the person unsaved."For a long time in the Church of Christ... [people] were taught... the five point plan ofsalvation -- hear, believe, repent, confess, and be baptized.... I believe an essential elementhas not been emphasized in the area of repentance.... We need to get it straight, who is acandidate for baptism. It is the individual who is a disciple... There has become an innatedoctrinal difference, but they [the mainline Churches of Christ] don't recognize it becauseit looks like a methodology." -- Kip McKean Perfectly United 1987 Boston Women's Retreat"I taught what was clear in Acts 11:26: SAVED = CHRISTIAN = DISCIPLE, simplymeaning that you cannot be saved and you cannot be a true Christian without being adisciple also. I taught that, to be baptized, you must first make the decision to be adisciple, and then be baptized.... I taught that their baptism was invalid because aretroactive understanding of repentance and baptism was not consistent with Scripture." -- Kip McKean Revolution through Restoration Discipleship Magazine, April 1992 It believes that the Great Commission of Christ, as stated in Matthew 28:18-20, appliesequally to all believers and mandates that each member engage in aggressive, activeproselytizing ("evangelism") as their primary personal responsibility before God. Theyalso believe that proselytizing non-members is the primary responsibility of the church as awhole.Based also on Matthew 28:18-20, the ICC believes in a system of discipling, which meansthat every member is assigned another member as a mentor, to whom he/she reports,confesses sin, and which he/she is expected to obey and emulate."To not have a discipleship partner is to be rebellious to God and to the leadership of thiscongregation.... The person that you are discipling must believe, must trust, that you areout for God and their best interest. Because, you see,...
