The International Churches Of Christ (Boston Movement)

The International Churches of Christ, once called the Boston Movement because of its original ties to the Boston Church of Christ, is a body of co-operating religiously conservative, and racially integrated Christian congregations. A formal break was made from the mainline Churches of Christ in 1993 with the organization of the International Churches of Christ. The ICOC holds to the belief that each person is saved by the grace of God if and when they place their faith in Jesus Christ, become a disciple, repent of their sins, and are baptized.

A network of 637 churches spread across some 155 nations, they consider themselves non-denominational. The network structure is intended to avoid two extremes: "overly centralized authority" and "disconnected autonomy." The organization of the ICOC has been described as based on cooperation between congregations rather than either "command and control" or "autonomy." The largest congregation, the Los Angeles Church of Christ, has 5951 members. The largest church service was held in 2012 at the AT&T stadium in San Antonio, Texas, during a World Discipleship Summit, with 17,800 in attendance, with representatives from 96 countries.

In 2000, it was described as "[a] fast-growing Christian organization known for aggressive proselytizing to US college students" and as "one of the most controversial religious groups on campus".

Founder resigns
In 2003, the founder, Kip McKean, resigned, and apologised for sins, which included imagining he was right and refusing to listen to advice from his “brothers”. Henry Kriete, who is influential and high in the pecking order, urged for change and received support. According to Kriete the proposed reforms did not address some profound structural weaknesses.