Ever notice the ridiculous names Protestant congregationalists types use for their churches?

Question

Ever notice the ridiculous names Protestant congregationalists types use for their churches which are not in the bible why is that?

for example Mt. Zion assembly, Eagleridge in the sky chapel, The Bridge, Staff of Mose Church, Cornerstone church, David's chapel etc etc... the worst ones are TV evangelists who come up with the most ridiculous ones because they think its some sort of marketing campaign. Good Lord have mercy.

thanks meg you so far have made the most sense.

Answer 1

I believe that the names you mention are from the Evangelists tradition.
Not Congregational. Most Congregational Churches have fairly plain names, at least the ones where I live. The Congregational Church I grew up in was simply named The Whitneyville Congregational Church.
Many just have names relating to their location.
These others are from a totally different Christian sect.

Answer 2

Mt. Zion, Cornerstone church, and David's chapel don't seem ridiculous to me: the coming of the Lord, Jesus Christ is the corner stone (the rock of my Salvation), and naming the church after a man God called a man after His own heart don't seem like bad names.

Answer 3

Nope haven't noticed.

No really, I have noticed some fairly curious and imaginative names. I don't have much problem with Mt.Zion assembly. Not much problem with a lot of them, except... frankly some of them sound an awful lot like the names of overpriced housing developments.

Many of them though, like Cornerstone... reasonably reference the Bible.

There... can I equivocate any more?

Answer 4

I know just what you mean, over the years I have seen hundereds of churhes with names that I have tried to Find in the Bible....

But they just don't seen to be there...

Maybe you can help, here is a small list

1. Church of St. Francis Xavier

2.Cathedral of the Good Shepherd

3. Church of Our Lady of Lourdes

4.Church of St. Bernadette

5.Church of St. Michael
(I know there was an Angel named Michael but that could not be the same one cause angels can't be saints, can they?)

6.Church of St. Teresa

7.Church of Sacred Heart

8.Novena Church

9.Church of the Holy Family

10.Church of the Holy Trinity

11.Church of our Lady of Perpetual Succour

12.Church or Our Lady Queen of Peace

13.Church of St. Francis of Assisi

4.Church of St. Ignatius

15.Church of St. Anthony

16.Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea

17.St. Anne’s Church

I really hope you can tell me where these names are in the Holy Bible, I just can not find a one of them.

Thank you..God Bless

Answer 5

Or God's House, Church of God. I mean, then they laugh that we 'pray' to saints when all we do is ask them to pray for us, why do you think people have weird names...LOL

The televangelists are crazy!

In Jesus' name...no. To them it's : In cheese's name.
They need to learn English first and to take a deep breath. They yell too much, their excuse...to make people pay attention. I mean, you must be a TERRIBLE pracher if you have to yell at your congregation.

Answer 6

Our Lady of Perpetual Motion is my favorite.

Answer 7

Ever notice how the flippant are usually at a loss to ask any meaningful questions?

Answer 8

we do it to try to keep up with that 'other church' that got first dibs on the goofy pointed hats and silly dresses...y'know, our lady hortense of the divine cramps?