Awesome Families: The Promise of Healing Relationships in the International Churches of Christ

Denounced by some as a dangerous cult and lauded by others as a miraculous faith community, the International Churches of Christ was a conservative evangelical Christian movement that grew rapidly in the 1980s and 1990s.

Among its followers, promises to heal family relationships were central to the group's appeal. Members credit the church for helping them develop so—called "awesome families"—successful marriages and satisfying relationships with children, family of origin, and new church "...