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Boston Movement Crossroads
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International
Churches of Christ (ICC)
Boston Movement Crossroads
Movement
Keith Stump identifies 34 control mechanisms in the ICC, categorized under Control with Scripture, The Architecture of Control and The Culture of Control. An insightful look at the day-to-day use of control in the ICC.
Stephen Cannon's article on the Boston Church of Christ and its effects on college campuses in the greater Boston Area.
Responding to ICC founder Kip McKean's "seven warning signs of a dying or false church," Dave Anderson writes about seven warnings of a church that gets too intense, creating a cultic or abusive dynamic for members.
Ryan Britt identifies and defines the psychological themes that constitute an enviroment where mind control exists and offers a comparison study of these themes to the ICC's behavior towards potential, current and former members.
Jan Groenveld's description of how to tell a healthy religious faith from a toxic faith.
A well written and disturbing article on the ways in which cults today take more complete control of more aspects of their members lives than in the past.
Steve Hassan's BITE Analysis, four criteria for assessing thought reform in a group.
Robert Lifton's classic criteria for determining whether thought reform/ mind control exists in a particular group or environment.
Margaret Singer's six criteria for determining whether a group is practicing thought reform or mind control.
Jan Groenveld's "It Hurts" message, describing the pain of recovering from membership in a cult and reassuring people that the pain eventually does pass.
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