CRI has received many requests for information about Gene Scott. We can here only indicate what some major problems are and suggest a tentative evaluation. Gene Scott (Ph.D., Stanford) is a very intelligent minister in the Assemblies of God tradition. He gained a reputation as a troubleshooter and fund raiser in the early 1970’s; when [...]

This article first appeared in Forward (now renamed the Christian Research Journal) volume8, number1 (1985) as a companion to the feature article “A New Reformation? The Faulty Gospel of Robert Schuller,” by JosephP.Gudel. For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org Born in 1926 to an Iowan family of [...]

This article first appeared in Forward (now renamed the Christian Research Journal) volume8, number1 (1985). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org “Why would any Christian write an article criticizing Dr.Schuller? Isn’t this being negative? Isn’t this being unloving?” These and similar questions are raised automatically by many [...]

SUMMARY The Boston Church of Christ or Boston movement is a dynamic, controversial international church movement with roots in the Churches of Christ. Like the Churches of Christ, the Boston movement teaches that baptism is necessary for salvation. Unlike those churches, it has practiced an authoritarian form of discipleship. The biblical proof texts the movement [...]

Officials at Washington University in St. Louis have ordered campus police to arrest St. Louis Church of Christ recruiters as trespassers if they enter the campus again. The action came after universi­ty officials determined that the group’s recruiting practices violat­ed campus regulations, accord­ing to the September 21, 1990 St. Louis Post-Dispatch. University officials said that [...]

This article first appeared in the News Watch column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 26, number 1 (2003). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org After nearly a quarter century of worldwide growth and notoriety, the International Churches of Christ (ICOC), known in its early years as [...]

CRI seldom publishes critiques of established Christian denominations which adhere to the essential teachings of the Bible. Normally we prefer to limit our published critiques to cults, heresies circulating among Christians, and controversial new Christian movements. However, the many questions we receive concerning the Churches of Christ, along with the related movements of the independent [...]