Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Free Will Baptist Home Missions

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The result was merge to National Association of Free Will Baptists. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 23:29, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Free Will Baptist Home Missions[edit]

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Article does not have reliable sources, largely relies on first-person sources. WP:N is also questionable, especially since the article has been orphaned for ten years. Ha2772a (talk) 22:00, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Organizations, Christianity, and United States of America. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:54, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Selective merge to National Association of Free Will Baptists: I think this article is unique on Wikipedia for having an exhaustive list of missionaries. We do have a number of articles on denominational mission agencies separate to the denomination's article (e.g. Presbyterian Church in America / Mission to the World), but this particular one does not seem to have any good sources. The selective merge can have the name of the director, but not a list of missionaries. St Anselm (talk) 19:03, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: the organization was actually renamed "North American Ministries" in 2015.[1] St Anselm (talk) 19:09, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to National Association of Free Will Baptists, but without prejudice to demerge when sourcing (and text) is supplied. The organization has existed since the early 19th century and I think sources are available, but difficult to tease out because of different names. Historically important, e.g. during Reconstruction and in the founding of Hillsdale College. Jahaza (talk) 21:37, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to National Association of Free Will Baptists,not enogh content for a standalone article, Atlantic306 (talk) 23:18, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Merge as others have said. An organisation with 89 missions in 26 states is certainly notable, so that deletion would be the wrong solution. Peterkingiron (talk) 14:11, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.