User talk:JRG/Dubbo Presbyterian Church

As it stands the article does not reflect the significant change that has occurred at Dubbo Presbyterian Church over the years. During the early years (1970, 80s) I understood Dubbo Presbyterian Church to be a small church, typical of many country churches - hence the phrase "average country church". An Australian country church like this can have as few as 10 to 20 people attending. However, while Bryson Smith has been the minister, the church grew (numerically) quite dramatically. It should be emphasised that the present state of 3 churches at Dubbo Presbyterian Church is because of such growth in numbers. It now has 4 full time paid ministers and the number of people attending the 3 churches would be in the vicinity of 600 people. This would make Dubbo Presbyterian Church (by combining the 3 churches) one of the largest (if not the largest) rural Presbyterian Church in New South Wales). (I am not sure how to research this).

Also, Dubbo Presbyterian Church has been supporting other rural churches who fit the "average country church" description that is used.

It is for this reason that I think it would be to Wikipedia's loss to delete such an article rather than editing to reflect the real significance of Dubbo Presbyterian Church.

Similarly, it would be good if the article could reflect the significant growth rather than just splits. The community of Dubbo Presbyterian Church is definitely not one characterised by splits. Colmckay 09:03, 29 November 2006 (UTC)