY Affidavit from Nina Ceniccola, Buffalo, NY Affidavit from Lynda Young, Buffalo, NY Affidavit from Scott Young, Buffalo, NY Affidavit #2 Affidavit of Amy Haight Affidavit from Jen Chambers, Orlando Testifying that Bob Gempel admitted that 100% of the money collected from ICOC churches
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International Churches of Christ Mission Society ICCMS

admin — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:27:04 +0000

ICOC Administrative Policies 2001 states on page 6, “ICCMS is an “integrated auxiliary” of ICOC. The sole purpose of ICCMS is the receipt and distribution of mission funding pursuant to the World Financial Plan (WFP). The WFP is a detailed financial plan for the funding and support of world evangelism. Specifically, it is the intent
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World Sector Administrators

admin — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:41:10 +0000

Considered an Auxiliary World Sector and comprised of the World Sector Administrators. According to the ICOC Administrative Policies 2001, “ICOC is a “Church” as defined by the tax code and is responsible for promulgating administrative policy and procedure to assist each of the other entities in accomplishing the goal of world evangelism. ICOC is composed
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Evangelization Proclamation

admin — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:59:54 +0000

The Evangelization Proclamation penned by Kip McKean was signed and implemented by his World Sector Leaders on February 4, 1994. This document was the plan and commitment to plant a church in every nation with a city of over 100,000 by the year 2000. Up to that point, there were churches in 53 nations over
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First Principles

admin — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:07:39 +0000

The First Principles studies are taught around the world addressing the challenges to faith and doctrine in each culture. Kip McKean prepared this study series in 1979 with two purposes in mind: (1) to bring non-believers into a saving relationship with Jesus Christ, and (2) to provide a basis for the new Christian to fulfill
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