Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Willow Creek Community Church

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The result was Keep ~ trialsanderrors 11:03, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Willow Creek Community Church[edit]

non notable per WP:CHURCH Adam Riley ^Talk 18:56, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom.Baka man 19:12, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Utter nonsense This church has 17,000 worshippers - various books and studies written on it, and plenty of coverage in the national media. Do a little research [1] [2]--Sandy Scott 19:29, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: per Sandy. The article could do a better job of asserting its notability through third-party sources. But that's a clean-up issue. The sources are out there. -- Ben (talk) 21:40, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: per Sandy. -- Bpmullins | Talk 22:06, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, poss. bad faith nom. Meets WP:CHURCH 1, national scope of activities, through Willow Creek Association. Inclusion in published materials met. Media coverage that deals specifically with the church met. Willow Creek was not the first megachurch but they are arguably the template for many subsequent churches and through the WCA have organized other churches (with or without denominational affiliation) and thereby developed a shared idea of a modern megachurch. Also note size of membership is not necessary for notability. --Dhartung | Talk 23:24, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep; very clearly notable per WP:CHURCH. —Rob (talk) 01:24, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - It is certainly notable. I have heard it referred to on the other side of the Atlantic. It provides a particular model for church growth. Its size is of course significant, but not the decisive factor. Peterkingiron 17:54, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep - This nomination is a prime example of why I think User:Adam Riley is nominating churches to make a WP:Point. Please stop. Willow Creek is the model for the mega-church movement, and has been very influential even beyond evangelicalism, influencing many mainline churches. Pastordavid 16:43, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
keep please possible point nomination but anyways it is notable under church guideline Yuckfoo 02:13, 21 December 2006 (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.