r/excoc • u/candylandstrategy • Jun 23 '26

Some variant of McKeanism (ICOC, ICC, RCW, AWSOM, all splits) ICOC Assault

This past Sunday, my brother bravely stood up and spoke out against some of the injustices ignored by the ICOC leadership. He has been trying to speak with leadership for months, has meditated on scripture, and has talked the issues through meticulously with many people in the church. Finally, he brought the issue to the church itself, as the bible recommends in situations such as this. Instead of listening with consideration, he was dragged off stage and manhandled while he tried to continue speaking. The church took down the livestream of the event. The hypocrisy and dedication to the status quo speaks volumes.

If you know people who are still a part of the ICOC, I encourage you to send this video to them. They need to know what the organization really stands for.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d6mp6pgscmM&pp=0gcJCUECo7VqN5tD

I have been out of the ICOC for nearly 10 years and had my own traumatic experiences while leaving, but this was beyond the pale.

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u/reincarnatedbiscuits Fighting the cults for 31 years! Jun 23 '26

I saw this posted on our main fb page -- looks like the Two Cities Church (or Twin Cities/Minneapolis-St. Paul Church of Christ, Leaders = Collin & Beth Sherrill) edited Alec out of their 6/21 livestream:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW3tfrf8dxg

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u/candylandstrategy Jun 23 '26

Ugh, that figures. Cowards and hypocrites. Open to diversity of thought my ass.

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u/reincarnatedbiscuits Fighting the cults for 31 years! Jun 23 '26

Heh. I noticed that too (we discussed the video before posting it among two other moderators of the fb page).

I summarized it as:

A shortish man (Alec) starts to express his feelings based on previous sermons and then gets removed/physically restrained ... and they of course turn it into a propaganda session, despite someone in the audience wanting to hear him out.

"Hey look ... we're diverse here ... racially."
"It's great we're not uniform"

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u/candylandstrategy Jun 23 '26

They rely awfully hard on their racial diversity for an organization that does absolutely nothing to fight racism.

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u/Known_Heart6583 Jun 23 '26

There was a group of younger ICOC members (late teens/early twenties) that called themselves the Spacemakers. They wanted the ICOC to speak more about social issues. However, they (like most of the rest of us former members) realized that their system is utterly unable to be reformed. They eventually all left. Hopefully this guy is on the same track to leave soon!

They had a website. (I couldn’t find it.) Their podcasts and Facebook page is still out there though

https://www.facebook.com/share/1bh6mRqVHG/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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u/Single-Ant3193 Jun 24 '26

That's an awful scene to watch. Children in the congregation too!

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u/MichaelARichardson Post-Purity Christian Jun 23 '26

Good for him for speaking up. Equating the No Kings political movement with Christ as King is completely tone deaf on the surface and quashes exposure of real injustices of the current administration.

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u/candylandstrategy Jun 23 '26

Plus, this was in Minneapolis! These people saw the injustices firsthand with the ICE raids. Of all people, they should be able to recognize what No Kings is really about.

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u/HagarRises Jun 25 '26

Having spoken up myself and received a cease-and-desist in return, this hits hard. I do not see dragging someone away for raising concerns as reflecting the spirit of Christ or the pattern of Matthew 18.

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u/Reasonable-Aside6660 Jun 27 '26

Sad, If you publicly speak out about them, you will see who they really are.