e nothing new, even if the old is afailure...." -- Gordon Ferguson Progressive Revelation Boston Bulletin, May 1988 Both believe in one Church, and hold that denominations and sects are sinful and not ofGod. Unlike the mainline Churches of Christ, the ICC also believes that there should beonly one church per city or town in order not to destroy the unity of the Church. Becauseof this, there are never two ICC-affiliated churches in a single city or town. Finally, theICC sees itself as the "remnant" of God's people -- it believes that the ICC IS Christ'sChurch in "this generation." It no longer views the mainline Churches of Christ as truechurches."If you are not in a discipling ministry, you need to move to one. Why do you resist thespirit and not move?... God is trying to forge a remnant.... There are divisions between usand the mainline church becase, as it says in 1 Corinthians 11, there has got to be divisionsso they can show which ones of us has God's approval." -- Kip McKean Why Do You Resist the Spirit? 1987 World Missions Seminar, Boston"This church [the Boston Church of Christ] is truly the Jerusalem of God's modern daymovement." -- Kip McKean McKean Becomes Mission Evangelist Boston Bulletin, June 26, 1988 Both believe that a person must be baptized by immersion for forgiveness of sins in orderto be saved, and both practice baptism of adults only -- they do not baptize infants orchildren who have not reached "the age of understanding". The ICC has a unique teaching,though, that a person must be "baptized as a disciple" in order to be saved. This means thata person must have what the ICC views as the correct understanding of baptism at the timeof baptism, must have fully repented of their sins, and must have committed to living as adisciple of Christ, prior to baptism, or the baptism is invalid and ...
