Talk:Gospel Hall Assemblies

message: This article at least seems to be beginning to explore some of the finer distinctions within the Brethren movement.  I have remvoed a few red links, which look to me as if they are not needed at all or would be redirects to this article.  It is undesirable to have a lot of paralell articles covering the same ground, as they are liable to develop so as to contradict each other.  Peterkingiron (talk) 16:52, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The name originates from the North American  practice, where Gospel Hall Brethren can be distinguished  from other Open Brethren fellowships by  the common practice of meeting in buildings called Gospel Halls.  Other Open Brethren  in North America typically call their meeting places Bible Chapels.  In the United Kingdom and other parts of the world many Open or Christian Brethren fellowships meet in Gospel Halls.  However, these  often do not share the distinctive beliefs and practices of the so-called Gospel Hall Brethren in North America, although some do.  Outside of North America the nature  of an Open Brethren fellowship cannot so easily be identified by the name of their meeting place.
This article still needs a major clean-up, but hopefully the above will help prevent people getting the wrong idea. - David--86.166.43.199 (talk) 10:10, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Progress

message: I removed a paragraph about "child abuse" one sentence of which read "[someone's] caution was concealed from the [...] assembly by one of the elders [name cited]." Such a sentence clearly indicates that this was posted in an attempt to put a contributor's local grievance into the public domain by accusing an individual member of one Gospel Hall in the UK of malpractice. Whatever the truth of the two cases cited, it is an abuse of Wikipedia to use it as a public forum for the airing of localised personal grievances. Were there evidence that child abuse was widespread, or had been knowingly covered up wholesale for many years (see the paragraph under Roman Catholic Church) the information would be in the public interest. Such is not the case here. Journalist492 (talk) 10:40, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: *I acknowledge the difficulty here. You might apply for some form of page protection, although having flicked through this policy I'm not sure this page qualifies at present. See also the noticeboards. Please leave me a message on my talk page and let me know how this pans out. If it gets out of hand (major edit war, or persistent vandalism, etc) drop me a line and I'll wade in. Nick Levine (talk) 10:27, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Abuse Cases

message: Wikipedia administration has approved a request for temporary semi-protection of the page due to repeated edit warring and rules violations related to posting under the now deleted "Abuse Cases" section.  The category itself and the material being added was not relevant to the page topic (see below) and, although sourced, was in violation of Wikipedia policy on biographies of living persons.  
As stated previously, the crimes of Cundick and the misdeeds of others related to his case are not in any way relevant to the history and doctrine of Gospel Hall Brethren assemblies worldwide, which is the topic of this page.  Cundick, while well known in the UK, has never had any interaction with or influence over thousands of independent Gospel Hall assemblies around the world.  Cundick's crimes have no more relevance to this page than any other common criminal and no sound argument has been presented why the actions of this one individual should be cited here.   
When this page is unprotected on 7-Dec, 2014, new attempts to reintroduce this content without prior discussion and editorial consensus here on the talk page will be treated as vandalism.  The edits will be reverted and new protection of the page will be requested.  Please don't mistake these actions as an attempt to somehow conceal Cundick's crimes or steal a voice from his victims.  On the contrary, these actions have been taken to avoid unfairly connecting thousands to Cundick who have never even heard of the man.  Thanks, and I'm quite happy to have a dialogue here with any who wish to discuss why Cundick's crimes should be included on the Gospel Hall Brethren page. JEH117818 (talk) 06:42, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  December 2014 Page Protection 

message: I have removed the sentence that infers that there are other streams within the Open Brethren movement that have reconsidered their stance on the cessation of the sign gifts and the Charismatic movement generally. It seems to draw upon a hypothetical scenario presented in a FAQ section on a gospel hall website, that demonstrates how another assembly would be dealt with if such a thing were to occur. It should not be taken as evidence that such a thing has happened, unless of course, further evidence can be linked? I look forward to some interaction.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Talktruthjourno (talk • contribs) 12:50, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Beliefs

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