Talk:National Missionary Baptist Convention of America

message: I'm having difficulty establishing what this organization does, and it's relative importance. I find the text confusing primarily due to the near-total use of passive voice, and the large number of unqualified, general statements. The essential definition of the organization and it's purpose is unclear, and Google queries yield no help since the org's official website isn't operational, and the remainder of the <600 Google hits seem to involve only passing mentions of the NMBCA.
Much of the information in the article presumes an insider's level of knowledge and/or interest.
Ordinarily I would copyedit such an article, but there are too many unqualified statements here in order to rewrite with guaranteed accuracy.
=====Some examples of the problems within the text=====
#"According to the 2002 National Missionary Baptist Convention of America Journal, there were 14 state conventions, 39 district associations, and 260 churches."
#*What's a convention? What's a district association?  How do they relate to this organization?
#"The National Missionary Baptist Convention of America is an association serving as a medium of cooperation and fellowship for African-American missionary Baptist churches."
#*What does this statement really mean? What is a "medium of cooperation and fellowship"?
#"Membership is an estimated 80,000."
#*Individual people? Churches? Religious institutions? Who reckoned the estimate? When and on what bases?
#"Ensuing elections led to frustration..."
#*???
#Handbook of Denominations
#*Which edition of this text did the author of the article consult?
#"The Convention meets three times a year - In February (Winter Board Meeting), in June (Summer Board Meeting) and in September (Annual Session)."
#*The value of this kind of information in an encyclopedia article is questionable. Moreover, since readers don't know anything at all about these meetings (purpose, substance, the number and roles of the attendants/representatives, ostensible or stated goals, meeting/convention format, or anything else), why should even an interested reader care?
:–Ringbang 15:56, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: #"According to the 2002 National Missionary Baptist Convention of America Journal, there were 14 state conventions, 39 district associations, and 260 churches."
#*What's a convention? What's a district association?  How do they relate to this organization?
#"The National Missionary Baptist Convention of America is an association serving as a medium of cooperation and fellowship for African-American missionary Baptist churches."
#*What does this statement really mean? What is a "medium of cooperation and fellowship"?
#"Membership is an estimated 80,000."
#*Individual people? Churches? Religious institutions? Who reckoned the estimate? When and on what bases?
#"Ensuing elections led to frustration..."
#*???
#Handbook of Denominations
#*Which edition of this text did the author of the article consult?
#"The Convention meets three times a year - In February (Winter Board Meeting), in June (Summer Board Meeting) and in September (Annual Session)."
#*The value of this kind of information in an encyclopedia article is questionable. Moreover, since readers don't know anything at all about these meetings (purpose, substance, the number and roles of the attendants/representatives, ostensible or stated goals, meeting/convention format, or anything else), why should even an interested reader care?
:–Ringbang 15:56, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Some examples of the problems within the text

message: Substituted at 00:55, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment