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It's one of the largest churches in the Twin Cities, and you can see the spire from anywhere in Eden Prairie. It almost qualifies as a megachurch, though I'm not sure how many people attend any single service. I'm still having trouble coming up with an enthusiastic "keep" vote for this one, though, but it's definitely larger and possibly more notable than 95% of the churches in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area (give or take). --Elkman(Elkspeak)14:57, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Per the article, it is a megachurch with attendance averaging 5,000 each week. The Governor is a member and attends. The Senior Pastor is head of the National Association of Evangelicals, which represents 30 million Christians. The hall's acoustics are fine enough to make it a regular venue for symphony orchestras and respected chamber orchestras. Satisfies WP:ATT. Clearly one of the most important churches in the U.S. Edison15:00, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete - There's no assertion of notability, and some of the points mentioned above (the governor's membership; the acoustics) are irrelevant; the pastor's association with the Nat'l Asociation of Evangelicals is more appropriate for an article about him. The para about their planting of six other churches is much better evidence. There's also a strong whiff of copy-and-paste about the article; the lack of a lead and the curious shift in tense from the 1995 paragraph "Weekly attendance in worship services averages nearly 3,500" to 2006 "attendance was averaging 5,000 per week" is suspicious. I think this one may be fixable, though. -- BPMullins | Talk 17:28, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep accepting some of Edison's arguments. Its a large parent Church with subsidiaries, and tied to a notable minister. Much of the article is over-detailed. I just condensed some. DGG00:09, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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