That would clearly be an improvement, Mary, although I personally think we have to have Churches in there somewhere or else we will be unintentionally inviting anyone who has an opinion about Apostolic Succession.
But we might also consider this: for all we know, 9 out of 10 people who stop by here thinking that it's for the Apostolic, i.e. Pentecostal, churches read the stickys and headers and realize that it's not what they at first thought. It's only the small, but steady, trickle of those who don't bother to do that and simply lunge at the word Apostolic whom we are dealing with, then. What they say in their posts tends to substantiate this IMO. I suspect that ANY inclusion of the word "Apostolic"-- along with their apparent disinclination to read beyond the name of the forum before posting -- will keep them coming.
Perhaps a sticky that is a bit more clear and what Apostolic is and is not?
With the title in nice all-caps letters as well.
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That would clearly be an improvement, Mary, although I personally think we have to have Churches in there somewhere or else we will be unintentionally inviting anyone who has an opinion about Apostolic Succession.
But we might also consider this: for all we know, 9 out of 10 people who stop by here thinking that it's for the Apostolic, i.e. Pentecostal, churches read the stickys and headers and realize that it's not what they at first thought. It's only the small, but steady, trickle of those who don't bother to do that and simply lunge at the word Apostolic whom we are dealing with, then. What they say in their posts tends to substantiate this IMO. I suspect that ANY inclusion of the word "Apostolic"-- along with their apparent disinclination to read beyond the name of the forum before posting -- will keep them coming.
Albion,
I completely agree with you about the title - I just don't care whether it's "Churches in" or "Churches with" or whatever. And you're probably right about the percentage of people who will never actually read before they post, also, but because of the existence of so-called Apostolic churches in Pentecostalism, I do think we need to be more clear with our own forum title. And I think it needs to be the title - not a descriptor after the title.
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I vote we leave it as it is. Those who think it's a pentecostal forum get to learn something new and may just investigate one of our churches as a result.
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but because of the existence of so-called Apostolic churches in Pentecostalism, I do think we need to be more clear with our own forum title. And I think it needs to be the title - not a descriptor after the title.
I think I have to agree here. Despite the stickies the forum name is just misleading.
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