Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Calvary Baptist Church (Manhattan, New York)
Note: I admit that I sincerely dislike the philosophy espoused by several of the better-known ministers of this congregation, but  is still ). This church received significant and independent coverage in "Frank Leslie's Sunday magazine, Volume 13" in 1883 http://books.google.com/books?id=p8gRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA53&dq=%22A.+D.+Gillette%22+%22calvary+baptist%22&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=%22A.%20D.%20Gillette%22%20%22calvary%20baptist%22&f=false.  An early pastor. A.D. Gilette, was later the chaplain of those executed for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln http://books.google.com/books?id=eN4A7rNCoScC&pg=PA194&dq=%22A.+D.+Gillette%22+%22calvary+baptist%22&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=%22A.%20D.%20Gillette%22%20%22calvary%20baptist%22&f=false. John D. Rockefeller attended the church and JDR Jr taught Bible class in 1914, while they and the church were under assault by anarchists http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C00EFDD1E3AE733A2575BC2A9619C946596D6CF, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=950DE3DA113FE633A25752C0A9609C946596D6CF. The "http://books.google.com/books?id=meIpAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA335&dq=%22Joseph+W.+Kemp%22+%22calvary+baptist%22&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=%22Joseph%20W.%20Kemp%22%20%22calvary%20baptist%22&f=false Lutheran Witness" of 1917, quotes from an interview in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, surely a reliable source and obviously independent of the Baptist denomination, heartily endorsed the criticism of then Pastor Kemp of Calvary Baptist against "social dancing," wherein a "degenerate" man puts his right arm around a woman's waist and holds her right hand with his left, while they execute the "two step," a "deadly danger" to the morality of society. Calvary was the pulpit from which a very noted fundamentalist minister, John Roach Straton preached and had national influence for many years. He fearlessly walked through the redlight district and shocked the Sunday morning flock with reports of what he had observed. See http://books.google.com/books?id=kSYEimXlgn4C&pg=PA34&dq=Manhattan+%22Calvary+Baptist+Church%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=Manhattan%20%22Calvary%20Baptist%20Church%22&f=false"Satan in the Dance Hall: Rev. John Roach Straton, Social Dancing, and Morality in 1920s New York City (2008). Page 34 says that in 1923 Time (magazine) reported on the "notorious squabble" among the church's board of trustees as they tried to tone down Straton's fundamentalist and moralist stridency, such as railing against "social dancing." He and the church were covered in Time magazine again in 1928 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,881225,00.html. The church was the base for his campaign against dancing, covered on the front page of the New York Times. After the death of William Jennings Bryan, Straton was "popularly anointed leader of the fundamentalist cause.http://books.google.com/books?id=NQozEkrNYjIC&pg=PA267&dq=%22elmer+gantry%22+%22john+roach+straton%22&lr=&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=%22elmer%20gantry%22%20%22john%20roach%20straton%22&f=false" He was called "The Fundamentalist Pontiff." The book Elmer Gantry included material gleaned by Sinclair Lewis at Calvary (per p 38 of "Satan in the dance hall.")See also http://books.google.com/books?id=WqSiFyaqFbIC&pg=PA141&dq=%22elmer+gantry%22+%22john+roach+straton%22&lr=&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=%22elmer%20gantry%22%20%22john%20roach%20straton%22&f=false, http://books.google.com/books?id=eJcOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA869&dq=%22elmer+gantry%22+%22john+roach+straton%22&lr=&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=%22elmer%20gantry%22%20%22john%20roach%20straton%22&f=false. Lewis also based evangelist "Mike Monday" in Babbit partly on Straton per http://books.google.com/books?id=C0kEfmBv0csC&pg=PR23&dq=%22elmer+gantry%22+%22john+roach+straton%22&lr=&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=%22elmer%20gantry%22%20%22john%20roach%20straton%22&f=false. Calvary is covered throughout the "Satan in the dance hall" book. Calvary is covered by Time in 1927 http://books.google.com/books?id=MIoQAAAAIAAJ&q=Manhattan+%22Calvary+Baptist+Church%22&dq=Manhattan+%22Calvary+Baptist+Church%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0. The church was an early example of a downtown big city church in a highrise. It is covered in http://books.google.com/books?id=lC5cS61C-tUC&pg=PA13&dq=Manhattan+%22Calvary+Baptist+Church%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=Manhattan%20%22Calvary%20Baptist%20Church%22&f=false Religion and public life in the Middle Atlantic region: the fount of diversity page 13, among "important religious structures". Straton's predecessor at Calvary, Dr. Robert MacArthur, was also a highly influential minister and his pastorate there had http://books.google.com/books?id=mxopAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA11-PA372&dq=Manhattan+%22Calvary+Baptist+Church%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=Manhattan%20%22Calvary%20Baptist%20Church%22&f=false significant coverage in 1909 as did the church history up to his time. The church's 50th anniversary in 1897 under MacArthur's pastorate had extensive coverage in the New York Times http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E02E6DF143CE433A25754C2A9649C94669ED7CF. The older and newer Calvary Baptist buildings were covered as one of 83 NY City sites in "http://books.google.com/books?id=5-eENZ7AG94C&pg=PA165&dq=%22calvary+baptist%22+manhattan&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false New York Then and Now" page 165-166.  Calvary was "one of the earliest religious broadcasters in the New York area" per http://books.google.com/books?id=0qr_W5B1SAQC&pg=PA168&dq=Manhattan+%22Calvary+Baptist+Church%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=Manhattan%20%22Calvary%20Baptist%20Church%22&f=false The airwaves of New York page 168, which is additional significant coverage in a reliable and independent source.  Disagreements between the followers of MacArthur and Straton and Stratons efforts gained frequent NY Times coverage http://books.google.com/books?id=j6EYAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA113&dq=%22calvary+baptist%22+manhattan&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=%22calvary%20baptist%22%20manhattan&f=false. A successor of Straton was Stephen F. Olford, another highly influential minister, who was the mentor of Billy Graham and a pioneer religious TV broadcaster.Another nationally known minister at Calvary was http://books.google.com/books?id=syUupeVJOz4C&pg=PA39&dq=%22William+Ward+Ayer%22%22calvary+baptist%22&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=%22William%20Ward%20Ayer%22%22calvary%20baptist%22&f=false William Ward Ayer, whose radio broadcast "Marching Truth" reached a half million listeners nationwide, and was known for his anti-Communist and anti-Catholic rhetoric. Ayer was, per a poll,  NYC's third most influential citizen http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aNUNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IXkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6309,861930&dq=manhattan+calvary-baptist&hl=en.  appears to be satisfied by this quick perusal of Google Books. In 1953, Time magazine http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,935859,00.html said Calvary had "the oldest continuing religious broadcast on the air" with listeners in 6 states and internationally via shortwave. Google News archive shows additional significant coverage in numerous reliable and independent sources http://news.google.com/archivesearch?as_q=manhattan&num=10&hl=en&btnG=Search+Archives&as_epq=calvary+baptist&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_user_ldate=&as_user_hdate=&lr=&as_src=&as_price=p0&as_scoring=a such as additional Time magazine articles http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,770612,00.html, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,785850,00.html, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,746828,00.html, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,728326,00.html, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,730159,00.html, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,729846,00.html and  New York Times articles http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60912F7395516738DDDAC0A94DA405B838EF1D3,  http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40A1FFD385A127A93C0A81789D85F4D8285F9, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D03E1DF1E3FE432A25751C1A9679C946395D6CF which appear to go beyond routine listings of activities or reprints of press releases. In the failed notability guideline Wikipedia:Notability (local churches and other religious congregations), which represents the views of a number of Wikipedia editors, this congregation and building would , besides the general notability guideline,http://books.google.com/books?id=eN4A7rNCoScC&pg=PA194&dq=%22A.+D.+Gillette%22+%22calvary+baptist%22&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=%22A.%20D.%20Gillette%22%20%22calvary%20baptist%22&f=false,  satisfy "The congregation plays a notable or significant role within its denomination or religion," "The congregation has, or has had, notable leaders or clergy, for whom the particular church has had a formative impact," "The congregation's teachings or theology is considered unique or notably controversial," and "The congregation building has particular architectural and/or historic significance." Do you need more reliable sources with significant coverage? They are available:http://books.google.com/books?id=US3JG5r9fKkC&pg=PA100&dq=%22Will+H.+Houghton%22+%22calvary+baptist%22&lr=&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=%22Will%20H.%20Houghton%22%20%22calvary%20baptist%22&f=false, http://books.google.com/books?id=ZSLgWIp_7-YC&pg=PA46&dq=%22Will+H.+Houghton%22+%22calvary+baptist%22&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=%22Will%20H.%20Houghton%22%20%22calvary%20baptist%22&f=false, http://books.google.com/books?id=0RR5JX0D1poC&pg=PA181&dq=%22Will+H.+Houghton%22+%22calvary+baptist%22&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=%22Will%20H.%20Houghton%22%20%22calvary%20baptist%22&f=false, http://books.google.com/books?id=h1tAV1zG_DQC&pg=PA70&dq=%22Will+H.+Houghton%22+%22calvary+baptist%22&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=%22Will%20H.%20Houghton%22%20%22calvary%20baptist%22&f=false, http://books.google.com/books?id=Vjwly0QyeU4C&pg=PA46&dq=%22William+Ward+Ayer%22+%22calvary+baptist%22&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=%22William%20Ward%20Ayer%22%20%22calvary%20baptist%22&f=false, http://books.google.com/books?id=LaVWdBWVv2IC&pg=PA112&dq=%22William+Ward+Ayer%22+%22calvary+baptist%22&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=%22William%20Ward%20Ayer%22%20%22calvary%20baptist%22&f=false, http://books.google.com/books?id=6vUhnPTOS8AC&pg=PA11&dq=%22William+Ward+Ayer%22+%22calvary+baptist%22&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=%22William%20Ward%20Ayer%22%20%22calvary%20baptist%22&f=false, http://books.google.com/books?id=h1tAV1zG_DQC&pg=PA70&dq=%22William+Ward+Ayer%22+%22calvary+baptist%22&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=%22William%20Ward%20Ayer%22%20%22calvary%20baptist%22&f=false, http://books.google.com/books?id=hqWXwTyuorAC&pg=PA71&dq=%22William+Ward+Ayer%22+%22calvary+baptist%22&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=%22William%20Ward%20Ayer%22%20%22calvary%20baptist%22&f=false, http://books.google.com/books?id=HxiWyfAvOtgC&pg=PA122&dq=%22William+Ward+Ayer%22+%22calvary+baptist%22&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=%22William%20Ward%20Ayer%22%20%22calvary%20baptist%22&f=false, http://books.google.com/books?id=MjsfmTDgOFIC&pg=PT235&dq=%22William+Ward+Ayer%22+%22calvary+baptist%22&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=%22William%20Ward%20Ayer%22%20%22calvary%20baptist%22&f=false. Notability is not temporary, so if a church was ever notable, it is sufficient
— User:Edison, 03:52, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:N||WP:N||WP:N (Wikipedia:Notability)