User talk:Hrquigly

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Regarding the map you're linking to various articles
What is the source of the data in http://batchgeo.com/map/7aee74137d14153d52d8a185d8e55b90/ ? I'm trying to evaluate whether it is a useful link or not. —C.Fred (talk) 05:00, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

err, it was uploaded by the North American Mission Board, SBC (NAMB). And, "starting a new church" IS the major function of the NAMB = which they call "church planting."


 * Then the two questions I have are:
 * How can we verify the origin of the data with NAMB, since there's nothing on the batchgeo page to indicate it's from them?
 * What's the scope of the list? Do all of the churches and their ministers/rabbis belong to the SBC? And I do mean rabbis: there's at least one Messianic Jewish congregation on the map. —C.Fred (talk) 05:12, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

It is obvious from your questions that you are not familiar with the topic. Any evangelical Christian would know that "Messianic" Jew means --Christian. The "rabbi" of that group is the pastor of a culturally-Jewish Christian church. And yes, it is from NAMB -- since they are the ones who compile the information from across their state conventions.