Xavthius

Recent Developments

• New Category: Category:Former members of Evangelical parachurch organizations
• New Articles: Dave Andrews, Bad apples excuse

plus seriously buffed up YWAM#Controversy

Care to check my work? ClaudeReigns (talk) 11:50, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Sure.. I'll try to get around to it.

Starting with item one... Regarding Former members of Evangelical parachurch organizations. GCC doesn't consider itself a parachurch organization, they consider themselves a church. In the 1991 Error Statement it reads:

This allowed a prideful attitude to develop toward other churches, para‑churches, and organizations, a sinful attitude we deeply regret. ... Similarly, our convic­tions concerning the centrality of the local church as God's vehicle for evangelism and discipleship were communicated in such a way as to cause Bible schools, seminaries, and para‑church organizations to be viewed as "un­scriptural."

So my only thought on the new category is that you are categorizing them as something they claim not to be, which could constitute OR without a source categorizing them as such. Perhaps just name it Former members of Evangelical organizations? Xanthius (talk) 17:31, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Might further want to specify that it is Evangelical Christian organizations you are classifying. But maybe not. I guess it demands on what you're trying to accomplish/categorize with the category. Xanthius (talk) 17:36, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

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Potters House Links

Hi, I'm concerned about the link you replaced on the Potter's_House_Christian_Fellowship page. I have serious doubts about the authenticity of this link since it is not the primary source and is not on a reliable site. This site is filled with unsourced and unverified negative information that is hearsay and low quality. If anyone can verify this reproduced source then I will agree with it remaining. I feel that since this reference is contended perhaps it should be moved to the discussion page? 124.149.63.82 (talk) 13:49, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

I have changed it to point to the rickross.com version. Xavthius (talk) 01:17, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Accusations against you

• Hi Xavthius: You are being accused of being "me" see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/IZAK. Thanks, IZAK (talk) 22:44, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

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