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Hello 1990'sguy (talk · contribs). I noticed that you have removed criticism of the financial abuses by religious leaders. However, it has been there for many years. This section being neutral and very well referenced, this action looks like to Wikipedia:Vandalism. Also, as Wikipedia:Criticism#Philosophy,_religion,_or_politics explains, “For topics about a particular point of view – such as philosophies (Idealism, Naturalism, Existentialism), political outlooks (Capitalism, Marxism), or religion (Islam, Christianity, Atheism) – it will usually be appropriate to have a "Criticism" section”. See also Christianity#Criticism. Finally, it is an academic, encyclopedic and social responsibility, to denounce financial abuses by religious leaders in order to help people to identify them and specially to avoid new victims. This is what Jesus Christ has done many times in his ministry, including denouncing the love of money (Mammon) and the hypocrisy of religious leaders who devour the house of widows (Luke 20:47). Thanks for your help. My best wishes of peace and love (Wikipedia:WikiLove).--Nathan B2 (talk) 18:29, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I completely disagree with the massive "criticism" section in this article, which violates WP:UNDUE, WP:NPOV, and WP:CSECTION. I'm not aware of any other religion-related article with a criticism section, let alone one as large as this article. Also, much of the content relates to Pentecostals, when in reality, evangelicalism includes other denominations or traditions of Christianity, including Baptists, Methodists, Reformed, etc. The section should be trimmed, with some of its content potentially trimmed and moved into other sections. --1990'sguy (talk) 04:39, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that the large section is WP:COATRACK. These criticisms aren't against evangelicalism as a whole, but against individual churches and denominations that happen to arguably fall within the "evangelicalism" category. Let's remove every criticism that isn't actually about evangelicalism as a whole. NishantXavier (talk) 02:13, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
There seems to be an increasing phenomenon of people self-identifying as "evangelical", but in actuality they only go to church a few times a year or not at all. This could represent as much as 40% of those who think of themselves as evangelicals. I think the article should eventually incorporate this phenomenon. There are sources such as https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2022/august-web-only/church-attendance-sbc-southern-evangelicals-now-lapsed.html and https://relevantmagazine.com/faith/church/new-data-suggests-over-40-percent-of-self-identified-evangelicals-attend-church-once-a-year-or-less/ --Westwind273 (talk) 06:58, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It is questionable as to whether unchurched evangelicals are really evangelical Christians in the common sense of the expression. An evangelical belief in biblical inerrancy would seem to require church attendance, since that is the model that Paul set out in the New Testament. In this sense, evangelical may have become just a synonym for Republican. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/26/opinion/evangelical-republican.html --Westwind273 (talk) 22:25, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"In 1882, in the American Baptist Churches USA. In the Assemblies of God of the United States, since 1927. In 1965, in the National Baptist Convention, USA. In 1969, in the Progressive National Baptist Convention. In 1975, in The Foursquare Church." Just putting this here so I remember it when I'm back on it computer. Dgndenver (talk) 05:58, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
From the "Beliefs" section:
"a gift from God and a component of a Christian marriage harmonious"
Christian marriage harmonious or harmonious Christian marriage. Is this normally expressed in the in reverse (like spanish)? 70.89.80.221 (talk) 19:14, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
