Talk:Rhema Bible Church
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This article appears to have lapsed into a critical opinion piece that consistently deviates from the primary objective of this article. Namely, to be an encyclopedic entry relating information about Rhema Bible Church located in Broken Arrow, OK. Word of Faith teaching/arguments should be relegated to that entry. In addition, the personal beliefs of Kenneth E. Hagin should not be prominently featured here either.
I would expect this article to concentrate mostly on the History of RHEMA Bible Church, publishing activity, annual events, the School, etc. Their particular teaching may be noted as part of their "profile", but it should not be discussed (pro. or crit.) here (that is why we have a Word of Faith, Charismatic, and Pentecostal article, as well as "Hagin" article). This article should throw people to those articles in order to learn about the specific teaching and religious practices of their teachers or the movement they belong too.
I strongly suspect that this article needs a full revision. A desperate expansion in content and scope (of activities) needs to follow.
As it stands, the article is narrow, critical, and anything but helpful at informing the reader about Rhema Bible Church located in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
StudiosusTheologiae 03:56, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
This seems like an article about Hagin, not an article on Rhema. Osfn8 01:47, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
Please stop removing things you don't like from articles. We don't want an article that is fiercely pro or fiercely anti - we just want the basic truth.
And the basic truth is that the prosperity teaching that goes on in Rhema church is something that is peculiar to the charismatic movement and NOT characteristic of broader evangelical teaching. I'm an evangelical and I certainly do NOT hold on to prosperity teaching.
Additionally, all claims for miracles should be couched in language that represents what is really happenning. And what is really happenning? Miracles are claimed to occur but there is no independent verification of it occurring. If there are sources out there that prove that miracles are happening then please give a reference to it (preferably an external link).
And an independent verification is not someone employed by the church.
--One Salient Oversight 01:31, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
