KERK VAN CHRISTUS (THE CHURCH OF CHRIST) “BOSTON CHURCH OF CHRIST”

KERK VAN CHRISTUS (THE CHURCH OF CHRIST)  “BOSTON CHURCH OF CHRIST”



Soos reeds genoem is hierdie slegs 'n baie kort oorsig van hierdie organisasie.

Die stigter, Kip McKean het by Crossroads  gestudeer. In Massachusetts begin hy die Boston Church of Christ. Hy beweer dat die Here God in sy hart ‘n plan geplaas het om die wêreld te evangeliseer. Die stelsel behels ook absolute gehoorsaamheid aan persone in hoër gesag, sonder enige teëpraak.

Tans is daar ‘n gratis “Bybelstudie” op die internet beskikbaar,waarin hul “leringe” verkondig word.

Hierdie groep stig gemeentes in stede en dan word na die gemeente verwys as die “Church of Christ” en as voorvoegsel die stad of dorp se naam. Bv “Boston Church” of Christ, “Johannesburg Church of Christ”, ens.

Hulle het voorheen bekend gestaan as die Boston Movement. Hulle maak gebruik van beginsels waarmee Crossroads begin het naamlik Dissipelskap en Herderskap, maniplulatiewe en indroktrinerende metodes, gebaseer op “mind control” beginsels

Hulle groei veral in die sg “Westerse wêreld” teen ‘n geweldige tempo.

 ‘n Kort opsomming van waarin hulle glo en leer

 

a. Hulle beskou hulself as die enigste ware kerk van Christus

·         Boston Church of Christ is "the only true `Christian' religion" (The Cult Observer, Sept./Oct.)

b. Hulle glo in wedergeboorte dmv die doop  (Baptismal regeneration)

c. Hulle glo dat jy “oorgedoop’ moet word, want slegs hulle het die regte doop. Al die ander is nie geldig nie. Jy moet gedoop word deur iemand wat ‘n gesagsposisie in die Bost n Church of Christ beklee.

d. Hulle leer dat die doop ‘n absolute noodsaaklikheid is vir redding en die vergifnis van sonde.

·         "The Boston Church of Christ teaches that when one initially receives Jesus Christ, one's response must include faith, repentance, confession, and water baptism. It teaches that apart from water baptism, one's sins are not forgiven" (The Issue of Water Baptism and the Boston Church of Christ, E. Bourland, P. Owen and P. Reid, p. 1).

 f. Hulle glo in die absolute gesag van die leiers in die Kerk.

‘n Leier genaam Baird het gesê: “If the leader commands one to do something, even if it is not "Christ-like," the member must submit!”

 Van die gewese volgelinge vertel die volgende:

·         Getroude lede word selfs voorgeskryf hoe gereeld hulle seks met hul huweliksmaats mag hê. (Time, 18 May 1992, p. 62).

·         Ekstreme beheer word op lede geplaas rakende verhouding met die teenoorgestelde geslag.

·         Lede mag slegs in verhoudings met ander lede uitgaan, maar mag nie vaste verhoudings aangaan. sonder toestemming van die leiers nie.

·         Lede mag nie trou, sonder die toestemming van die kerk nie.

·         Indien daar van lede verwag word om iets te doen, word dit as God se wil beskou.

·         Indien jou vriende of familie nie saamstem met jou betrokkenheid by die kerk nie, dan moet jy alle bande met hul verbreek.

·         Lede wat dit waag om die leier of die leringe van die kerk te bevraagteken word as geestelik swak afgemaak en met ewige verdoemenis gedrieg. Soos met ander kultusse word lede verbied om met “afvalliges” kontak te maak.

Hul hierargie sien as volg daaruit

·         Kip McKean, dan volg die ouderlinge, dan die evangeliste, dan sektor evangeliste, dan Zoneleiers, dan huisleiers, dan Bybelgespreksleiers, dan Dissipeleerders, dan die lede ook genoem die dissipels

 Sommige inligting verkry vanuit:

·         Dan Anderson, Steven Rauch & Rafael Martinez, Spiritwatch Ministries

·         Reveal.org

·         http://carm.org/synopsis-international-church-christ

·         http://www.apttoteach.org/Theology/Church/pdf/815_Church_of_Christ.pdf

 

Bronne wat u kan raadpleeg:

·         REVEAL. A Time To Speak: A Personal Journal of My Years in the Boston Movement.

·         Burks, Ron & Vicki. Damaged Disciples: Casualties of Authoritarian Churches and the Shepherding Movement. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1992.

·         Johnson, David and Jeff VanVonderen. The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse: Recognizing and Escaping Spiritual Manipulation and False Spiritual Authority Within the Church. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House, 1992

·         Yeakley, Flavil R., ed. The Discipling Dilemma. Nashville, TN: Gospel Advocate Press, 1988.

·         Appel, Willa. Cults in America: Programmed for Paradise. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1983.

·         Jones, Jerry. What Does the Boston Movement Teach? Volume 1. Bridgeton, Mo.: Mid-America Book and Tape

·         Sales, 1987.

·         Jones, Jerry. What Does the Boston Movement Teach? Volume II. Bridgeton, Mo.: Mid-America Book and Tape

·         Sales, 1990.

·         Jones, Jerry. What Does the Boston Movement Teach? Volume III. Bridgeton, Mo.: Mid-America Book and Tape Sales, 1993.

·         Sire, James W. Scripture Twisting: 20 Ways Cults Misread the Bible. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 1980

·         Daar is veel meer wat genoem kan word.

 

Die volgende artikel was op internet gepubliseer:

 

NEWS FLASH: Kip McKean Resigns!

The very foundations of the International Church of Christ have been rocked by the resignation of its founder and leader Kip McKean. McKean has resigned as supreme ICC leader because “my leadership in recent years has damaged both the Kingdom [ICC] and my family”, and “I take full responsibility for how my sins have spiritually weakened and embittered many in our churches”. Many suspect, of course, that the reasons given are probably a smoke screen designed to hide the primary shortcoming which has forced McKean to resign.

Kip McKean was the person on which the ICC was modelled on. Everybody wanted to be like Kip. (see quotes below). He is the originator of many of the foundation ICC practices and doctrines. Therefore, it is difficult to see how any ICC member can avoid asking himself or herself the hard question; if Kip was flawed all this time, and the ICC was based on Kip McKean, then doesn’t it follow that the ICC must be seriously flawed too?

“You can tell the spirit of a church the moment you walk in. I walk into a church, I know all I need to know about that minister. I walk into that church, and I know this is either a total reflection of this man’s life, or he has lived such an atrocious life before the Lord, that this is a rejection of his life. Let me tell you something, your church is going to be just like you. ” —Kip McKean, August, 1992: BOSTON LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, “THE SUPER CHURCH”

Current ICC members need to realize that the ICC is NOT the “Kingdom of God” as the ICC claims. ICC members can leave the ICC and still be saved. Current members need to seriously revaluate their involvement in the man made edifice that is called the International Church of Christ. They should not be fooled by the cosmetic damage controlling reorganizing of ICC leadership; the ICC in essence has not changed.

At Cultwatch we recommend that ICC members take a couple of months holiday from the ICC. During their time away they should diligently research the other side of the story, the side the ICC leadership do not want you to know. The links at the bottom of this page are a great place to start your research. Also you should read www.HowCultsWork.com

Leaving the ICC means you are no longer guilty of being a partner in it’s destructive practices. It means you can follow God instead of men. It means coming to understand that your salvation is not based on membership of a church, but rather on your status before God.

 

Hierdie mense is mense wat vasgevang is in verkeerde leer en is net soos sommige ander, mense wat nog nie die reddende genade van Jesus Christus ervaar het nie.  Hulle moet nie beskou word as 'n vyand wat vermy moet word nie, maar eerder as verlore mense oppad na 'n ewige verdoemenis, wat evangeliseer moet word

DIE WARE EVANGELIE VAN JESUS CHRISTUS - OPSOMMEND  

ROM 3:23 - Almal het gesondig, ook jy.                    

ROM 6:23 - Die ewige lewe is 'n vryegawe van God, ook vir jou.

ROM 5:8 - Omdat Jesus ons liefhet, het Hy aan die kruisgesterf en die prys vir ons sonde betaal.
ROM 10:9-10 - Glo met jou hart in Jesus en dat God Hom uit die dode opgewek het en bely dit met jou mond.
ROM 10:13- Vra die Here God om jou te red en Hy sal.
 

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