Talk:Howard Hendricks

Changed McKinney Memorial Church to Calvary Independent Presbyterian Church (now Calvary Bible Church)
I have made this change based on personal knowledge. I have known the subject all my life and my father was one of his best friends. I also have a printed order of service from 1953 for Calvary Independent Presbyterian Church (CIPC) listing Howard Hendricks as the pastor. CIPC was formed by members of Westminster Presbyterian Church who wished to call Hendricks as their first pastor, after he was rejected as a candidate by the local presbytery of the Southern Presbyterian Church. Hendricks served as pastor of CIPC until he returned to Dallas Theological Seminary to be a full time faculty member. After he left, CIPC called another pastor, and shortly thereafter a small group left and formed McKinney Memorial Church (MMC). Hendricks was friends with the founders of MMC (among whom were my parents) and preached many times as a guest pastor, but he was never the pastor of MMC (now McKinney Memorial Bible Church.)

I don't have what Wikipedia would consider public evidence for this, but no evidence was provided for the statement in the original article. Both churches (CIPC-CBC and MMBC) are still in existence and they have phone numbers if anyone wants to check.

As a passing note, almost anyone who has had a newspaper article published about them knows that the account of a person close to an event who has a good memory and/or keeps good records is far more reliable than the sloppy stuff that newspaper reporters turn out. I find the Wikipedia standards to be rather strange in this respect. Published biographers rely extensively on personal interviews. That Wikipedia seems to regard this as unacceptable for its biographies is just strange. Pflashman (talk) 03:20, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

corroboration of your statement
re: Calvary Presbyterian, not McKinney Memorial as his first pastorate. Howard Hendricks' official "remembering Dr. Hendricks" webpage, prepared by his family - supports and corroborates the statements above.

http://www.dts.edu/read/howard-hendricks-prof/

Quoting that story, "After receiving his bachelor’s degree in 1946, Hendricks and his wife moved to Texas, where he enrolled in classes at DTS. After earning a Master of Theology degree in 1950, he planted a church in Fort Worth. Though he was a pastor at Calvary Presbyterian, the words in 2 Timothy 2:2 stuck in his mind..."

re: sloppy reporting vs. first hand knowledge. YES I heartily agree! Publish it on recycled toilet paper and it becomes "FACT" in the eyes of Wikipedia. But know something by being there and observing it firsthand? Hah! Forgetaboutit...and you must again and again explain that "you were there" and what you are saying was common knowledge to all involved, even as you endure being questioned and criticized for "not providing citations" to support your "assertion". It almost makes Wikipedia not worth the effort... — Preceding unsigned comment added by CoolBlueGlow (talk • contribs) 18:21, 7 March 2013 (UTC)