A name for mission!

Many churches which are reinventing themselves or planting are taking on new names to help them in taking the good news of Jesus to new people.

A familiar name has powerful associations for us, but for outsiders a name can be alienating or just plain meaningless. Our congregation's name is a powerful way of communicating who we are and what we are on about:

Here are some examples:

1. The Cross-cultural Bible Church (CBC) is the name of the congregation that meets at St David's Arncliffe
2. Christians in the Media and Annandale Community Church meet at the corner of Booth and Johnston Sts, Annandale. You will be hard pressed to find any mention of St Aidans!
3. St Albans Multicultural Bible Ministry meets at St Albans Anglican Church Rooty Hill.
4. Penisula Community Church is the Anglican Church at Pyrmont
5. Concord Community Anglican Church is the name of the Church at Concord West (Holy Trinity)
   
6. Macquarie Anglican Churches is the name of the churches that meet at St Dunstan's and St George's, Eastwood.
7. Meadowbank International Church is a church plant of Christchurch Gladesville aimed at reaching the multi-ethnic people of Meadowbank.
   

As we think about if St Andrew's is the best name for us we need to think of how we communicate to outsiders more than our preferences. Jesus' great mission was for the sake of those who were lost in order to bring them back to God:

"For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost." Luke 19:10