Talk:National City Christian Church

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Cathedral or Church

User 141.156.219.121, National City Christian church uses Cathedral on its website to express its unique role with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The original building was erected at the suggestion of Alexander Campbell himself. He saw the need for a presence of the movement in the nation's capital. The "National Church" phrase is problematic at a number of different levels and definitely does not meet Wikipedia's standard of a neutral point of view (NPOV). Cathedral is a word that perhaps overstates the reality, but I suspect that Campbell himself may have used the word. John Park (talk) 02:09, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The link to their website is broken and I couldn't find a reference to "cathedral" anymore on their website and so I edited the introduction since I agree that it is confusing because there is no bishop. Some churches without bishops may have "cathedral" in their names for historical reasons (they were proper cathedrals before the reformation) or for stylistic reasons (e.g. the Crystal Cathedral) but it is not used as a descriptive, explanatory term. --Bruce Hall (talk) 10:49, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

From their website: "With the National City Christian Church Foundation we will be stewards of the physical facilities and fulfill our role and responsibilities as the National Church of the Christian Church (Disciples of Church)." --Bruce Hall (talk) 10:54, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]