Talk:Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)

message: I've just added a clean up tag to the external links section because several links appear not actually lead to information but are instead links to connected organizations, which isn't really in keeping with the spirit of our guidelines (Wikipedia is not a directory.  We also seem to be sending people to external sites instead of emphasizing Wikipedia articles.  I propose:
*Declaration of Faith of the Church of God (Cleveland) Keep.
*Lee University official Website Delete. Lee University is Wikilinked in the first paragraph, we should be sending people to that article for information on Lee.
*International Bible College official Website Delete. The link doesn't seem to provide information on the Church of God itself.  This would make a reasonable related bodies or see also link if it got its own Wikipedia article. 
*Church of God Theological Seminary Delete. CoG Theological Seminary is Wikilinked in the first paragraph, we should be sending people to that article for information on it, not straight off of Wikipedia.
*Church of God Publishing House Delete. The link provides no information on the Church of God.  Would be a reasonable related bodies.
*Pathway Press BookstoreDelete.  Having this link here is a promotion of the store.  There's no encyclopedic value to such a link.
*Dixon Pentecostal Research Center Keep
It might be worth putting the Lee University and the Theological Seminary wikilinks into a section of the related bodies section even though they're already linked in the body of the text.  Not sure about this - lists can overwhelm articles.
Any comments?  --Siobhan Hansa 12:12, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: A section on "Church Planting" keeps getting removed and added back in.  As it stands it explains nothing to a naive reader and seems to be mainly about providing external links to the Planting Office and the Covenant Community Church.  What is "church planting" and why are these two bodies important to mention in the article?  Are there better (i.e. independent, 3rd party) references we can use?  Thanks -- SiobhanHansa 20:18, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Shouldn't the "Church Planting" section be a subsection under "Missions" section?  I concur that it adds nothing notable as a section on it's own. looks like an external link to me. Also shouldn't the "Basic Beliefs" section be moved under the "Theology" section?Absolon S. Kent 15:24, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  church planting 

message: If the membership number is 7 million can someone quote that because this church is listed on the pentacostal article as a MAJOR pentacostal church, it really needs some verification on that number and how the church arrives at that figure (eg does it include "church of God" prophecy/signs - which?).  Maybe the references might need to be organised and placed at the bottom under {references}.Darrenss 03:37, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: The lead paragraph states "The Church of God (Cleveland) is the oldest known (Protestant)/Pentecostal Christian denomination,..."  This may be disputable since the Church of God (Anderson) lists it's establishment at 1881. Additionally, since the Methodist churches are technically listed as Protestant, the AME church would be much older since it was established in 1816. Could someone please provide a reference on where this statement was derived from or remove that portion of the lead?Absolon S. Kent 15:13, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I did a review of the official site and was unable to find the following statements: "...worldwide membership of around 7,000,000" and "...making it the oldest Pentecostal Christian denomination in the United States." I tagged both with "Fact" tag. If you have a specific page on the official site, please add the reference. Thanks.<BR>Absolon S. Kent 14:10, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: "Oldest Church" reference request

message: I noticed that the logo recently added does not have a fair use. Recommend someone update soon before the image bots delete. Absolon S. Kent (talk) 15:43, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Image Fair Use

message: Why does it say that? It's probably been 20 years (at least 15) since the Church of God could be considered a "holiness" denom. (same as the Assemblies of God and other denominations).
Also, I went to the Orientation page, and nowhere does it mention "holiness."Musdan77 (talk) 03:46, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orientation: holiness? 

message: The article talks about three levels of ministry: bishop, ordained minister, and exhorter. What are the differences between the three? Particularly, what exactly is a bishop in the Church of God? Ltwin (talk) 22:27, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Bishops?

message: 151.245.233.108 posted this comment on 13 July 2013 (view all feedback).
It would be better to have a picture of the church or characters mentioned on this page.
Any thoughts?
Ltwin (talk) 14:31, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reader feedback: Pictures? 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I think it would be great if we could include more detail on Church of God (Cleveland, TN) beliefs and doctrines, described in the subject line. Our logo has also been updated with globe lines. I think it would be good to update that as well.
Samuel T. Lyon (talk) 15:11, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addition of Declaration of Faith, Practical and Doctrinal Commitments. New Logo.