
church names that sound like designer clothing stores
My cousin attends a church called "Warehouse 242." There's another church in his area called "Elevation." In Durham, North Carolina, there's a church called simply, "The Summit." I'm not sure when it happened, but at some point we started naming our churches after stores that sell designer jeans. And I'm cool with that. I don't think you have to name something the "Back to the Bible Holiness Church"- which is outside of Atlanta in case you want to attend.
I think it might even be a great thing to have a funky name because it opens up some good conversations with people. Imagine you're at work on Monday and someone says, "What'd you do this weekend?" You can reply, "I hung out at Elevation." Your friend will then say, "Is that the new salsa/techno/hip-hop/Southern Cambodian traditional dance club? I've heard the girls in that place are ridiculous." At which point you can answer, "No, it's a church," and then proceed to share the entire gospel with him and possibly get him plugged into a small group on the spot.
Okay, it might not go down exactly that way, but at the bare minimum, saying you went to "Elevation" is going to at least keep the conversation rolling and possibly even raise some questions. If you said, "I went to 'God Is Awesome, Praise Jesus Cathedral of Hope and Light' over the weekend," your friend might throw a handful of glitter and climb out a window to escape the conversation. Which is never a good thing.
I think it might even be a great thing to have a funky name because it opens up some good conversations with people. Imagine you're at work on Monday and someone says, "What'd you do this weekend?" You can reply, "I hung out at Elevation." Your friend will then say, "Is that the new salsa/techno/hip-hop/Southern Cambodian traditional dance club? I've heard the girls in that place are ridiculous." At which point you can answer, "No, it's a church," and then proceed to share the entire gospel with him and possibly get him plugged into a small group on the spot.
Okay, it might not go down exactly that way, but at the bare minimum, saying you went to "Elevation" is going to at least keep the conversation rolling and possibly even raise some questions. If you said, "I went to 'God Is Awesome, Praise Jesus Cathedral of Hope and Light' over the weekend," your friend might throw a handful of glitter and climb out a window to escape the conversation. Which is never a good thing.
