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The International Church of Christ Campus Ministry Web site is located at www.hereamisendme.net
- July 2008 Unanswered Prayers: The Story of One Woman Leaving the International Church of Christ - by Drew Bratcher, Washingtonian Magazine, Washington, DC (Photos of Jenny Hunter included.)
- The article above is currently being discussed on the ICC Discussion forum - July 16, 2008
A straight-A senior at Georgetown went to a Bible-study group. But the promise of heaven wound up turning her life into hell...
...Not long after joining the International Church of Christ, Jenny Hunter stood on Key Bridge considering whether suicide was better than life as a church disciple...
...The church recruited on college campuses...
...In January 2006, a year after returning home, Jenny entered Wellspring, a cult-recovery center in Ohio...In her two weeks at Wellspring, she found people who understood what had happened to her....
...She has also started a nonprofit, the Alliance for Cult Recovery & Education, to inform college students about cults...
- July 7, 2008 2008 ICMC Report: "We're Back" by Roger Lamb - Disciples Today, International Churches of Christ
"We're back!" was the common phrase describing the gathering of 1,500 students from the International Churches of Christ on the LSU campus in Louisiana for the 2008 International Campus Ministry Conference...
- October 12, 2007 Professor warns that cults may target students, Janna Brancolini, Daily Trojan, University of Southern California
...As part of Parents Weekend, the USC Department of Sociology presented "Sects in the City: Protecting Your Children from Cults" ...with the aim of educating parents about how to help their children avoid cult recruitment techniques.
"Cults are known to recruit on college campuses," said the presenter, Doni Whitsett, a professor in the School of Social Work and an independent clinician...
...groups on and around USC's campus - including ... the Los Angeles Church of Christ - have been accused of cult activity in the past...
...Los Angeles Church of Christ ... a branch of the International Church of Christ...
- Read Comments On Article Above, Daily Trojan
- October 18, 2007 Cult Article Unfairly Targets Los Angeles Church of Christ, Letter to the Editor, Daily Trojan, University of Southern California
Rabbi Susan LaemmleDean of Religious Life
Revd. Elizabeth DavenportSenior Associate Dean of Religious Life
...If it comes to the notice of the Office of Religious Life that a grouphas violated the terms of the Ethical Framework, prompt action is taken to rectify the situation, and if any students feel that a religious group is making unreasonable demands on them, the deans of Religious Life strongly encourage them to come and talk about it.
- April 14, 2006 Colleges consider stressing danger of pressure groups, by Cristina Silva, Globe Staff, Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts
...college officials say they view most of these groups as high-pressure organizations akin to cults. The groups have a history of recruiting vulnerable students and then alienating them from their parents and classmates. They say that the groups, many of which were banned from schools more than a decade ago, resurfaced on campuses this year...
...The Boston Church of Christ, which was founded in Lexington in 1979, and the LaRouche Youth Movement, a political group founded by former presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche, are the two groups appearing most often on local campuses, officials said.
The groups are considered high-pressure organizations because they have been accused of using strong-arm tactics to recruit and keep members...
- February 22, 2006 Speaker warns students of cults actively recruiting on campuses, By Angela Haupt, Collegian Staff Writer, Digital Collegian, Pennsylvania State University
Cult awareness educator Ronald Loomis warned students...
...Loomis -- a former Cornell University director of unions and activities who has studied cults for 35 years and speaks at colleges across the country -- said the International Churches of Christ (ICOC) is the most active cult at Penn State.
"ICOC is one of the most active cults not only at Penn State, but on campuses across the country," he said. "It was present when I was here four years ago, and I confirmed today that it still is."...
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- Names used on campus by the International Church of Christ include:
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A list of names from around the world
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Ex-Bostonian Remembers
I remember Kip & Elena and the beginnings of this church in the 80's. A dear friend of mine belonged and I believe is still a part of it today.
Kip struck ...
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