Talk:Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)

message: I would like to remind everyone that the discussion pages are provided for article improvements.
Now that that's out of the way...I'm not really sure that a section on how the core beliefs have changed would add any quality to an average reader seeking information on the current Church of God (Anderson). In fact we may want to seek suggestions on a reformat/revision of the current information. Absolon S. Kent 16:13, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Re:New Section Needs To Be Added

message: The average reader may want to know the history, pure history of the Church of God(Anderson) to also see the changes that have taken place. They may want to know everything, the good, the bad and the ugly.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.184.10.144 (talk) 07:05, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
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message: :Okay, if looking simply at the pure history, then I can see including it, but I don't think it shouldn't be such a major focus. Perhaps we should look at reformatting/rewriting the article to include the development, but shifting focus onto what they believe today. I'd like to suggest the following:
::*Opening paragraph (who, what, when, where)
::*Structure and administration
::**National organization
::**Colleges and universities
::*Membership
::**Membership figures
::**Prominent members
::*History
::**Establishment
::**Development (growth)
::**Reformation
::*Affiliations and associations
::*Suggested reading (additional information)
::*References 
::*External links 
:I would recommend removal of the doctrine and beliefs portion because I don't know how much encyclopedic value is added by including them.
:Just my thoughts...feel free to disagree. Absolon S. Kent (talk) 18:22, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I would seriously suggest you to move head and rewrite this article to put it into acceptable encyclopedic standards.  Mikeatnip (talk) 15:43, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
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message: I removed musician Bill Gaither from the notable members listing because no reference was provided. Although he was a graduate of Anderson College, there is no documentation that he was a member of the Church of God or currently is. If an appropriate reference can be provided please readd. Absolon S. Kent (talk) 19:18, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Removing notable member entry

message: From reading the section on Biblical support for divine healing, I fell like I'm reading a publication from the church itself. I think that this section should be deleted or rewritten to have a more neutral pov if that is possible as the current tone is inappropriate for an encyclopedia. Ltwin (talk) 23:08, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: The Divine Healing Section

message: This label is sometimes applied to Christian organisations that include people from a variety of different churches, and avoid promoting the distinctives of any of the constituent groups. In this sense it is nearly equivalent to "interdenominational".
Other than that, in my experience, it is used only by members of the many movements it is applied to, and it has two widely divergent meanings. It may mean
*Rejecting the divisions represented by the denominations as offending against the unity of Christ's body (the Church)
*Rejecting the alliances represented by the denominations as offending against the autonomy of congregations in interpreting the Bible, and seeking the guidance of the Holy Spirit
Groups that follow the first interpretation are likely to except themselves from classification as a denomination on the grounds that they are a special move of God, Who wants people to leave the other churches and become part of this new movement of His Spirit. They may be mainstream Christians who see themselves as spearheading a move to unity of all Christians, or they may be schismatics who see their movement as the One True Church, and themselves as the only real Christians.
Those that follow the second interpretation may also regard themselves as the One True Church, and expect that God has other like-minded congregations of true believers elsewhere.
What does "non-denominational" mean here?
Koro Neil 203.109.164.2 (talk) 04:49, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Church of God (Anderson) definitely falls into the first of your two categories, Koro Neil.  The initial thrust of this movement included a call for people to "come out" of denominations, known as "Babylon" ("confusion"), into the one true church. David aukerman talk 17:47, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

text: So do they considert themselves to be the "one true church"? Ltwin (talk) 19:17, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

text: In some ways, yes, but in other ways, no.  At the beginning of the movement, people in the movement considered the movement to be the one true church.  Presently, many still refer to the Church of God (Anderson) as "the church," but most understand that the entirety of God's church extends well beyond the boundaries of this movement. David aukerman talk 00:54, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
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message: My mistake. I meant to move it to Church of God (Anderson, Indiana). clariosophic (talk) 04:02, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: No problem, as long as you fix it :) also you need to move the archives to the correct name space. The archive page can be found here: Talk:Church of God (Anderson)/Archive 1. Ltwin (talk) 04:19, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Recent move

message: Why are there images of two members of Congress who happen to members of this church? Are the images of notable members necessary? No where in the article are these two people mentioned as having any part in the history of this church. As such, there is no need for these images. Ltwin (talk) 19:28, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  These two Congresspeople are not of encyclopedic importance to the article; their images are not necessary here.  David aukerman talk 02:51, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Not necessary, sure, but they do enhance the article and make it a little more interesting. --Bermicourt (talk) 20:03, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Notable member images

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message: The "Beliefs" section describes (barely) 3 practices.  Are there in fact any beliefs that are necessary for church members? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 11:19, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Beliefs" section not about beliefs