Dates - Modern

Question 1

Reformation Movement – Luther, Calvin and Zwingli

Answer 1

1500’s

Question 2

First Great Awakening – John & Charles Wesley (Methodism)

Answer 2

1700’s

Question 3

Second Great Awakening or the Restoration, Stone/Campbell, Christian Connection Movement. By 1900’s it had split into Disciples of Christ, Churches of Christ and Conservative Christian Churches.

Answer 3

1800’s

Question 4

Churches of Christ called by some: “The fastest growing church in America”

Answer 4

1950’s

Question 5

Bill Bright initiates Campus Crusade at UCLA.

Answer 5

1951

Question 6

Churches of Christ imitate Campus Crusade with Campus Advance starting at 14th St COC. Chuck Lucas chosen to lead it, new concepts like “soul talks”, “counting the cost” at baptism, “buddy system” called “prayer partners” were innovations. Campus ministers raised up and went to Mainline churches forming the “Crossroads Movement” or “Total Commitment Movement”.

Answer 6

1967

Question 7

Kip McKean is baptized at the 14th Street Church of Christ.

Answer 7

1972

Question 8

Elena Garcia-Bengochea (McKean) is baptized at the Crossroads Church of Christ.

Answer 8

1973

Question 9

Kip marries Elena and they serve as the Campus Ministry Leaders for Heritage Chapel Church of Christ at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois. Starting with 7 students they went to 300 in three years.

Answer 9

1976

Question 10

McKeans go to Lexington COC which eventually is renamed Boston COC. “30 would-be-disciples in the Gempel’s living room” Friday, June 1, _____ These men and women went all around the world. Boston was different because everyone was totally committed.

Answer 10

1979

Question 11

Chuck Lucas resigns from the ministry leaving the Crossroads Campus Ministries without any direction. By this year, Boston had planted Chicago, London, New York City and Toronto.

Answer 11

1985

Question 12

Over 2,000 “remnant” young people move to Boston and her plantings from the Crossroads Campus Ministries.

Answer 12

1985-88

Question 13

Half of Crossroads Ministries undergo reconstruction (call to discipleship) from Boston movement. Around half generally answer the call, and it causes Crossroads to Disfellowship the Boston Movement.

Answer 13

1987-90

Question 14

World Sector Leaders are selected formally forming a Central Leadership for the Boston Movement. The Mainline Churches of Christ “disfellowshipped” the Boston Movement because
of this new central government.

Answer 14

1988

Question 15

McKeans move to LA to encourage the young planting. It grows from 154 disciples to 10,000 disciples by 2001.

Answer 15

1990

Question 16

Moscow is planted by the McKeans and 850 are baptized the first year.

Answer 16

1991

Question 17

The Boston Movement grows to 142 congregations in 53 nations. The Evangelization Proclamation is written, which pledges the movement to plant discipling churches in every nation with a city of at least 100,000 in population. The name “International Churches of Christ”
is adopted by all Boston Movement Churches.

Answer 17

1994

Question 18

The Evangelization Proclamation is fulfilled – 392 churches in 171 nations.

Answer 18

2000

Question 19

McKeans go on Sabbatical and never make another decision for the ICOC.

Answer 19

2001

Question 20

The November Long Beach Unity Meeting formally sends the ICOC back to Mainline Theology. In fact, signaling this change in doctrine, most ICOC churches change their name to Church of Christ. For example: The “Denver International Church of Christ” changes its name to become the “Denver Church of Christ.”

Answer 20

2002

Question 21

In February, the “Kreite Letter” decimates the ICOC and the Mckeans are fired in April. In July, they went to Portland
Oregon to a church that went from 300 to 26.

Answer 21

2003

Question 22

The Portland Church is revived more than any other ICOC church. It becomes the fastest growing and “remnant” go to Portland from 26 different states. At the second Portland Jubilee in August, Mckean “calls out the remnant”. In September, a letter signed by 65 Evangelists and Elders was called “Our Concern for All The Churches”, then another by 85 Evangelists and Elders “disfellowships” the McKeans.

Answer 22

2005

Question 23

McKeans opposed helping Hilo with Kyle and Joan Bartholomew. In October, they saw “no remedy” and the Portland brothers announced a new movement: Portland movement or the Sold-Out Discipling Movement. It is then named the International Christian Church

Answer 23

2006

Question 24

The McKeans plant the City of Angels International Christian Church with 42 “sold-out” disciples from Portland.

Answer 24

2007

Question 25

The Central Leadership Council is selected by the McKeans.

Answer 25

2008

Question 26

The Crown of Thorns Project becomes the rallying plan for the SoldOut Movement to evangelize the nations in this generation.

Answer 26

2009

Question 27

The City of Angels Church has daily baptisms and over 1,000 in attendance every Sunday.
(Acts 2:47)

Answer 27

2013

Question 28

World Sector Leaders are selected by the McKeans replacing the Central Leadership Council.

Answer 28

2014

Question 29

Presently, the Sold Out Movement has expanded in eight years to 59 churches in 28 nations.

Answer 29

2015