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Thomas "Kip" McKean (born May 31, 1954) is a Christian preacher, religion reformer, a formerly influential leader in the Boston Church of Christ, which evolved into an organization known as the International Churches of Christ. Currently he is the minister of the Portland International Church of Christ.

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 Womens’ Ministry Leader in the Portland International Church of Christ. They have three children, Oliva, Sean and Eric. [1]

McKean became head of the Lexington (Massachusetts) Church of Christ in 1979 and introduced a brand of church ministry that focused on evangelism. The church grew rapidly and soon became the Boston Church of Christ. The Boston church then expanded its influence among other Churches of Christ, becoming known as "the Boston Movement", with McKean and his wife Elena considered the highest authority within the hierarchy of the movement. 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.

In 2001, after internal questioning of his leadership, Kip McKean announced that he was taking a sabbatical to focus on "marriage and family issues." In 2002, the McKeans announced their resignations as head of the Los Angeles church.

A year later in 2003 they moved to Portland, Oregon to lead the Portland International Church of Christ, where they remain as leaders today. In 2005 Kip McKean is separate from Reformed & Progressive ICOC congregations.

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• Portland International Church of Christ, currently led by Kip McKean and now separate from Reformed & Progressive ICOC congregations.
• UpSideDown21, Portland ICOC website in eight languages
• RightCyberUp Recovery from the (Portland) International Churches of Christ

Letters to Kip

• International Churches of Christ "Brothers Letter" To Kip McKean October 2005 ICC Divides: Core Separating from Kip McKean Faction
• Honest to God: Revolution Through Repentance and Freedom in Christ By an ICOC leader Henry Kriete February 2, 2003
• Brothers' Statement to Kip McKean 2005
• Phoenix Letter 2005
• Kip McKean Marked for Divisiveness by Los Angeles Church 2006

Portland movement:

• Toronto Church
• Central New York Church of Christ
• Chicago International Church of Christ

Criticism:

• 20/20 TV Show WMV
• What is McKeanism? A summary of characteristics that illustrate “McKeanism”
• "Reveal" organization by former members for critical information on Kip McKean and the former Boston movement.
• ICOC Blogspot Tracks topics from the various ICOC discussion sites.
• ICOC discussion forum Discussion of the beliefs and practices of the controversial International Churches of Christ
• KipMcKean.com Unofficial information about Kip McKean from an ex ICOC-member.