Talk:Acts2 Network
This article is rated Stub-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Why criticism of the church should stay in the article
206.71.234.163 reverted the article back to this version, stating the WP:ONUS on keeping information in was on those trying to include information, hence this discussion. In short, the sentence noting controversies should stay (and, if anything, be fleshed out into a paragraph as seen here because controversies makeup a significant part of the coverage of this organization in reliable sources, which we should follow per WP:WEIGHT. That sentence included citations to Christianity Today, The UC San Diego Triton, and Wired, or three of the four citations in the article at that time. Mach61 13:16, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
- Please see WP:ATTACKPAGE 166.198.21.106 (talk) 19:11, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
- Please explain to me how the current state of this article exists
primarily to disparage or threaten its subject
, which is what an attack page is. It contains one sentence, which is sourced, that mentions anything negative about the organization. Mach61 23:00, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
- Please explain to me how the current state of this article exists
August 2024 edit war
Looks like there has been an edit war on this page! According to the View History page, the war began August 1, 2024 when user KnowledgeExplorer42 replaced the entire article text with unsourced propaganda. User Mach61 responded, then 19 more back-and-forth edits occurred.
Today, I have restored the antebellum text. The most recent version was the August 7 version. This version contains uncited and poorly-cited information. It leaves the article in a worse state than it was antebellum, so I have decided the antebellum text is better than the August 7 text, and I have restored it.
If I may make a suggestion to all the big Wikipedians in charge here, I have a gut feeling that the organizational subject of this article is upset about being covered in Wikipedia. In response I would propose protecting and watching this page to prevent future mischief. That's just my suggestion. Percurrent (talk) 15:57, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
Updating Intro Paragraph
- Specific text to be added or removed:
− | Acts2 Network is a Southern Baptist | + | Acts2 Network is a Southern Baptist collegiate church planting network, part of the North America Mission Board's SEND Network. [1] As of 2024, it has churches in 35 US cities. Originally founded as Berkland Baptist Church in 1981 by Rebekah and Paul Kim, it went independent from the Berkland network of churches in 2006 under the leadership of Ed Kang and renamed to Gracepoint Fellowship Church. In 2023, it rebranded as Acts2 Network to better reflect its identity as a network of churches [2]. |
- Reason for the change: The updated paragraph involves a few improvements.
- Updating the description of Acts2 Network as a network of churches instead of a single church.
- Updating the description of Acts2 Network as part of North America Mission Board (NAMB)'s Send Network
- Adding the leadership of Ed Kang since 2006.
- Re-phrasing a bit of the wording to make the text flow better.
- References supporting change:
- [1] Can pick any of these sources
- [2] https://www.christianitytoday.com/2022/09/gracepoint-berkland-asian-american-church-discipleship/