Churches of Christ
Autonomous Christian congregations
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| December 2024 | Lawsuits against ICOC were refiled in the Superior Court in Los Angeles, California (State Court). |
| March 2024 | The ICOC reported having 112,000 members. |
| July 2023 | The federal lawsuits are voluntarily dismissed, and similar lawsuits are filed in the Superior Court in Los Angeles, California. |
| July 2023 | The initial federal lawsuits were voluntarily dismissed at the request of the plaintiffs. |
| July 2023 | Federal lawsuits against ICOC were voluntarily dismissed without prejudice at the request of the plaintiffs. |
| 2022 | Most ICOC congregations begin conversations about racial inclusion, diversity, and justice, though significant structural changes remain limited. |
| 2022 | Multiple US federal lawsuits were filed against ICOC and International Christian Churches, alleging sexual abuse coverup and exploitation of members between 1987 and 2012. |
| 2021 | The Religion Media Centre noted that the ICOC's discipling system and university campus activities made it one of the more controversial new Christian groups in the UK. |
| 2021 | Many local ICOC churches establish their own SCUAD groups, though facing some member backlash regarding discussions of racism. |
| 2020 | ICOC banned from operating at multiple Australian universities, with the UNSW Lions group repeatedly renaming itself to maintain campus presence. |
| November 15 2019 | Doug Burleson and Kyle Pope held an informal series of reconciliation discussions at Freed-Hardeman University's Renaissance Center in Dickson, Tennessee, exploring Biblical principles of benevolence, treasuries, and institutions in an attempt to bridge differences between non-institutional and mainstream Churches of Christ. |
| October 2019 | Truth Magazine and Gospel Advocate published six articles discussing Biblical questions surrounding institutionalism, with Doug Burleson and Kyle Pope each contributing three articles to the dialogue. |
| 2017 | ICOC forms SCUAD (Social, Cultural, Unity and Diversity) organization to champion racial conversation, education, and action among ICOC churches. |
| 2012 | Alleged end of the period of sexual abuse and financial exploitation by ICOC leaders, as claimed in federal lawsuits. |
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