Heard about a new church starting in our area of the country in the fall. How exciting! As a church planter it is always cool to see new works launch. There is so much that goes into a successful launch. I'll call it the 3 P's Prayer, Planning and Preparation. Part of those 3 P's is picking a name. Something that says who you are and what your vision and mission is. Something you want to be distinctly you. Something that will catch people's attention. In recent years there has been a move to be more creative and come up with shall I say less traditional names. As a result there's some pretty interesting names out there. Frankly I'm not sure where some of these names come from and who am I to say. We had some very specific reasons behind our name (see our website for those details) so this could be the case for others as well.
Anyway I have noticed over the years that in spite of trying to be unique, all of a sudden we have an abundance of similar church names. Thirty years ago it seemed every Assembly of God was First Assembly of God. Every Baptist was First Baptist. Now it seems every church is Journey, Cornerstone or Epic Church. (Do a google search). Gotta hand it to the Catholics. They have so many saints I don't think any two churches have the same name. Maybe if we want to be unique now we need to go back to First Assembly or First Baptist. Maybe church names are like fashion. Eventually they come back in style.
Whatever the name we should always remember the most important part of the church is Jesus. It exists for Him. No name no matter how creative replace the passion we need to have for Christ. That's what will make a successful church.
Until next time,
Pastor Paul
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