Renaming your church?

Chris Thomas  |  Features
Date posted:  1 Jan 2012
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How you are known? That’s what a name is... how you are known.

But, of course, that needs to be based on who you are, or you are acting under false pretences. God doesn’t do that — when he makes himself known as YHWH or Jesus, it’s a faithful and true witness to who he is. A name conveys who you are.

How then do you decide a church name? For many, the church has already got one — inherited, or given from the ‘parent’ church. Continuity is valuable — we hold firmly to the tradition handed down to us: and the gospel and the God who gave it are unchanging. On the other hand, we evangelise a changing world where:

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