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Is it ever right to drop the name from your church?
If not, why not?
If so, why?
If not, why not?
If so, why?
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admin said:
It's always right.
12 Now I say this, that each of you says, “I am of Paul,†or “I am of Apollos,†or “I am of Cephas,†or “I am of Christ.†13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
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Along the lines of steeplejacking...one of the things the thieves do is change the name of the church.
There are good and bad reasons.
There are good and bad reasons.
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Bruh said:
Or Finney, or Hyles, or Rice, or Sunday,.........Bruh said:
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Bruh said:
Or like "King James." Man-worshipping morons.
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Ransom said:
I don't think denominations are necessarily a bad thing. They make it a little easier for us to find compatible churches. But sometimes using the name is a stumbling block, as when I found my previous church. It was actually Assemblies of God, though it was called _____ Community Church. I found it was really AG after a month or so, after I'd already decided I liked it. It wasn't deception, it was giving themselves a fair shot with me, since AG had an undeserved bad reputation with me. I've moved on since, but I'm not sorry I was with them for a while. I learned some good things there.
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Izdaari said:
Yeah, which is why I tend to avoid churches named "Legalist Pharisee Bastages Church". The name is a clue that I just won't fit in.
Seriously, if only some churches had honest names like that...
The Rogue Tomato said:
That would be helpful, wouldn't it?
Izdaari said:The Rogue Tomato said:
That would be helpful, wouldn't it?
Actually when i lived in Virginia, many churches would emphasize on their signs or yellow pages section,( remember using the yellow pages to find things?) as Fundamentalist;Militant;Patriotic.
out of the four, Finney lead the way for future legalist/Fundamentalist. FInney, denied original sin, also believed that sanctification was from mans works, not from God, He influenced Sunday and a whole sort of fundamentalist.Bruh said:
In scripture, church names were always in relation to their location.
Yet we have multiple buildings called churches in the same location.
So names like Grace, Unity, etc are understandably born.
I am not sure naming your church after a person (like John the Baptist) is a good idea.
If all the churches had differing names, as they did in scripture, it would stop these "big boxed chain churches" from reproducing.
They'd all remain autonomous as they should be.
Of course many churches claim to be autonomous but follow the money trail
FTR, Since a name is just a name, it's not that important really.
Yet we have multiple buildings called churches in the same location.
So names like Grace, Unity, etc are understandably born.
I am not sure naming your church after a person (like John the Baptist) is a good idea.
If all the churches had differing names, as they did in scripture, it would stop these "big boxed chain churches" from reproducing.
They'd all remain autonomous as they should be.
Of course many churches claim to be autonomous but follow the money trail
FTR, Since a name is just a name, it's not that important really.
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Biker said:
Exactly.
Our perception of how they addressed the church in scripture is corrupted by our current notion of what constitutes a church today. When we read "to the church of God which is at Corinth", we're tempted to think Paul is addressing an organization.
But that's not what it says, at all. It says, "to the called out ones at Corinth". This is no more specific than saying something like "to the women in Chicago". Yeah, the analogy isn't perfect, but the point is that it addresses a particular group of people who happen to be in Corinth/Chicago.
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A lot of seeker-sensitive Southern Baptist churches in my town are no longer calling themselves Baptist even though they still completely are at a doctrinal level. The church leadership will many times say that Baptist turns away non-believers who need to hear the Gospel because of the stigma associated with it. It comes down to your belief on the role of the church to begin with.
Do you take the approach that the Sunday morning church service should primarily be aimed at bringing in the unsaved to hear the Gospel? Or is it primarily for the saved and therefore the church likely has a soul winning ministry in which they go out door to door sharing the Gospel. If the church's mission is to bring in the world to proclaim the Gospel to them, then if something simple like a church name is a stumbling block to bringing them in, it would be right to drop it. If its primarily for the saved, then absolutely not because denominations will really help people narrow down the search to find a church that believes similar to how they do. Though even today there is a wide range of beliefs within the Baptist church, when a church calls itself Baptist for the most part you know where they stand on the fundamentals of the faith.
Do you take the approach that the Sunday morning church service should primarily be aimed at bringing in the unsaved to hear the Gospel? Or is it primarily for the saved and therefore the church likely has a soul winning ministry in which they go out door to door sharing the Gospel. If the church's mission is to bring in the world to proclaim the Gospel to them, then if something simple like a church name is a stumbling block to bringing them in, it would be right to drop it. If its primarily for the saved, then absolutely not because denominations will really help people narrow down the search to find a church that believes similar to how they do. Though even today there is a wide range of beliefs within the Baptist church, when a church calls itself Baptist for the most part you know where they stand on the fundamentals of the faith.