Talk:Freedom Church

Removal of the 'Funding' section
I've removed the following funding section from the article:

The Newspring Church church reference doesn't seem to reflect the current situation and a Church receiving income from people in the church is hardly noteworthy.

This could be moved to the history section if anyone wants to write it?

PandaWent (talk) 16:18, 26 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Looking at archived versions of the references on the WayBack Machine, it seems as though information in question was removed relatively recently. --81.103.238.198 (talk) 11:32, 3 July 2020 (UTC)


 * True, I might put it in the History section at some point PandaWent (talk) 14:24, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Edit: Seen you've already done that. I've edited to reflect that giving to NewSpring church is historical rather than current. PandaWent (talk) 14:48, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

"Between 2015 and 2017, several members of Freedom Church were elected to Herefordshire Council as Conservative Party councillors." - Odd reference
In the following quote under Notable people: Between 2015 and 2017, several members of Freedom Church were elected to Herefordshire Council as Conservative Party councillors. I've not been able to find the referenced press release and, as far as the reference shows, the Correction in the reference disputes the reference anyway.

Any objection to the removal of this sentence due to a lack of reference?

PandaWent (talk) 17:19, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Wording of controversy about handing out sweets to children
I disagree with the rewording of "volunteers who were standing outside Whitecross Hereford High School school giving sweets and chocolates to schoolchildren in an attempt to recruit them to the church's youth club" to "youth workers and children from Whitecross Hereford High School who were advertising the Church's youthclub outside the school". I don't think it is a more neutral framing of the story to omit the detail that the volunteers were handing out sweets to children, as in the source this is given several times as the reason for the phone call to the police. Also, as far as I can tell the source does not support the statement that children were among those giving out sweets and chocolates to the schoolchildren. --81.103.238.198 (talk) 13:18, 3 July 2020 (UTC)


 * I agree, Are you happy with the new wording?
 * "In 2012, the police were called on Freedom Church youth workers and children from Whitecross Hereford High School who were giving out sweets to advertise the Church's youthclub."
 * PandaWent (talk) 14:19, 3 July 2020 (UTC)