Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Village Presbyterian Church (Prairie Village, Kansas)
We evaluate articles on their potential, not their current state.  The nomination reflects a failure to perform the basic review outlined in , before nominating an article for deletion.  A basic Google or HighBeam search shows quickly that these are important churches with significant coverage in reliable sources. Second Presbyterian of Indianapolis is old, large, and full of history; it's had important leaders including its founder, Henry Ward Beecher, and longtome mayor William H. Hudnut III.  A lengthy history of the church can be found here http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1297902091.html and there's more here http://books.google.com/books?id=bg13QcMSsq8C&lpg=PA177&vq=%22second%20presbyterian%22&pg=PA25#v=snippet&q=%22second%20presbyterian%22&f=false.  Village Presbyterian of Prairie Village is well-covered and influential; as noted in this 1994 ''Washington Post'' article it was the subject of a ''Cronkite Report'' episode that year in which Cronkite examined it as "a church that was an absolute perfect example of what is happening to churches all over the United States today in the split between the evangelical right and the more mainstream."http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-924494.html   Christ Presbyterian of Edina has been the subject of extensive news coverage as a leader of the Fellowship of Presbyterians and the new Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians (ECO) http://www.startribune.com/local/west/138014883.htmlhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/25/presbyterian-pastors-gay-clergy_n_937152.htmlhttp://www.mprnews.org/story/2010/07/09/presbyterian-pastor-explains-decision etc. All of these articles can be developed into good ones through collaborative editing consistent with Wikipedia's Wikipedia:Editing policy|editing policy
— User:Arxiloxos, 15:57, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BEFORE (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion)