Father Longenecker has a post up about the trend of naming/renaming Protestant churches. I have noticed this also, as even denominational churches going with something more generic and dropping the denominational name.
Some actual names he lists:
- Cornerstone
- Fresh Spring
- Living Water Fellowship
- The Heritage
- The Vineyard
- Carpenter’s Church
- New Spring
- Flame Fellowship
He also list some with “mysteriously cool hip hop names” he has seen:
- Elevate
- Velocity
- The Edge
- Spark
- Matrix
- Volt
- WaveWalkers
Father then uses this trend to re-brand some possible Catholic parishes names.
- St Peter’s – The Rock
- Our Lady of the Rosary – Beads.com
- St John’s – BeLoved
- Prince of Peace – PeaceMan
- St Therese of Lisieux – ARose
- St Mary’s – Virge
- St Anthony’s – ATone
- St Elizabeth Ann Seaton – The Seat
Sounds like fun, so here are some of my suggestions:
- St. Peter – Sixteen18 (in my area there are several Eleven22 Protestant churches)
- St. Patrick’s Catholic Church – Shamrock
- St. Mark – Lost Garment Ministries
- St. Jude – Nothing is Impossible
- St. Augustine – Late Loving Fellowship
- St. Michael – Sword of Faith
- St. Anthony – Lost and Found
- St. Ignatius of Loyola – Cannonball
- St. Ambrose – Mother Tears
- Church of the Assumption – Rise Up
- St Therese of Lisieux – Little Ways
- St. Catherine of Siena – World on Fire
- St. Josaphat’s – Jumps
- St. Theresa of Avila Church – Non Gloomy Saints
- St. Boniface – The Ax
- Our Lady of Lourdes – Healing Waters
- St. John Henry Newman – Kindly Lights Community
- St. Padre Pio – Holy Hands
Maybe some Trad parishes can draw Protestants with a name such as:
- Calvary Chapel Veil
What are your suggestions?
