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'''Information Articles ''' are articles that are written in an encyclopedia or textbook style. Unlike Wikipedia, which has a WikiChristian does not have strict neutral viewpoint policy, WikiChristian does notlike Wikipedia. An information '''Information Article ''' should be written assuming that WikiChristian's [[WikiChristian:Statement of Faith|Statement of Faith]] is true.

We recognize that there is a wide variety of opinions within the Christian community on many issues. Where there is debate about details of doctrine, the '''Information Article ''' should explain this debate in a non-emotive way, showing both sides of the argument.

In general, '''Information Articles ''' should be written in a manner that makes them clear and easy to understand. Theological terms should be explained. '''Information Articles ''' should be accessible and understandable to a person who has never had theological training. However, the aim of an '''Information Articles ''' is that it should also be useful for a person who has studied theology.

This standard of writing aims to make WikiChristian significantly different from some of the other useful sources of religious information. For example, encyclopedias such as the online [[Catholic Encyclopedia]] and [[Theopedia]] have very useful resources but individual articles are often written using very technical and dry language. WikiChristian's '''Information Articles ''' ideally should be written using simple language to explain difficult concepts. Furthermore, if an article evokes emotion and passion for Jesus in a reader, then it is all the more successful.

Some examples of pages that hopefully reach this standard include [[Christianity]], [[Old Testament]], [[Denominations]] and [[DenominationsChurch]].

It is hoped that readers would browse WikiChristian a little like they might browse a text-book. As such, for any given topic there will be related sub-topics. For example, under the topic [[Church]] there are a number of sub-topics including: [[Church building]], [[Church history]], [[Denominations]] and [[Church service]]. These sub-topics should be clearly located in a Table of Contents in using the Church articletemplate [[Template:Infobox Contents|Infobox_Contents]]. If the reader decides to click on a sub-topic (such as [[Church service]] ) then in its the sub-topics Table of Contents, its a new set of sub-topics are listed, including(for example: [[Liturgy]], [[Hymns]], [[Prayer]], [[Sermons]] and [[Communion]]). Thus each article '''Information Article''' should branch out into sub-topicstopic '''Information Articles''', a little like a tree, or perhaps more like a web.