Comments on: How to name a church

By: Annette

Annette — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:29:17 +0000

Please disregard last post! Wrong Jared Bridges, sorry. Funny the guy I know also has a wife named Lori, but serves in Germany and they only have one child with another on the way!

By: Annette

Annette — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:26:33 +0000

Hey Jared,

This is so wierd, I just went to search naming a church and this came up! Maybe you can give us some insight, if you are still in town! God Bless, Annette from First Baptist(for now)

By: TruePravda » How to name a subdivision

TruePravda » How to name a subdivision — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:37:39 +0000

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By: J. Wesley

J. Wesley — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:36:21 +0000

Heather Spencer-

“You know there is a name for how they name neighborhoods, my mind is blank at the moment but basically something to do with making things sound woodsy, rural, peaceful, etc even if said subdivision is in the middle of a blustering city.”

My wife and I were joking the other day that if they had truth-in-labeling laws in Florida, all of the subdivisions would be named “Sand Pit Estates,” “Scrub Oak Homes,” or “Swamp Gas Gables.”

By: GUNNY HARTMAN

GUNNY HARTMAN — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:16:41 +0000

We’ve been getting a lot of “The Church at (insert name of community name within suburb)” and “(name of community withing suburb) Church” …

For example, Firewheel Church or The Oaks or The Heights (Richardson Heights) or The Church at Rock Creek, etc.

By: Sarah Flashing

Sarah Flashing — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:08:28 +0000

I’m exposed to quite a bit of this with churches being planted or established churches changing their names. In fact, the denomination I work for has changed its name to Converge. I’m hoping to see some of the local churches and plants pick names like Covert, Divergence, and Extreme. It seems the word ‘baptist’ went out with the ’57 chevy.

By: Heather Spencer

Heather Spencer — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:05:52 +0000

What about Journey….that seems to be popular these days in church plants!

P.S. You know there is a name for how they name neighborhoods, my mind is blank at the moment but basically something to do with making things sound woodsy, rural, peaceful, etc even if said subdivision is in the middle of a blustering city.

By: J. Wesley

J. Wesley — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:28:40 +0000

Actually, to be really hip, you leave the nasty, offensive word church out entirely and call yourself a community or something equally Po-Mo.

I liked our church name in St. Petersburg. You knew what you were getting — Christ the King Presbyterian Church.

By: Colby Willen

Colby Willen — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:26:48 +0000

If it’s a house church, could it just be, say, “The Church at 1053 Riverdale Road”? Also, what are churches named in China?

By: Charles Halton

Charles Halton — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:08:51 +0000

In my commute to Louisville every Tues/Thurs I see a sign in Northern Kentucky for “Rodeo Baptist Church” beside a bucking bull image. It makes me chuckle every time.