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A local congregation may have multiple worship services in multiple locations, but if it is a local body under the same leadership, it shall be counted as one congregation. Nothing in these guidelines is intended to establish notability for denominations.
Some articles on congregations may be written in order to promote a congregation. Many Wikipedians are strongly averse to the use of Wikipedia for advertising, and Wikipedia articles are not advertisements is an official policy of long standing. Advertising is either cleaned up to adhere to the neutral point of view or deleted. In the latter case, it is listed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. If this proposed policy becomes accepted, the guidelines listed on this page may be applied by editors in deletion debates.
A good starting point is the primary notability criterion: having been the primary focus of multiple, non-trivial coverage in reliable sources independent of the subject.