Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kip McKean
Since he and the church or denomination or movement he founded have significant coverage in multiple reliable and independent sources, thus satisfying the general  notability guideline, as well as "has made a widely known contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in his or her specific field," satisfying . That contribution would be the founding and expansion of a particular church/religion/cult according to various references cited in the article and found in Google Book search.  The article cites a 2003 Boston Globe article. In addition Google books shows http://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&tbo=p&q=%22kip+mckean%22&num=10 277 results of coverage in books about religion for example: http://books.google.com/books?id=og_u0Re1uwUC&pg=PA140&dq=%22kip+mckean%22&hl=en&ei=Z6Z-TMyrIdKhnQeplrTwAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22kip%20mckean%22&f=false "America's alternative religions," (1995) pages 134-140,  http://books.google.com/books?id=caTeX3QVOf8C&pg=PA568&dq=%22kip+mckean%22&hl=en&ei=Z6Z-TMyrIdKhnQeplrTwAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22kip%20mckean%22&f=false "The Stone Campbell movement" (2002) pages 35, 564-573, http://books.google.com/books?id=vnAk9WefhfwC&pg=PA253&dq=%22kip+mckean%22&hl=en&ei=Z6Z-TMyrIdKhnQeplrTwAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22kip%20mckean%22&f=false Larson's book of world religions'" (2004) pages 253-255, http://books.google.com/books?id=pRLlwZoPJ94C&pg=PA24&dq=%22kip+mckean%22&hl=en&ei=0qh-TNDgOsGdnAfx1vTwAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=%22kip%20mckean%22&f=false "A guide to new religious movements, (2005) pages 23-24. Google News archive shows several results about the person, only viewable by payment or at a good library: http://news.google.com/archivesearch?as_q=&num=10&hl=en&btnG=Search+Archives&as_epq=kip+mckean&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_user_ldate=1972&as_user_hdate=2010&lr=&as_src=&as_price=p0&as_scoring=a which appeared in some major newspapers in numerous US cities in 1995, 1996 and 1997. Poorly sourced or material which violates POV material should be removed from any article about a |living person, but someone simply not wanting a biography of the individual is not a basis for deleting it, when numerous books on religion have extensive coverage
— User:Edison, 19:37, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:N||WP:BIO||WP:NPOV||WP:BLP (Wikipedia:Notability)