Talk:Abundant Life Church
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[edit] Edits & criticisms
User:Allie cabab, your edits were deleted because they were all POV and had no references. Personally, I don't doubt what you said was true, as I have had a lot of personal experience of this kind of charismatic church. However, in an encyclopedic article, those kinds of claims need to be substantiated with references to, eg, books, research, newspaper reports etc. David L Rattigan 21:54, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Just for future reference, and for anyone else who thinks they might be able to source some of these criticisms, here is a copy of the edit:
[edit] Rock Club
The church also runs clubs at local schools, these are called rock club, however they do not tell people straight away that they are a religion and so people go along and play on the game consoles that they provide and listen to the music and they have a good time. It is good for some people because they feel like they are involved and the people who run the club make people who otherwise may not have many friends feel like they have freinds. It is only after people have been coming to the clubs for a few weeks that they invite them to the abundant life centre and if you read the leaflets carefully you can work out that it is a religion if you are aware of them.
[edit] Criticisms
Some people think that the Abundant life church employ some un-ethical recruiting techniques, they do not tell people straight away what they are about. They put on presentations in schools assemblies calling themselves rock club and tell students that they are a charity that helps young people get the most out of their lives and tells them to come along to the abundant life centre in Bradford for concerts and fun. They do not mention at all that they are a religion. In some peoples view they should be more open about what they stand for before they get people socially dependant on being involved with the group before they tell them that it is a religion. This is very similar to the way that cults recrute making people dependant on them before they get them to do what they want.
