Ivan
Pastor
Our church, Maranatha Baptist Church, will either build this year or the next. We are really doing it on a shoestring, but when it's done I think we will have an attractive, functional building, God willing.
The church has a spotty past, a not-so-good reputation in the community, due to the activities of former pastors (if you can really call them pastors!). I won't get into the details, but they did a lot of damage to the cause of Christ and I'll leave it at that. I came to the church almost two years ago when they had four in attendance. In the last four months we have averaged around 30 and we are growing. God has been good.
With the bad rep, we have been considering a new name when we move into the new building, sometime of a new beginning. This is my question for you all: If we change the church's name what would you suggest for a name?
Here are a few that are in the mix:
First Baptist Church of Poplar Grove
Poplar Grove Baptist Church (okay, those two are pretty obvious)
Living Waters Baptist Church
Grace Baptist Church
We are considering changing "Baptist" to "Community" too. We have one member who would like to go with "Fellowship" to "Church". I'm not liking that much.
What say ye?
The church has a spotty past, a not-so-good reputation in the community, due to the activities of former pastors (if you can really call them pastors!). I won't get into the details, but they did a lot of damage to the cause of Christ and I'll leave it at that. I came to the church almost two years ago when they had four in attendance. In the last four months we have averaged around 30 and we are growing. God has been good.
With the bad rep, we have been considering a new name when we move into the new building, sometime of a new beginning. This is my question for you all: If we change the church's name what would you suggest for a name?
Here are a few that are in the mix:
First Baptist Church of Poplar Grove
Poplar Grove Baptist Church (okay, those two are pretty obvious)
Living Waters Baptist Church
Grace Baptist Church
We are considering changing "Baptist" to "Community" too. We have one member who would like to go with "Fellowship" to "Church". I'm not liking that much.
What say ye?