Talk:Acts2 Network

Why criticism of the church should stay in the article

206.71.234.163 reverted the article back to this version, stating the WP:ONUS on keeping information in was on those trying to include information, hence this discussion. In short, the sentence noting controversies should stay (and, if anything, be fleshed out into a paragraph as seen here because controversies makeup a significant part of the coverage of this organization in reliable sources, which we should follow per WP:WEIGHT. That sentence included citations to Christianity Today, The UC San Diego Triton, and Wired, or three of the four citations in the article at that time. Mach61 13:16, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

Please see WP:ATTACKPAGE 166.198.21.106 (talk) 19:11, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

Please explain to me how the current state of this article exists primarily to disparage or threaten its subject, which is what an attack page is. It contains one sentence, which is sourced, that mentions anything negative about the organization. Mach61 23:00, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

August 2024 edit war

Looks like there has been an edit war on this page! According to the View History page, the war began August 1, 2024 when user KnowledgeExplorer42 replaced the entire article text with unsourced propaganda. User Mach61 responded, then 19 more back-and-forth edits occurred.

Today, I have restored the antebellum text. The most recent version was the August 7 version. This version contains uncited and poorly-cited information. It leaves the article in a worse state than it was antebellum, so I have decided the antebellum text is better than the August 7 text, and I have restored it.

If I may make a suggestion to all the big Wikipedians in charge here, I have a gut feeling that the organizational subject of this article is upset about being covered in Wikipedia. In response I would propose protecting and watching this page to prevent future mischief. That's just my suggestion. Percurrent (talk) 15:57, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Updating Intro Paragraph

• Specific text to be added or removed:

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Acts2 Network is a Southern Baptist church with a college ministry focus. As of 2022, it was on 60 college campuses and 35 US cities. The church was founded as Berkland Baptist Church by Rebekah and Paul Kim in 1981, in the region of Berkeley, California and Oakland, California. In 2006 it reorganized and changed its name to Gracepoint. In 2023 it rebranded as Acts2 Network. It serves primarily Asian-American Christians with interest in a faith-centric lifestyle.

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Acts2 Network is a Southern Baptist collegiate church planting network, part of the North America Mission Board's SEND Network. [1] As of 2024, it has churches in 35 US cities. Originally founded as Berkland Baptist Church in 1981 by Rebekah and Paul Kim, it went independent from the Berkland network of churches in 2006 under the leadership of Ed Kang and renamed to Gracepoint Fellowship Church. In 2023, it rebranded as Acts2 Network to better reflect its identity as a network of churches [2].

• Reason for the change: The updated paragraph involves a few improvements.
  • Updating the description of Acts2 Network as a network of churches instead of a single church.
  • Updating the description of Acts2 Network as part of North America Mission Board (NAMB)'s Send Network
  • Adding the leadership of Ed Kang since 2006.
  • Re-phrasing a bit of the wording to make the text flow better.
• References supporting change:
  • [1] Can pick any of these sources
    • https://www.namb.net/send-network/resource/collegiate-church-planting-resources/
    • https://www.namb.net/send-network/where-we-plant/
    • https://www.namb.net/send-network/podcasts/we-are-send-network/raising-up-the-next-generation-of-church-planters/
  • [2] https://www.christianitytoday.com/2022/09/gracepoint-berkland-asian-american-church-discipleship/

Bryanmau1 (talk) 18:58, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Partly done: Added the network line Likeanechointheforest (talk) 22:00, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you,

Would you also be able to add in the part about the North American Mission Board and SEND Network? For the [1] reference, you could use https://www.namb.net/send-network/where-we-plant/ Bryanmau1 (talk) 22:17, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

Edit request: Add brief book citation to History section

Disclosure: I am affiliated with Acts2 Network / the church discussed in this article, so I have a conflict of interest. I am requesting review rather than editing the article directly.

Requested location: Please add the following sentence at the end of the History section, after the sentence: “In 2025, Acts2 Network launched a training center in Elgin, IL.”

Proposed text: Acts2 Network was included among the churches and networks examined as “Level 5” disciple-making communities in Bobby Harrington, Josh Howard, and Mason Eagle's 2026 book 7 Practices of Disciple Making Churches: New Research on What Works in North America.Harrington, Bobby; Howard, Josh; Eagle, Mason (2026). 7 Practices of Disciple Making Churches: New Research on What Works in North America. Renew.org. p. 45. ISBN 9781959467557.

Rationale: This is a brief factual mention of Acts2 Network’s inclusion in a published book. The proposed wording does not add a new section, does not use promotional language such as “successful,” “leading,” or “one of the best,” and is intended to fit chronologically within the existing History section. Mongooseviper (talk) 18:46, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

 Not done It is unclear what it means to be a "Level 5" disciple-making community or why this merits encyclopedic inclusion. For example, if the claim cited to the group were that Acts2 network of ministries had "X number of participants" or something objective, that may merit inclusion in the article. Spencer^T•C 14:45, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for reviewing. I see your concern that “Level 5” is specialized terminology and may not be clear or encyclopedic as phrased. Would a revised version that removes the “Level 5” language and focuses on the objective publication fact be more appropriate?

Proposed revised text:

"Bobby Harrington, Josh Howard, and Mason Eagle’s 2026 book 7 Practices of Disciple Making Churches: New Research on What Works in North America included Acts2 Network as one of nine churches and networks profiled in its study of disciple-making practices in North America."

I would defer to uninvolved editors on whether this is due for inclusion and where it would best fit. Mongooseviper (talk) 16:52, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

Edit request: Revise second History paragraph

Disclosure: I am affiliated with Acts2 Network / the church discussed in this article, so I have a conflict of interest. I am requesting review rather than editing the article directly.

This is a separate request from the prior book-citation request. I am proposing a replacement for the current second paragraph of the History section to give a clearer post-2006 chronology of the organization’s development. The proposed wording focuses on factual timeline details and uses a third-party source where available.

Requested location: Please replace the current second paragraph of the History section, beginning “Over time, Gracepoint expanded beyond just college ministry,” with the following paragraph.

Proposed replacement text: Over time, Gracepoint expanded beyond its original focus on college ministry and began church-planting efforts in Taiwan and Austin, Texas, in 2007–2008. Interhigh Ministry began in 2009, and the organization later developed additional church plants and ministries in cities including Minneapolis, San Diego, Riverside, Chicago, and Evanston. Acts2 Network's history page says that its youth ministry teams have served approximately 100 churches throughout the network, that about 150 people moved to six East Coast locations in 2017, and that 364 people moved during the COVID-19 pandemic to start ministries on campuses and in cities across the country. In 2025, Reliant Mission reported that Acts2 Network had sent 72 missionaries overseas in 2024 through a partnership with Reliant; Acts2 Network's history page says that from 2024 to 2026 it trained and sent 229 missionaries on one-year terms across seven countries. In 2021, Gracepoint changed its name to Acts2 Network and adopted the mission statement “Launching lifelong kingdom workers from every college town.” In 2025, the organization moved its headquarters to Elgin, Illinois, where it opened the Acts2 Training Center.

Rationale: The current second paragraph already summarizes the organization’s expansion beyond college ministry, name change, mission statement, and training center. This proposed replacement keeps the same general scope but adds a clearer chronology of post-2006 developments, including church planting, youth ministry, domestic expansion, and foreign missions. Because several timeline details come from the organization’s own history page, the wording attributes those details rather than presenting them as independent evaluation. The Reliant Mission citation is included as a third-party source for the 2024 overseas missionary-sending figure. Mongooseviper (talk) 18:18, 10 September 2026 (UTC)

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