The International Churches of Christ

Movement·Founded 1979 CE·About 112,000 members in roughly 700 congregations across 147 or 148 nations, on the movement's own March 2024 reporting; its own site gives 107,000 in 767 congregations for a slightly different date. Membership peaked at about 135,000 in 2002 and fell after the 2003 crisis. All figures are self-reported and there is no independent audit.

Judaism → Christianity → Catholicism → Protestantism → The Restoration Movement (Churches of Christ) → The International Churches of Christ

Branch

How to Live

the ethic — what it asks of a life
Count the cost — and the cost was specified. Before baptism a candidate is taught what discipleship will require, in concrete terms: evangelism quotas in practice if not in doctrine, expected attendance, giving including special contributions of many weeks' income, and submission to a discipler. The movement regarded ordinary church membership as a comfortable lie. Go deeper — context →
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