{"id":693364,"date":"2018-06-18T02:00:31","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T07:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomrainer.com\/?p=693364"},"modified":"2020-02-07T12:19:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T18:19:23","slug":"contemporary-trends-church-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/blog\/contemporary-trends-church-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Trends in Church Names"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when denominational names were <em>en vogue<\/em>? Remember when you could figure out which denominational church came to the city first: First Methodist; First Baptist; First Presbyterian? Remember when you could tell two churches that split: Harmony Baptist Church and Greater Harmony Baptist Church?<\/p>\n<p>Those days are gone. But what has not changed is that many churches have commonalities in names. In their attempts to be different, they have become common. I went to social media and to Church Answers to learn from my community about church names. Their responses were both fascinating and funny.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cPoint\u201d has become ubiquitous. <\/strong> LifePoint. CrossPoint. Add an \u201ce\u201d to be fancy: GracePointe; LifePointe; CrossPointe.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cLife\u201d has a new life: <\/strong>Life Church; Real Life; New Life; LifePoint or LifePointe (see above).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tim Keller put Redeemer back into vogue. <\/strong>Both Redeemer and Redemption get a lot of love.<\/li>\n<li><strong>City Church, usually with another name in front of it. <\/strong>These churches can be found in the city, suburbs, and the country.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Christ Church. <\/strong>It\u2019s simple and popular.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Five biggies the past ten years: <\/strong>Journey, Bridge, Foundry, Mosaic, and Generation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cross has made a surge. <\/strong>Cross Church. Cross Fellowship. Cross Roads. CrossPoint or CrossPointe (see above).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Simple Church. <\/strong>Sorry, that was a book (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeway.com\/en\/product\/simple-church-P005150986\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">available at LifeWay.com<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meaningful names. <\/strong> Impact. Potential. Epic. Transformation. Renovation. Innovate.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fellowship can be found in almost any town. <\/strong>It usually has other words, but sometimes it\u2019s just Fellowship Church.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Grace.<\/strong> Especially in the Reformed churches.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Many churches like the new factor: <\/strong>New Life. New Hope. New Song. New Now (I made up the one). NewPoint. NewPointe (see above).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Moving on up. <\/strong> Elevate. Vertical. Summit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Not English. <\/strong>Pick a Greek or Latin name you remember from seminary. Eklessia. Ecclessia. Koinonia. Agape. Many others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What are some contemporary church names you could add? Got any funny examples? Let me hear from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Remember when denominational names were en vogue? Remember when you could figure out which denominational church came to the city first? 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