Iglesia de Cristo (Mexican high-control variants)
Generic name covers many Mexican Christian denominations. The CLCI applies to specific high-control sub-currents documented in Mexican press, particularly some independent Pentecostal congregations with documented severance and financial-extraction patterns.
CLCI radar
BITE breakdown
0 — generic name covers many Mexican Christian congregations; CLCI applies to specific high-control sub-currents.
Profile facts
In context
Mexico has many denominations sharing the 'Iglesia de Cristo' name. Most are non-coercive. The CLCI applies to specific high-control sub-currents documented by Mexican investigative journalism, particularly independent Pentecostal congregations with charismatic founders.
Key control doctrines
- Specific charismatic founder's interpretation
Recovery resources
See the full curated list at /resources.
Evidence by BITE axis
- Substantial donations in high-control variants
- Specific founder's teaching authoritative
- Insider/outsider framing
- Severance from departing members in high-control variants
Timeline
- 20th c.Various Iglesia de Cristo congregations established
Sources
- Mexican investigative journalism (various) search ↗
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Change history
Substantive edits logged per the score-updates policy.
- 2026-05-20Source-density flags derived from existing free-text sources[]: investigative journalism. Heuristic auto-flag; subsequent editorial pass will populate structuredSources[] with reliability tiers.
- 2026-05-20Score band scheme migrated from 4 bands to 5 (Minimal 0–5 / Low 6–12 / Moderate 13–20 / High 21–30 / Extreme 31–40). No CLCI value changed; the new Minimal band was carved out of the bottom of the previous Low band.
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