The International Church of Christ acknowledges the textual-critical reality that Mark 16:9-20 is absent from the earliest Greek manuscripts. However, the message of Christ's resurrection and the Great Commission is clearly affirmed throughout the New Testament. The ICC does not stress the textual question but focuses on the substance: Christ is risen, and believers are commissioned to proclaim the gospel to all nations.

Whether Mark's longer ending is original or not, its content harmonizes with the apostolic witness. The ICC's emphasis on mission and the resurrection of Christ is grounded in the totality of Scripture, not dependent on the authenticity of any single passage.