Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brethren Reformed Church

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:19, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Brethren Reformed Church[edit]

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Un-noteworthy church among many in the world. Wikipedia is not a guide to churches or church advertising portal. Nyttend (talk) 03:05, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I'm certainly leaning delete on this. I can't find third party sources. This is a special case in that it seems to be its own church and denomination. If it has a wide enough following, it might be notable, but I'm not seeing anything to show that right now. Ryan Vesey 04:00, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Independent churches aren't any more notable for being independent; if they were, every Baptist church, tons of Pentecostal churches, and most self-described fundamentalist churches would be under serious consideration for notability. Nyttend (talk) 04:57, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. "Independence" is not really a meaningful distinction when it comes to churches. ~~ Lothar von Richthofen (talk) 06:43, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - per nom, not notable. ukexpat (talk) 17:45, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Pardon my original research, but I grew up not all that far from where this church is and I can assure you there is absolutely nothing inherently notable about an "independent" church. Southern Ohio is part of the Bible belt, I am sure you could find dozens of similar churches within 50 miles of this one. Nothing about this one seems exceptional. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:46, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I never said there was anything inherently notable about an independent church. I just meant to state that if the belief system this church held was widely followed, that would create notability. A Methodist church is not notable by virtue of being methodist, a church that is an ofshoot of a denomination or a new denomination might be. That being said, I find nothing to show that this one is. Ryan Vesey 19:54, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"it seems to be its own church and denomination" All independent churches are in such a situation. Nyttend (talk) 23:45, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Founded in 2007, it has hardly had time to become notable and nothing that is said in the article gives the impression that it is anything but a "run-of-the-mill" church community Jpacobb (talk) 04:04, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like WP:SNOW, almost as if a simple WP:PROD could just as easily have handled this... Beeblebrox (talk) 21:00, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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