Talk:Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada

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Canadian Assemblies of God Scandal

According the rules of wikipedia to be objective and impartial, I added a news story on the "Canadian Assemblies of God" that I got from the Italian section of Wikipedia, after checking the source http://www.investorvoice.ca/PI/3306.htm and http://www.icn-news.com/?do=news&id=2190. The sentence is as follows: "A small movement of approximately 1,500 members, and in 2008 was involved in a financial scandal". [Unsigned comment by User:Parham33 07:03, 12 November 2010]

One problem: this article is not about the Canadian Assemblies of God. It's about the PAOC; they are two separate bodies. This is not appropriate here. It would be appropriate on the Canadian Assemblies of God article, and you are welcome to create it. Please see Wikipedia:Starting an article for information on starting new articles. Ltwin (talk) 07:50, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your message. Unfortunately, time does not allow me to write about "Canadian Assemblies of God". However, let me note that if you do not want the correct information that I put because, according you, can involving the PAOC, you SHOULD DELETE the reference to "Canadian Assemblies of God" in this body, where we talking about PAOC. If you want hold it, so for the principle of objectivity of Wikipedia, then you should also keep my sentence. This in addition to being fair and objective, would also be consistent with the Italian section of wikipedia where the news concerning the "Canadian Assemblies of Canada" is added on the boy that speaks of "Assemblies of God in Italy". http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assemblee_di_Dio_in_Italia

You decide —Preceding unsigned comment added by Parham33 (talk • contribs) 13:41, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, you misunderstand. Because there are three different branches of the Assemblies of God in Canada, it is necessary to disambiguate so there is no confusion. It is not necessary to mention details about the other two when they don't increase the readers knowledge of the article's subject, in this case the PAOC. The inclusion of scandal (in the lead of all places) implies an atttempt to make the PAOC seem guilty by association.

In addition, the English language Wikipedia is not beholden to the Italian version. The different versions of Wikipedia all have their own ways of doing things. I don't speak Italian so I have no ability to comment on the situation at that project. However, I would question the relevance of information on the Canadian Assemblies of God being placed on the Assemblee di Dio in Italia article. I understand that the Canadian AG has a strong Italian immigrant heritage so that may be it. Still, the fact is that the inclusion of material on one article has nothing to do with what is included on this one. Ltwin (talk) 16:08, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why no info on beliefs ?

Why is there nothing about the beliefs of this religion? How does it differ from (e.g.) Roman Catholicism? Presbyterianism? ...? I don't know anything about this religion and the article does not provide any info except about its organizational structure. Not to sound flippant but it's almost written the way a national bowling league might be described. Can someone add some detail on this? I'm curious but ignorant on the subject. Thanks, Hu Gadarn (talk) 16:03, 18 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, you're right this article could do a better job of explaining their beliefs. Here is a link to their Statement of Fundamental and Essential Truths. Essentially, the PAOC is the largest branch of the Assemblies of God in Canada. Their beliefs are pretty in line with the AG mainstream. The Assemblies of God are classical finished work non-Wesleyan Pentecostals. The PAOC is extremely close to the Assemblies of God USA and were once organizationally connected to this denomination. I will try to do what I can, but until then I would check out the AG and AGUSA articles. Ltwin (talk) 18:38, 18 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]