Talk:Evangelical Free Church of Canada

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The Evangelical Free Church of Canada is the denomination behind Trinity Western University. Although it is the Canadian chapter of the Evangelical Free Church of America, it operates independently enough to warrant an entry of its own. This is why I feel it should be listed. Blanchardb 21:07, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You may wish to familiarize yourself with the Wikipedia guidelines before proceeding. Articles in Wikipedia must be about

notable subjects and the notability of those subjects must be verifiable. It is not enough for an organization merely to exist -- it must have somehow distinguished itself from its peers and become notable, and that notability must be corroborated by independent third-party arm's-length sources (such as magazine articles, etc.). If I can help further, leave a note on my talk page. Accounting4Taste 21:09, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply

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TWU itself lists the EFCA as its founding organization. I have inserted a reference from TWU's site. Blanchardb 21:57, 12 September 2007 (UTC) (last edited)[reply]

The Board of Directors of TWU includes members appointed by the EFCA and the EFCC. Also, the EFCC is a separate organization - I believe it was "planted" by the EFCA, but is independent. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 02:46, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Evangelical Free Church of Canada is a justifiable entry for the reasons cited above and secondarily because precedent has been set within Wikipedia for other church denomination entries, some of which may not be as notable as EFCC. Twenty thousand members and more attendees identify with over 140 congregations from BC to Quebec. EFCC congregations possessed a federal Canadian charter and voluntarily identified themselves with the EFCAmerica until 1984 when EFCC became fully autonomous. EFCC's Mission arm is providing humanitarian aid, leadership development and spiritual assistance in various countries. Perhaps most noteworthy is the inclusiveness of the Free Church approach to other faith groups. While evangelical essentials are espoused there is latitude on numerous other doctrinal matters which enables the Free Church to embrace others as is demonstrated in the operation of Trinity Western University and most notably in the theological consortium of seminaries of five different denominations. That is called A.C.T.S. (the Association of Canadian Theological Schools). It is an admirable and unique model of cooperation. ronu (talk) 16:11, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]