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churches were young and isolated from others in the Body of Christ. Now, over 30 years later, circumstances have changed. Churches are more stable and pastors are more mature. Those pastors have established life-long relationships with each other and are more united with other Christians in a world where the universal church is cooperating more than ever before. The GCC denominational organization, which has given stability to churches and built relational networks among pastors, has been like scaffolding to a permanent structure. Scaffolding is good—but temporary. The scaffolding of the GCC denominational organization will not be needed in the future.
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church organizations under Jesus Christ. Pastors in those churches will be encouraged to cooperate with each other and to participate in regional and national conferences. They were also urged to affiliate strategically with other Christians in the universal church to fulfill the Great Commission of Jesus Christ. Some churches may band together to form a new organization in the future and others may affiliate with other church associations. Regardless, we anticipate that the Biblical values promoted in GCC and the good relationships that have developed between pastors and between church members due to GCC’s work will continue.
407:. These 2 or 3 day events used singing, tract distribution, and sidewalk canvassing to draw crowds and spread the word. As the movement expanded, additional mission outreaches and training conferences took place. In the summer of 1973, nearly 1,000 people attended the movement's national conference. The conference was followed by the "blitzing" of fifteen new campuses and by the end of 1973, about 15 "works" had been established. In the late 1970s, selected newspapers, former members, and select watchdog groups began to publicly criticize the movement's practices. This continued into the 1980s and early 1990s. (See the 3908:"cults." ... Bernstein also invited a representative of the Cult Awareness Network, a nonprofit group that monitors what it considers cults, to speak. Nancy Howell, president of a chapter of the group, charged that LaRouche's National Labor Caucus and Great Commission International, a nonprofit religious organization with a congregation in Silver Springs, are groups that have "cultic" natures. ... Tom Short, a member of the board of trustees of the Great Commission congregation, said he believed his church had been unfairly "labeled as a cult by innuendo. In reality, all of the allegations . . . are untrue." 1792:
Association of Churches." (Today, the shortened name "Great Commission Churches" is used in public communications, in order to promote the central and historical vision of this movement.) ... In 2006 Great Commission Churches was clarified to be a membership association for US based churches and ministries only. The Great Commission Association (www.gcachurches.org) is a "right hand of fellowship" ministry to international churches and ministries which are united with Great Commission Churches in beliefs, values and in the mission of reaching the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to the whole world and to build New Testament churches (Matt. 28:19-20). For 50 years, God has worked through these churches to lead thousands to Christ and to equip hundreds of people to share the gospel. There are an estimated 260 churches in relational networks throughout the world that can be traced back to what began in 1970. We give Jesus Christ all the glory for this. This is the Lord’s doing and it is marvelous in our eyes (Ps. 118: 23).
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many of the concerns expressed by him in the past over aberrant teaching is "old news" and "no longer characterizes GCAC/GCM, at least not systemically," while acknowledging that concerns, expressed to him from 2000 to 2006 by members and former members, reveal "residual problems at least in individual churches and leaders. Furthermore, many of the old problems have still not been addressed fully or forthrightly."
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GCI along with its subsidiary, Great Commission Students, has been classified as a cult by the Cult-Awareness Network (CAN) and the American Family Foundation. Since the mid-seventies there have been complaints of GCI's authoritarian forms of mind control leaving members at the point of suicide or in
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In December 2011, Larry Pile released a statement of reconciliation. Pile stated that "GCC has resolved to my satisfaction all issues of concern" and he requested that "the past remain the past." Pile went on to say "I urge that current members and leaders of GCC be evaluated fairly, according to how
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However, the charge Great Commission has at any time in its history been a "cult" has been dismissed by Great Commission Churches. In addition, William Watson, a writer of the book "A Concise Dictionary of Cults and Religions" defended Great Commission. Watson wrote in a letter dated August 1, 1991,
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and Dennis Clark, it was formed to provide services such as publishing and fund raising for the developing association. That summer, GCI launched the first summer Leadership Training conference which attracted college students for a summer of intensive training in evangelism and discipleship. The LT
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Underlying even this basic fallacy of the "team church" was another more basic error, namely the "strategy" or "heavenly vision." ... A similar thing had happened within Great Commission International. In many of the churches associated with GCI the primary focus had been shifted off the full gospel
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the "Blitz", as it was known before being renamed "Great Commission International", was started when McCotter and William Taylor, a high school friend of McCotter's, began evangelizing on the University of Northern Colorado campus in the mid-1960s. ... McCotter preached that a goal of the church was
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In 1985, GCI undertook a mass outreach and expansion effort called Invasion '85. During this effort, teams were sent to 50 college campuses with a goal of starting new campus ministries. While many "works" were successfully established during Invasion '85, most of them did not continue. According to
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A bipartisan Montgomery County news conference held yesterday to discuss "fringe candidates" in the Sept. 9 primary erupted into a shouting match when a handful of candidates rebuked the Democratic and Republican leaders for raising religion as an issue in the election and labeling their beliefs as
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Taylor said when he and McCotter began evangelizing and proselyting at the University of Northern Colorado at Greeley in the mid 1960s, McCotter left Northern Colorado after two years. McCotter, in an earlier interview, said he also spent time at the University of Southern Colorado at Pueblo and at
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Third, we think this decision will help the next generation be more effective in advancing the gospel of Jesus Christ. Churches in GCC have a special calling to evangelism. This decision gives churches more flexibility as they affiliate strategically in proclaiming Christ in future years. Also, the
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In this Jubilee year since this church network began, the GCC Board took an action that we believe is part of God’s plan to advance the gospel of Jesus Christ. With the pastors’ affirmation, we voted to dissolve the present GCC organization by the end of 2020 or soon thereafter, leaving independent
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In 2002, ex-member Larry Pile said he would not refer to the movement as a cult, but instead as a "Totalist Aberrant Christian Organization". Pile believed the movement was "Christian because they hold orthodox beliefs", and yet "aberrant on secondary issues." In a 2006 statement, Pile stated that
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We thank God for the many people who have been influenced for Jesus Christ through GCC’s ministry. As the Board of the GCC organization, we have commended churches to God and to the word of His grace (Acts 20:32). As followers of Christ, we also look forward to uniting with each other and with all
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First, although our mission to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to the world is not finished, the work of the GCC denominational organization is complete. GCC was formed as a denominational organization in 1990 to serve a loose fellowship of independent churches based on college campuses. Those
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is a fellowship of churches in the Great Commission Association, which helps coordinate ministry activities in the U.S., including Great Commission Leadership Institute (GCLI), GCLI "Going Deeper" Regional conferences, Faithwalkers National Conferences, and national GCA Pastor's Conferences. GCM
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GCI continued to be scrutinized in some newspapers and by former members of the movement, and in 1985 several conferences were held with the purpose of helping former members of churches that were part of GCI "recover from the emotional and psychological damage they'd experienced" while in the
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The Great Commission church movement began in 1970 with a focus on planting and building churches that are devoted to Jesus Christ and to fulfilling the command given by Jesus to "Go and make disciples of all nations" (Matthew 28: 19, 20). ... In 1989 GCI changed its name to "Great Commission
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Great Commission Churches (GCC) is an organization that is part of the National Association of Evangelicals. The GCC organization was formed over 30 years ago to serve a relational network of independent churches that began on college campuses in 1970. The vision of these churches has been to
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churches. The Great Commission church movement began in the United States in 1970. Other associated organizations include Great Commission Ministries (GCM), Great Commission Latin America (GCLA), and Great Commission Europe (GCE). The movement has grown in size and scope through its focus on
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During the 1980s, a number of ministries and organizations were formed and then discontinued by the late 1980s in an attempt to "penetrate key centers of influence," including: Americans for Biblical Government, Great Commission Academy, Alpha Capital, THEOS (The Higher Education Opportunity
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In 1989, Great Commission International changed its name to the Great Commission Association of Churches (GCAC), and is known today as Great Commission Churches (GCC). Also in 1989, Great Commission Ministries (GCM), under the initial leadership of Dave Bovenmyer, was formed. Its aim was to
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In 1991, GCAC released a public statement acknowledging church error and weakness. In the statement, GCC clarified its position on many issues, and admitted responsibility for mistakes grouped into two categories; problems resulting from a "prideful attitude", and problems as "a result of a
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needs of each generation differ. Therefore, it is important that the leaders and the ministries that are formed to meet those needs be different. This decision provides future leaders a new organizational start so that they can more effectively reach the next generation for Jesus Christ.
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at Kansas City did not allow its facilities to be used by college students for religious meetings. In an 8–1 ruling, the United States Supreme Court stated that the First Amendment Establishment Clause did not require the university to limit the use of its facilities by religious groups.
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Second, this is more consistent with current reality. Each church in GCC is autonomous. Churches appoint and employ their own pastors and staff. Also, GCC owns no church buildings. Dissolving the GCC denominational organization is consistent with the reality that churches are truly
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Approximately 60 churches in the United States are affiliated with GCA, and approximately a dozen internationally in Europe, Asia and Latin America. Together these churches claimed over 43,000 members in 2005. According to a 2001 Ivy Jungle report as cited by John Schmalzbauer of
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And Jim and Barb McCotter and their family were a surprise, late addition. It was good to talk with them. Jim wrote, 'How my heart was blessed to hear each of you share what God put on your hearts this last week. I felt so unworthy... and so humbled... and at the same time so
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selected GCM as a test case to eliminate the common practice known as "deputation," (which allows non-profit mission organizations to raise funds for its activities, while allowing contributors to claim income tax deduction). The IRS reaffirmed GCM's non-profit status.
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In light of developments since 1994, Dr. Ronald Enroth no longer has concerns about Great Commission Churches. Dr. Paul Martin, director of Wellspring and a former member of GCI, is quoted extensively in the book and also notes his statements are now out of date.
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to "reach the world for Christ" within one generation. This strategy came to be known as the "Heavenly Vision", and was a cornerstone belief of the early movement. McCotter also believed that the Bible was instructing every Christian to emulate the actions of the
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the University of Maryland. ... In 1970 and 1971, according to some of McCotter's associates of the time, there was enough of a group to begin a "blitz movement", traveling in a school bus from campus to campus in the South and Midwest speaking and proselytizing.
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This decision was made after a long evaluation based on counsel from GCC pastors and from many Christian leaders, who are part of different types of Christian organizations with different sizes and structures. Here are the three main reasons for this decision.
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Two research papers critical of the movement were published between 1988 and 1995, as were three books that included the movement in its lists of "abusive Christian groups", one with a sequel which mentions dissatisfaction with the group's efforts. In a 1992
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political leaders that it was a concerted effort by GCI to enter the political arena. None of the GCI church members running for office were thought to have had prior political aspirations, yet many filed papers to run on the same day, June 30. In a
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within the movement. Regional and national conferences are attended by both leaders and members of churches in the movement. Conferences include Faithwalkers, Ignite, High School Leadership Training (HSLT), and National Pastor's Conferences.
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campus. According to McCotter, by the end of the first year 12 people had joined him, after 1966 there were thirty, and in the following years it "doubled and tripled." The movement eventually spread to other cities in Colorado, as well as
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article, GCI leaders denied formal involvement, stating that each person's decision to run was made independent of GCI leadership. On September 11, 1986, The Montgomery County Sentinel reported that none of the candidates won election.
709:-American missionary from Florida Bible College and directed by Nelson Guerra since 1981, a native Honduran and former president of the Honduran National Association of Evangelicals. As of 2007 it consisted of 25 member churches. 1530:. Great Commission Ministries Churches, as of 2012, is known as Collegiate Church Network (or Collegiate). It is a separate church network from Great Commission Churches. NCLF has dual membership in Collegiate and Ecclesia. See 456:
In late 1986, founder Jim McCotter announced his resignation from GCI, stating a desire to utilize his entrepreneurial abilities in an attempt to influence secular media for Christ. Two years later, McCotter moved to
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association of churches that started as a movement in 1965, though not generally recognized as a movement until 1970. The movement at first avoided any denominational affiliation, becoming known in the early 1970s as
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on the GCC website. This document serves to give insight into the continued criticisms of the movement, and specifically those against Jim McCotter. Hopler does not believe the criticisms stand up to examination.
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was founded as the subsidiary campus and international mission agency for Great Commission Association of Churches, and began to serve other organizations without a mission agency of their own beginning in 2006.
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that the movement was a cult, stating that CAN was the avowed enemy of anyone who claimed to have a life-changing experience and implying that Gulick had not looked into GCI with an open mind as had his mother.
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of Jesus Christ and onto the "strategy" propagated first by founder Jim McCotter, and then by his disciples, the current board of directors of the movement, and the pastors of local GCI churches.
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The below list of ministries and churches is out of date as of the dissolution of the GCC in 2020 but was an accurate partial list of associated ministries and churches before the dissolution.
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According to GCC, "During the late 1980s and early 1990s a concerted effort was made to reach out to people who felt that they had been hurt by GCI and its churches. At the initial urging of
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The largest financial supporters of Great Commission Ministries are individual donors. In 2002, 92% of GCM's income came from contributions of this nature. GCM missionaries are required to
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GCM is a member ministry of the Great Commission Association of Churches (GCAC) based in Columbus, Ohio, and acts as the international missions organization of GCAC.
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Michael D. Langone (1995). "Recovery from Cults: Help for Victims of Psychological and Spiritual Abuse". W. W. Norton & Company; New Ed edition (June 1995).
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In 1981, a freedom of religion case was won by the student group of a church (Cornerstone) which was a part of the Great Commission Church movement. The
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they teach and live out their faith in the present." Along with Pile's statement, GCC released an account of the reconciliation process on its website.
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was a member of Great Commission Ministries Churches in 2007. Ecclesia Church Network which claims NCLF as a member, was founded the summer after the
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As someone who has experienced the Great Commission Students (GCS) from the inside, it pleased me to read Sue Ferrera's column warning against cults.
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Marching To Zion: A Personal History and Analysis of the “Blitz Movement” aka Great Commission Association of Churches By Lawrence A. Pile
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100% of their support goal, which includes base salary, benefits, and ministry expenses. Twelve percent of all funds raised goes toward
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Jim McCotter: "I had one suitcase and- over a hangup bag, and $ 400 dollars in my pocket, and that was all I started with back in 1965."
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As of 1994, many former members felt the Weakness Statement was not enough or that it left out other concerns, according to
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and has not since attended a church affiliated with the movement, with the exception of the 2003 Faithwalkers conference.
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MARCHING TO ZION: A Personal History and Analysis of the "Blitz Movement" aka Great Commission Association of Churches
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MARCHING TO ZION: A Personal History and Analysis of the "Blitz Movement" aka Great Commission Association of Churches
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Martin J. Butz (1991). "An inquiry into the paradox of aberrant Christian churches: orthodoxy without orthopraxy".
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Tom Short (1988-04-21). "Setting Great Commission's record straight". The Diamondback (University of Maryland).
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practices, and some accounts quoted former members and cult researchers who accused the movement's leaders of "
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Service), Communication Forum, and Students for Origins Research. A campus ministry similar to the current
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GCC publishes the periodical "Faithwalkers Journal" and other doctrinal papers, written principally by
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GCAC Executive Director John Hopler. "GCLI Document, Church History: Great Commission". Columbus, OH.
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The Great Commission Churches (GCC) released a statement of dissolution on July 13, 2020, labeled
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Early members believed they were returning to the lost lifestyle of the first century Christians.
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non-denominational churches where pastors have close friendships with pastors in other churches.
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McCotter dropped out of college to focus on ministry full-time, and was planning to move down to
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In March 1978, the first public criticism of the movement and its practices was reported by the
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GCAC, and its associated bodies, is a member of several evangelical organizations including the
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Maria Agrelo (July–August 1973). "Have Bible-will travel". Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State Lantern.
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misapplication or misinterpretation of Scripture." Issues discussed in the statement include:
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On April 21, 1988, "The Diamondback" published an article by GCI's National Student Director,
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Christians as we together proclaim His gospel to the whole world. To God be all the glory.
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The Rock worship team at Curtiss Hall on the Iowa State campus. Photographer: Kirsten Hill
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in the 1970s and 1980s, the movement started several magazines and newspapers, including
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and abusive religion recovery center, was formed by several ex-members of the movement.
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GCAC, "team members were not properly trained nor were they given adequate support."
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missionaries Steve and Danelle Nelson have written for Great Commission Churches'
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In September 2010, John Hopler, Director of Great Commission Churches, posted an
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At this point in GCAC history, its churches claimed approximately 5,000 members.
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The statement also listed steps taken, or to be taken, to correct these issues.
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The Great Commission Association of Churches (GCAC) is the current name of an
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program continues today under the leadership of Great Commission Ministries.
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Failing to distinguish between a command, and principle, and preference.
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is a regional association of North American GCA churches, spanning from
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to have the gospel heard throughout the world within a generation.
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In 1983, Great Commission International (GCI) was formed. Led by
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to continue his efforts; however, in 1967, at the height of the
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John Hopler (Herschel Martindale, guest speaker) (2006-12-30).
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Great Commission Latin America's official website, in Spanish
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An "elitist attitude" towards other Christian organizations.
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In 1986, 12 members of a GCI church ran for state office in
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McCotter, whose family's religious background was with the
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Campus Fellowship (Alive), Walnut Creek Community Church (
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articles have also been written by GCM staff and members.
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GCC has several regional subsidiaries as well, including
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in the United States and abroad. GCC is a member of the
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Tom Short, 'Setting Great Commission's record straight'
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In 1989, the GC's campus ministry was banned from the
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Student religious organizations in the United States
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STATEMENT FROM THE GREAT COMMISSION CHURCHES BOARD.
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The Record (Wheaton, Illinois). 1988-12-02. 3326:"Ex-members label GCI a coercive environment" 2792:"Member Profile: Great Commission Ministries" 2427:. Great Commission Ministries. Archived from 1342:The Rock @ COD, Glen Arbor Community Church ( 8: 3620:. Group Magazine. March 1992. Archived from 3116:"Bible Study plays role in mental breakdown" 2727:"Collegiate Church Network partner ministry" 2284:"Great Commission Ministries : History" 2079:Church planting and the 'ordinary' Christian 1938:. Des Moines Sunday Register. Archived from 938:, a former leader of the movement, in 1993. 363:attended and began sharing his faith at the 34: 4887:Christian organizations established in 1970 4382:Great Commission Churches' official website 3774:. Great Commission Churches. Archived from 3649:. Great Commission Churches. Archived from 2964:. Christians United to Remedy Error (CURE). 2469:. Great Commission Churches. Archived from 2444:. Great Commission Churches. Archived from 2402:. 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Des Moines Sunday Register. 1978-11-26. 1045:Authoritarian and insensitive leadership. 318:, a church model he believed no existing 4802:Evangelical Friends Church International 4520:Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches 1377:Grace at State, Grace Community Church ( 770:existed prior to 1989 under the name of 57:Great Commission Association of Churches 4536:Church of the United Brethren in Christ 4419:GCM Dad Support Group and Monthly Email 3938:"Great Commission gets into politics". 3386:. Toronto Globe & Mail. 1989-09-27. 2837:"GCC : About : Relationships" 2467:"2006 Pastors' And Leaders' Conference" 1546: 1516: 1356:The Rock, Stonebrook Community Church ( 705:founded in 1974 by Daniel B. Sierra, a 4766:Every Nation Churches & Ministries 4035: 4024: 3854: 3843: 3815: 3804: 3694: 3683: 3509: 3498: 3472: 3461: 3419: 3408: 3224:. Towson (Md.) Towerlight. 1985-05-09. 3165:. Columbus (Ohio) Lantern. 1982-10-11. 3093:. Exodus International. Archived from 2886:. Faithwalkers Journal. 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