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Name A Church

agedman

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If you were to have the authority to name a church, what might you use to identify it as both the assembly of believers and doctrinal view?

Some that come to mind is:

Master's Sheep Pen of Baptists

Faith Baptist Church

Believers Baptist Church



What might you choose?
 

Rob_BW

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International Reformed Grace Crossroads Free Will Trinity Bible Community Fellowship Baptist Church

But seriously, I would stick with ((place name)) Baptist Church
 

agedman

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rlvaughn

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If I had absolute authority to choose the name, I'd probably go with a "not-a-name" concept, such as "a church meeting on Oak Street." The sign on the street might just say "A Church Meets Here." To avoid the generic trickery that some use, we might put underneath that certain descriptors:

Baptist
Independent
Pan-Millennial
Missionary
Anti Missionary Auxiliary
 

Salty

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In Wildflecken, Germany; we named our church Fellowship Baptist because, we started out as a Baptist fellowship and Bible Study.
 

TCassidy

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I pastored First Baptist Church of Spring Valley in suburban San Diego because it was the FIRST, BAPTIST CHURCH, in SPRING VALLEY.

Kind of a "truth in labeling" thing. :)
 

Salty

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I pastored First Baptist Church of Spring Valley in suburban San Diego because it was the FIRST, BAPTIST CHURCH, in SPRING VALLEY.

Kind of a "truth in labeling" thing. :)
(Bold my emphesis)

So what is the meaning - when a Baptist church changes it name to Bible, community or some other non-descriptive name
 

TCassidy

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(Bold my emphesis)

So what is the meaning - when a Baptist church changes it name to Bible, community or some other non-descriptive name
You will have to ask them. I have never changed the name of a church.
 

rlvaughn

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So what is the meaning - when a Baptist church changes it name to Bible, community or some other non-descriptive name
I've never been part of a church that dropped "Baptist" from its name. The two reasons I've discerned the most when I've seen this done is (1) they ceased being Baptist, or (2) they don't want to advertise (up front) that they are Baptist.

To my suggestion above about using only a descriptor (location-wise) and the word "church," I based that on the idea that the churches of the Lord don't have a "proper name" per se. But "truth-in-advertising" and being upfront would be some reasons for putting identifiers on the sign below. (Though I used a little humor in the identifiers -- such as pan-millennial, because often see IFB signs that say premillennial -- I was actually serious about the concept.

Here's one that sort of does what I am talking about, though they use "Baptist" in the name, put the identifiers on top, and waste letters/space by using "independent" twice.
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rsr

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The First Church of Herding Cats. Right next to Bubba's Baptist Bible College & Bait Shop.
 

Earth Wind and Fire

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They have one called “Liquid” here in the great state of NJ. Far as I can see, it’s a New Age blend (give the people what they want) creature... google it if curious.
 
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