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Boston Movement Crossroads
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Boston University: Warning!! The Boston (International) Church
of Christ: A Review of History and Sanctions at Boston University
- The Dean of Students at Boston University, Robert Thornberg, has been
an outspoken critic of the ICC for many years. This page was prepared under his
direction, and describes the experiences of his office with the Boston Church
of Christ's Campus Ministry at Boston University, its abuses, and the actions
taken because of them.
Reviewed 7/1/97 by Catherine Hampton
<ariel@reveal.org>
Link last
verified 5/29/98
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German Evangelical/Lutheran Church: International Churches of Christ
(ICoC)/ Internationale Gemeinden Christi
- A site in German with extensive and relatively recent information
about the ICC, covering the usual issues of church control over members's lives
(discipling), dating, tithing, and the rest, in addition to some theological
material where Lutheran doctrines disagree with those of the ICC. Georg Otto
Schmid wrote the original article in 1994 and he or someone else revised it in
1997.
Reviewed 6/01/98 by Catherine Hampton
<ariel@reveal.org>
Link last
verified 6/01/98
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International Church of Christ Study
Series
- The full texts of several of the "First Principles" study series used
by the International Churches of Christ.
Reviewed 6/12/98 by Catherine Hampton
<ariel@reveal.org>
Link last
verified 6/12/98
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Let Us Reason Ministries: International Church of Christ
Articles
- An Evangelical Protestant counter-cult ministry with a series of
articles on the ICC which focus on theological issues from their perspective.
ICC members and former members who remain Evangelical Protestants will probably
find this material useful.
Reviewed 10/10/98 by Catherine Hampton
<ariel@reveal.org>
Link last
verified 10/10/98
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New Covenant Publications: A CounterCult Ministry
- This is a site owned by an evangelical Christian group. Their
material tends to focus on theological rather than psychological issues, but
they have a collection of "Quotes from ICC leaders" which are quite
useful.
Reviewed 6/01/98 by Catherine Hampton
<ariel@reveal.org>
Link last
verified 6/01/98
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Parklawn Baptist Church: Sermon by Rev. Darryl Dash on
the ICC
- A sermon by the pastor of Parklawn Baptist Church in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada on the ICC, in which he refers to Ryerson University's banning
of the Toronto Church of Christ from campus. The history and doctrinal material
are out of date -- it appears that the Rev. Dash's knowledge of the ICC stops
with 1986 or thereabouts, before the Great Reconstructions of 1987. But much of
what he says still applies.
Reviewed 6/01/98 by Catherine Hampton
<ariel@reveal.org>
Link last
verified 6/01/98
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Probe Ministries: The Boston Church
- An article by Russ Wise of Probe Ministries, an evangelical Christian
countercult group. The article has some errors in fact, but presents the issues
most evangelical Protestants have with the ICC fairly well.
Reviewed 6/25/98 by Catherine Hampton
<ariel@reveal.org>
Link last
verified 6/25/98
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RightCyberUp.org
- RightCyberUp was created by Dave Anderson, a one-time
recruit
of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Church of Christ and New York City Church of
Christ. RightCyberUp explores in detail ethical, psychological,
and theological aspects of the ICC with a focus on recovery.
Reviewed 6/12/02 by Dave Anderson
Link
last verified 6/12/02
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nangpa@dial.oleane.com: REVEAL: The Crisis Line [Nouvelle version in
français]
- Someone with an email address of
<nangpa@dial.oleane.com> did a translation of an older
version of the REVEAL Crisis Line in French. A French-speaking colleague who
reviewed it reports that the translation is accurate. So those who understand
French better than English may find this a useful resource.
Reviewed 4/05/00 by Catherine Hampton
<ariel@reveal.org>
Link last
verified 4/05/00
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Justin Cooke: The International Churches of Christ
- Justin Cooke is a sociology student at the University of Virginia who
did a class project on the ICC, and posted the results of his research on the
WWW. This page contains a bunch of dates, times, and facts about the ICC --
useful.
Reviewed 7/21/97 by Catherine Hampton
<ariel@reveal.org>
Link last
verified 5/29/98
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Roy Davison: Errors of Hierarchical
Discipleship: Crossroadism and the Worldwide Boston Hierarchy Weighed
and Found Wanting
- Davison is a minister for the mainline Churches of Christ, and this
paper represents the growing consensus within the more conservative mainline
Churches of Christ in the late 1980s about the nature and practices of the
discipling movement, or "Crossroadism", as it was often called at the time in
those circles. Lots of partisan theological content, but useful
nonetheless.
Reviewed 1/31/97 by Catherine Hampton
<ariel@reveal.org>
Link last
verified 5/29/98
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Carol Giambalvo: Cult Information and
Recovery
- Carol Giambalvo is a former member of a psychological cult, est, and
an exit counselor and cult researcher with many years experience. Her site
includes the text of an interesting article she wrote for the old Cult
Awareness Network (CAN) newsletter in 1989 on the Crossroad Church of Christ's
disavowal of Kip McKean and the Boston movement. In addition, it includes a
wealth of valuable information on thought reform and other cult issues in
general.
Reviewed 2/11/97 by Catherine Hampton
<ariel@reveal.org>
Link last
verified 5/29/98
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Steven Hassan: Exit Counselor and Mind Control
Specialist
- Steve Hassan, a licensed therapist and former member of the
Unification Church (Moonies), has for the past twenty years played a leading
role in applying the research of Robert Lifton and other psychologists
specializing in the field of mind control, research originally done on
prisoners of war, to cults. This has enabled cult opponents to define a cult,
not by what it believes (its theology), but by how it behaves (its
psychological characteristics). This has enabled cult opponents to define cults
without reference to a particular religious orthodoxy, and to distinguish
between destructive cults and unorthodox new religions which do not use
psychologically abusive techniques. This page is full of valuable information
on cults in general, and contains some information on the ICC in
particular.
Reviewed 2/21/97 by Catherine Hampton
<ariel@reveal.org>
Link last
verified 5/29/98
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Rich
Measures: The Somis Library
- This is a collection of works about or relevant to the ICC. It
contains the full text of an extensive study of the Boston Church of Christ in
the mid-1980s, in which Meyer's Brigg (MBTI) personality assessment tests were
given to a group of ICC members and a control group of members from mainline
Churches of Christ. The results are enlightening, and presented in full detail
in this book. Dr. Yeakley kindly gave Rich Measures
<measures@vcnet.com>, who hosts
this site and put the book into HTML format, permission to post it. It also
contains Joseph Byczko's article, The Discipling Movement: Is it
Biblical?. Other work is added at irregular intervals, and the library
also contains material about Christianity in general.
Reviewed 2/5/97 by Catherine Hampton
<ariel@reveal.org>
Link last
verified 5/29/98
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Christian Perst: Neues Wagen - Leben gestalten, Sekten
und autoritaere Gruppen
- Christian Perst's wife was recruited by the Gemeinde Christi
München, the Munich Church of Christ. On this page they tell the story of
their encounter with the ICC in Germany, and provide a considerable amount of
information in German about the ICC and other authoritarian groups.
Reviewed 10/1/98 by Catherine Hampton
<ariel@reveal.org>
Link last
verified 8/11/02
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Jay Daniel
Robertson: Chez Jay -- The International Churches of
Christ/Cult
- A member of the mainline (non-ICC) Santa Barbara Church of Christ has
posted some information about the ICC. I didn't find information here that I
couldn't find elsewhere, but this page is interesting in that it reflects a
rather hard-line mainline Church of Christ member's response to the ICC.
Reviewed 7/21/97 by Catherine Hampton
<ariel@reveal.org>
Link last
verified 5/29/98
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Rick
Ross: Kip McKean's International Church of Christ
- Rick Ross is a well-known deprogrammer with many years experience
with the ICC and other cults. I understand that he has, in the last few years,
quit participating in involuntary interventions. This page has a lot of
resources, some of them not available elsewhere on the WWW. In particular, the
texts of a number of original letters involving the ICC and articles about it
are posted here. Recommended. I do, however, suggest turning your computer's
speaker WAAAAYYY down before accessing the site -- the background music is a
bit much.
Reviewed 7/21/97 by Catherine Hampton
<ariel@reveal.org>
Link last
verified 5/29/98
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Joanne
Ruhland: RESOURCE -- An Information-Based Site
- Joanne Ruhland, who describes herself as a non-Baptist attending a
"very UnBaptist" Baptist church<grin>, has been assisting current and
former members of a number of different cults for many years. She has produced
a site with a considerable amount of valuable information and links to many
other useful sites on the ICC, cults in general, and recovery from membership
in cults. Recommended.
Reviewed 7/21/97 by Catherine Hampton
<ariel@reveal.org>
Link last
verified 5/29/98
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Helmut Schmidt: Verwirrspiel
- Helmut Schmidt's warning, in German, about the International Churches
of Christ and specifically the Berlin affiliate.
Reviewed 6/3/98 by Catherine Hampton
<ariel@reveal.org>
Link last
verified 6/3/98
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Qin Wang: The International Churches of
Christ
- An paper written by Qin Wang, a student at the University of
Pennsylvania, for the "Introduction to Christianity" class. A good introduction
to the ICC for people who have never encountered it before -- if you know
nothing or very little about the ICC, start here.
Reviewed 10/12/96 by Catherine Hampton
<ariel@reveal.org>
Link last
verified 1/06/00
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