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Cumming, Ga. Stan Percival, lead pastor www.canvaschristian.org We relocated the church three years ago, and with that, we wanted to move away from First Christian Church (it’s not like there aren’t enough of those). I wanted a unique name and logo . . . something that would cause people to stop and ask, “Is that a church?” We are Canvas Christian ...
Katy, Texas Darren Walter, lead pastor www.currentchristian.org We were Grace Christian Church for many years. We were often confused with other churches in the community that have “Grace” in their name. The elders agreed to begin searching for a new name. After narrowing down the list, praying, and talking, we landed on Current—A Christian Church....
Cincinnati, Ohio Steve Carr, founding elder www.echochurch.org As a church plant in 2005, we didn’t want a geographic-based name, in case we were forced to change locations (which has happened twice). At the time, there was a trend of churches being named after metaphors, but nearly all those names were visual in nature. The Bible is full of instan...
Woodland Park, Colo. Scott Park, lead minister www.impactcc.net We were Woodland Park Christian Church for about three decades. We often went by WPCC in our small town in the mountains, just west of Colorado Springs. Unfortunately, there was another WPCC (Woodland Park Community Church) about a mile away. Being the two largest churches in town and ...
Newport, Ky. Josh Tandy, lead pastor www.movementnky.com I remember being cautioned to be careful about having too unique of a name. I thought I had taken that to heart, [but] early on I told someone we were going with “Movement Church,” and they replied, “Movement . . . like a bowel movement?” The name is indicative of our pursuit of trying to mov...
Ormond Beach, Fla. Robbie O’Brien, lead pastor salty.org About 10 years ago, we went through a rebranding process. I collected all of the key words that helped describe or steer our ministry. In the process, we threw out everything that wasn’t critical, and the one thing that was nonnegotiable to me was the word salty. We chose saltybecause of our ...
Las Vegas, Nev. Vince Antonucci, lead pastor vivalaverve.org When I decided to start a church in Las Vegas, I wanted a name that would be a conversation starter. One that would get people to ask questions, and hopefully lead to getting to tell them about Jesus. One of my mentors, Dean Trune, told me I couldn’t make the final decision without going ...
Mechanicsburg, Pa. Don Hamilton, senior pastor livevibrant.com We were Capital Area Christian Church [and] had debated changing our church name for a number of years. We felt it was outdated. When we started another campus that was not in the capital area, we felt it was the right time to change it. We hired PlainJoe Studios to rebrand our church. ...
Jul 4, 2016 · One pastor explains the origin of his church's name and why it accurately represents his congregation.
Oct 24, 2020 · Compared to churches worldwide, the official name of the Church can seem like a mouthful, but every part of this name came through revelation. Find out more about how The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints got its name.
Church, in Christian doctrine, the Christian religious community as a whole, or a body or organization of Christian believers. After the Crucifixion, early Christians established their own communities of believers, modeled on the Jewish synagogue. Learn about the history and development of Christian churches.
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Feb 1, 1999 · Just one Canadian church owes its name directly to a monarch: when King George III furnished funds for constructing Quebec’s cathedral in 1799, he stipulated that it “be dedicated to the Most Holy Trinity.”
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Church is the English translation of the Greek word ekklesia. The use of the Greek term prior to the emergence of the Christian church is important as two streams of meaning flow from the history of its usage into the New Testament understanding of church.
