Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship

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The result was keep. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:34, 22 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship

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This religious affiliation claims 5000 congregations and a million members. This claim is supported by a single reference, whose independence and reliability is disputed. Fails WP:V. Rhadow (talk) 14:12, 8 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment -- the AfD notice was deleted from the article page; the editor has confused PROD with AfD. I haven't come up with any independent reliable sources that describe the scope of this group (watch for self-reported numbers). Nothing has changed in the sourcing for the article since 2003. It cannot stay for another fourteen years. It needs to be fixed or be gone.

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:47, 8 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:48, 8 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:49, 8 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep == This appears to be about a denomination, not a single congregation. The right course is to tag it as needing verification, not to delete it. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:27, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep per Peterkingiron .I have added references.It does to be appear to be denomination.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 22:34, 14 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 18:37, 15 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep This article does have some references. Vorbee (talk) 09:04, 17 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep It is a religious denomination. You can't cover all but this one, with its asserted 1 million members. Suppose it only had 10,000 members, we would keep it too. --do ncr am 05:25, 18 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, now that citations have been added. Just two years after it was founded, H. Beecher Hicks wrote in 1994, "While it is technically not a denomination, its numbers are too large, its growth too rapid, and its broad base of appeal too large, its growth too rapid, and its broad base of appeal too obvious to be ignored." ("Challenge to the African American Church: Problems and Perspectives for the Third Millennium," Journal of Religious Thought 51 (1994), 81-97.)[1] After that, it grew massively, so that conclusion still stands. – Fayenatic London 10:44, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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