Talk:Thomas Foster (author)

Working on Thomas Foster: Life Events
The following is what should be somehow listed in the future for the topic of life events on this article:
 * In 1930, while on the staff of the National Bank (Australia), enjoyed a dynamic born again experience and immediately felt a call from God to enter the Ministry of the Church.
 * In 1932, after preliminary training in the Presbyterian Church, served as Minister in Training in several churches in Victoria and West Australia.
 * In 1934, he was miraculously healed at a Full Gospel service and eventually received the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.
 * He graduated with distinction in 1938 from the Garrison Bible College in London, England and later ministered in the British Isles, Canada, U.S.A. and New Zealand.


 * During World War II, he served in the Armed Forces with the A.I.F. from 1942-1945, as a Senior Y.M.C.A. Welfare Officer.
 * In June 1953, Mr. Foster was invited by the London B.B.C. to take part in the Radio News Reel to Australia of the Royal Coronation Procession, of which he gave a graphic description from outside Buckingham Palace.


 * Combining with Leo Harris, who was the founder of the Christian Revival Crusade in 1945, Thomas Foster and he were the first two pastors. For 28 years, from 1945-73, Thomas Foster was the Founding Pastor of the Assembly at 128 Lennox Street, Richmond.
 * In 1978 he ministered in Cairo, before leading a group of 25 Australians on a tour inside the Great Pyramid. This was followed by services in Jerusalem, London, Belfast, Singapore and Darwin.
 * In 1986 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Letters.
 * Thomas Norman Foster passed away in 1995 after 60 years of public ministry. He was sadly missed by colleagues, family and friends all over Australia. He sincerely lived out the principles outlined in his books.

References: Each book he has written on the back pages. This post is something to work on for the future of this article. Scynthian (talk) 07:00, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

This is an encylopedia, not a memoriam
I'd say that all we can use are the facts, but then we'd disagree as to what the facts are. It would be a violation of our basic WP:NPOV policy for the article to say quite a bit of what you'd like it to say, for instance that he "enjoyed a dynamic born again experience" and of course the claimed miracle. Calling something a "graphic experience" is just editorial, and unless several reliable sources mention the Radio News Reel event, not for an encyclopedia. Ditto quite a bit of the rest. And the "sadly missed" and "sincerely lived out" are also not encyclopedic. You wouldn't see phrases like that in the Britannica. And where are the reliably published sources for this? Doug Weller talk 10:04, 26 April 2017 (UTC)


 * As I hope, I will use the above list of life events as a structure, not the actual list. I will also expand when needed. I will get back to you. Scynthian (talk) 10:50, 26 April 2017 (UTC)