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Compassion International (Wikipedia)

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The English Wikipedia article on Compassion International, the evangelical child-sponsorship charity founded by Everett Swanson in 1952. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
A tertiary encyclopedic reference for organizational founding and structure facts; treated at the same tier as other Wikipedia-sourced organization and denomination citations already live in this database.
Notes
Tertiary reference, used only for uncontested founding history: founded 1952 by Rev. Everett Swanson, an evangelical minister who began sponsoring children orphaned by the Korean War, today an evangelical Christian child sponsorship and development organization headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Wikipedia contributors
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Wikimedia Foundation
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compassion_International
Source Type
reference
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Colorado, States & Territories

This source names Colorado directly: "organization headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado."

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Evangelicalism, Denominations

This source names Evangelical directly: "Everett Swanson, an evangelical minister who began sponsoring children orphaned by the Korean War, today an evangelical Christian child sponsorship and development organization headquartered in..."

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Korean, Languages

This source names Korean directly: "sponsoring children orphaned by the Korean War, today an evangelical Christian child sponsorship and development organization headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado."

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Claims Backed By This Source (39 claims)

This source backs 39 claims across the atlas. As facts: 27 well-attested. As cited relationships: 8 holds. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Organizations, 25 claims: 17 well-attested, 5 holds, 3 general references.
  • Sources, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 holds.
  • Articles, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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