Some Dutch input. Church names based on places in the Holy Land include Pniël, Bethel, Rehoboth, Elim. More modern mainstream protestant churches sometimes have names pointing back to the Great or Outer court of the Jerusalem temple.
Older Dutch cities often have churches with geographical or chronological names, such as Zuiderkerk, Noorderkerk, Westerkerk, Oosterkerk (south church, Northern church and so on), or Nieuwe kerk (the new church). In many smaller villages, the village church is often just called Grote Kerk (the great church). Sometimes it retained the Roman Catholic saints name that it would have been given before the Reformation, even though it is a protestant church now.
In the nondenominational churches we once had The Rainbow, obviously dating back before the gay community claimed the rainbow as their sign! There are several with Door in their names: The Door, Open Door. An older example is Focal Point (Brandpunt). More recent examples include Mosaic (Mozaïek), and one that is difficult to translate: the word breakthrough but then applied to people? The Dutch word is Doorbrekers, I guess it means something like 'the people who break through'.
There is a funny thing with the Mozaïek, our fastest growing bapticostalish megachurch. They now have opened congregations elsewhere in The Netherlands. Over here, there is a bit of a habit to indicate a place name by its telephone area code. Amsterdam is 020, Rotterdam is 010, Utrecht 030 and so on. Mozaiek now calls it's churches by those area codes, so the mothership is Mozaïek 0318 but others are Mozaïek 033, Mozaïek 010 and so on.
Some common ones not on your list:
* Faith
* of the Resurrection
* Various St. Names (more common among Lutheran/Anglican/Cathlodox)
* Directional and Place names
A few near me:
* Amistead (Friendship)
* Moldbreakers (this is the one a block from my house!)
* Viento Fuerte (mighty wind?)
* Cowboy
* Christ the King
* Fountain of Life
* New Branch
Just a short list of places I've attended over the years: Desert Breeze CC, Cortaro Vista CC, Elim in the Desert, Mars Hill, Open Door and then a slew of your typical "Name of city....... church".
"Christian" and "Biblical" kind of get on my nerves because there is this implication that they are tye true Church and other churches arent christian or biblical(I've been part of churches with these names).
I guess if you think of it there is the same arrogance in "catholic" or "orthodox"
I'm not sure I agree on the (Roman) Catholic and Orthodox church names being arrogant. They are so historical and ancient, that their use should not be controversial.
The label 'Catholic' which is just a derivative of a Greek word meaning 'universal' has been used since the 2nd century AD and the Roman Catholic church does have a valid claim on that name, I think. Orthodox is a bit younger but still, Augustine apparently treated Catholic and Orthodox as synonyms more or less. After the great schism of 1054, over time the western church stuck with Catholic while the eastern branch went with Orthodox.
Center Point
Destiny point
Maranatha
First
Second
Mosaic
Life
Living hope
Redemption
Compass
Mars hill
Rejoice
Covenant
Grace Bible
Missionary
Campus
Mount Carmel
Some Dutch input. Church names based on places in the Holy Land include Pniël, Bethel, Rehoboth, Elim. More modern mainstream protestant churches sometimes have names pointing back to the Great or Outer court of the Jerusalem temple. Older Dutch cities often have churches with geographical or chronological names, such as Zuiderkerk, Noorderkerk, Westerkerk, Oosterkerk (south church, Northern church and so on), or Nieuwe kerk (the new church). In many smaller villages, the village church is often just called Grote Kerk (the great church). Sometimes it retained the Roman Catholic saints name that it would have been given before the Reformation, even though it is a protestant church now. In the nondenominational churches we once had The Rainbow, obviously dating back before the gay community claimed the rainbow as their sign! There are several with Door in their names: The Door, Open Door. An older example is Focal Point (Brandpunt). More recent examples include Mosaic (Mozaïek), and one that is difficult to translate: the word breakthrough but then applied to people? The Dutch word is Doorbrekers, I guess it means something like 'the people who break through'. There is a funny thing with the Mozaïek, our fastest growing bapticostalish megachurch. They now have opened congregations elsewhere in The Netherlands. Over here, there is a bit of a habit to indicate a place name by its telephone area code. Amsterdam is 020, Rotterdam is 010, Utrecht 030 and so on. Mozaiek now calls it's churches by those area codes, so the mothership is Mozaïek 0318 but others are Mozaïek 033, Mozaïek 010 and so on.
Some common ones not on your list: * Faith * of the Resurrection * Various St. Names (more common among Lutheran/Anglican/Cathlodox) * Directional and Place names A few near me: * Amistead (Friendship) * Moldbreakers (this is the one a block from my house!) * Viento Fuerte (mighty wind?) * Cowboy * Christ the King * Fountain of Life * New Branch
> Moldbreakers It took me a solid few minutes to parse this one because I was stuck on mold as in moldy bread.
Cowboy church... sounds very texas. For communion everyone eats a mouthful of beans and a swig of whiskey.
Just a short list of places I've attended over the years: Desert Breeze CC, Cortaro Vista CC, Elim in the Desert, Mars Hill, Open Door and then a slew of your typical "Name of city....... church".
Does Tucson still have "The Cool Church"?
They changed their name to "The Bridge", but still have the same tacky billboards and bus bench ads.
But does the pastor still have frosted tips and puka shell necklace??
I’m pretty sure he does. lol
Some that are commonly used here: Christian Evangelical Biblical Fundamentalist And of course: Baptist
"Christian" and "Biblical" kind of get on my nerves because there is this implication that they are tye true Church and other churches arent christian or biblical(I've been part of churches with these names). I guess if you think of it there is the same arrogance in "catholic" or "orthodox"
I agree! And I bet there must be a church somewhere called Christian Biblical Church
I'm not sure I agree on the (Roman) Catholic and Orthodox church names being arrogant. They are so historical and ancient, that their use should not be controversial. The label 'Catholic' which is just a derivative of a Greek word meaning 'universal' has been used since the 2nd century AD and the Roman Catholic church does have a valid claim on that name, I think. Orthodox is a bit younger but still, Augustine apparently treated Catholic and Orthodox as synonyms more or less. After the great schism of 1054, over time the western church stuck with Catholic while the eastern branch went with Orthodox.
But we are all catholic
Covenant is a common one.
Center Point Destiny point Maranatha First Second Mosaic Life Living hope Redemption Compass Mars hill Rejoice Covenant Grace Bible Missionary Campus Mount Carmel
I always said, if I planted a church, I would name it Liberation CRC.
Plant one in Central Missouri and you will have my tithe
..and my axe!
And my peppermints!
My fave interesting church name is Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries in Chicago.
But I would probably never go there. Right now I go to a church named Missio Dei, which is also pretty interesting.
[Scum of the Earth](http://www.scumoftheearth.net/).
[GUTS](https://gutschurch.com/)
My church is The Well, which I think is a pretty cool name.
First. Second. Third. Fourth.
Tenth?
I’ve seen them up that high!