Thomas "Kip" McKean (born May 31, 1954) is a Christian preacher. He is currently the minister of the City of Angels International Christian Church and the World Missions Evangelist of the Sold-Out Discipling Movement, also known as International Christian Churches organization". He is a former minister of the International Churches of Christ. .^[1]

The son of an admiral, McKean was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is purportedly named after his ancestor Thomas McKean, signer of the Declaration of Independence. McKean married Havana born Elena Garcia-Bengochea on December 11, 1976. She is presently the Women's’ Ministry Leader in the City of Angels International Christian Church. They have three children, Olivia, Sean and Eric. Olivia Mckean left her father's church and lives in Europe. ^{[2] [3]}

McKean was baptized into Christ in 1972 while a freshman at the University of Florida in Gainesville. His mentor, Charles H. "Chuck" Lucas, was the evangelist of the 14th Street Church of Christ, part of the mainstream Churches of Christ, a 19th Century movement with aspirations toward a return to "First Century Christianity" as practiced in the New Testament. The church moved into a larger building with a new name, the Crossroads Church of Christ, and, through an aggressive student-based evangelism program Lucas had established, they made many new converts (along with a number of community and campus detractors) as its membership quickly grew. In 1975, McKean left Gainesville to be the campus minister for Northeastern Christian College, located near Philadelphia as part of a campus ministry program called "Campus Advance". Then in 1975 McKean was hired as a campus minister by the Heritage Chapel Church of Christ in Charleston, Illinois where he had great success in growing a college ministry at Eastern Illinois University. McKean became head of the Lexington (Massachusetts) Church of Christ in 1979 and carried on Lucas' brand of church ministry that focused on evangelism and campus ministry. The church grew rapidly and later changed its name to the Boston Church of Christ.

After separating from the Crossroads Church of Christ, the Boston church expanded its influence among other Churches of Christ, becoming known as "the Boston Movement" and, eventually, the International Churches of Christ, with McKean and his wife Elena considered the highest authority within the hierarchy of the movement.^{[citation needed]} Shortly thereafter, they separated from the mainline Churches of Christ.^{[citation needed]} In 1990, the McKeans moved to Los Angeles to lead the Los Angeles Church of Christ, where they presided over the rapid growth of the ICOC throughout the 1990s.^[4]

Since 2005, the congregations under Kip McKean's leadership have formalized their names, all using "International Christian Church".^[5] This group under Kip McKean's influence is known as the SoldOut Discipling Movement".^{[citation needed]} In October 2006, Ron and Tracy Harding planted the City of Angels International Christian Church. McKean moved to Los Angeles in April of 2007 to lead the congregation which would become the flagship church of the new movement. ^[6]

In August 2008, a large part of the Portland church broke away from McKean's "New Movement" and "extended the hand of fellowship" to the ICOC.^[7]. Immediately following the decision, 13 of the approx 200 members, lead by Ron and Tracy Harding (the founders of the City of Angels church), formed the Portland International Christian Church (PICC^[8]). SInce this time, the Portland ICOC church has continued to shrink and the leaders(Johnsons) have sought after work in Las Vegas and in other cities. During this time the PICC has grown to almost 100 members and is growing and evangelizing the city. Services have reached as many as 260 people.

• Churches of Christ
• International Churches of Christ
• Restoration Movement

• KipMcKean.org, Official Website of Kip McKean

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