International Churches Of Christ
The International Churches of Christ are a religious movement Christian , from the Boston Movement which began about 1979 with Kip McKean as evangelist best known , part of a larger movement, the churches of Christ , and acknowledged having experienced a drift towards authoritarianism before a period of reform begun in 2003. Churches of the movement bear or bore the names of the Boston Church of Christ, Church of Christ in Paris (1986), Church of Christ in Lyons (1992), etc..
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History
XIX century
The churches of Christ are a Christian movement emerged during the nineteenth century United States. It was a very dynamic period for the various Protestant churches in North America, and it was during the Second Great Awakening took place which is considered the largest gathering movement of churches in history of the United States (in terms of number of churches at the time of assembly), the Movement for the Restoration , also known as the Stone-Campbell (names of two major gathering of pastors) to avoid be confused with movements unrelated.
The fundamental principle of the movement is calling on Christians and Christian churches to separate beliefs, creed and terms that have no biblical origin, not to unite on the fact of belonging to a particular branch Protestantism, but only on the basis of the Gospel message is entirely conventional . Thus the churches are called churches of Christ, members only or etc.. Another aspect of the philosophy of the movement is the idea that Bible study should allow to reach a common understanding of the process to follow, and answers to questions that might lead Christians to divide into factions ( and thus lead to a Protestant branch more), rather than being united. The motion goes on to say that it is not helpful to be Protestant, but simply a Christian.
XX century
In the early twentieth century , the Churches of Christ are the largest group of churches in the Restoration Movement (the other was being called in 1906 the Christian churches ) . The Churches of Christ while experiencing a high growth significant in North America (Christian churches then being the fastest growing in the U.S.) and a few in the world. Within them occurred in the years 1960-1970, the Crossroads movement in Gainesville, Florida, which was to seek more effective ways to (spread the message of the Bible).
The Movement of Boston after him in 1979, centralized in Boston (then in Los Angeles in 1990) producing the birth of many churches in the world (560 churches in 147 countries). In 1994, the Boston Movement, which until then was just part of the churches of Christ, becomes the International Churches of Christ, after conflicts and differences with other churches of Christ.
As early as 2001, eddies occur at the direction of movement, both because some aspects of management of Kip McKean, then leading figure of the movement, are highly contested, and because a certain recognition of authoritarian excesses began to emerge, which will actually take place in 2003. Finally, the reform movement, writing numerous letters of apology, is completely decentralized, and conducting an analysis period of its excesses. Thus the International Churches of Christ have been reconciled with the other churches of Christ, and excluded and are completely separate from Kip McKean, who created another small movement, the international Christian Churches (International Christian Churches).
Organization
Since 2003, the International Churches of Christ have no hierarchy or centralized organization, churches cooperate freely and make decisions only at the local level.
In France , the International Churches of Christ were ranked in the list of "sectarian movements 500-2000 followers" of the Report of the French Interministerial Mission for the Fight against Sects of 22 December 1995.
However, the general secretary of the Miviludes spoke of the International Churches of Christ in 2006, saying that "the church of Christ, if it has not disappeared, has become fully adapted, seems no longer to talk about it, because actually past three years, this church no longer gives rise to any reporting to the mission that I run. "
Bibliography
- C. Foster Stanback Into All Nations, A History of the International Churches of Christ , ed. Illumination Publishers, 2005.
- Thomas A. Jones In Search of a City, An autobiographical perspective we aim Controversial Remarkable Movement , ed. IPR, 2007.
References
- Kip McKean is no longer part of the International Churches of Christ since 2005, and can not be regarded as the founder of these churches (some of which existed before the movement) and even less of the International Church of Christ is not: acparis.net See external link below.
- Error limited to French-speaking world (especially the media), the English name International Churches of Christ do not lend to confusion. It is an association of churches (family of churches), not a single church.
- Official website of the Churches of Christ , not the International Churches of Christ
- Snapshots and another page on the history of the Restoration Movement
- The text of a historical document founder of Barton W. Stone, on Wikisource.
- that is to say according to what preached and lived the early Christians. For example, the movement of the Restoration teaches the importance of faith, repentance and baptism (immersion of an adult) in converting someone to Christ.
- Common origin of the Churches of Christ and Christian Churches, the World Council of Churches
- Audio interview with Catherine Katz Radio Canada, November 9, 2006
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