Those of you on Facebook may have noticed a new quiz going around: “How Church of Christ Are You?” Written tongue in cheek, it got me to thinking about the name we use on the sign in front of our buildings. That led me, of all places, to the Bible. I compiled a short list of descriptions and/or names of the church in the New Testament. There are others, like body of Christ, bride of Christ, etc. But here’s some that sound like church names:

Church of God (Acts 20:28; 1Cor 1:2; 10:32; 11:16, 22; 15:9; 2Cor 1:1; Gal 1:13; 1Th 2:14; 2Th 1:4)
Church of the living God (1Tim 3:15)
Church of the firstborn (Heb 12:23)
Churches of God (1Cor 11:16)
Churches of Christ (Rom 16:16)
Churches of the saints (1Cor 14:33)

Those, of course, are descriptions, not names. The only term I could think of that is used as a name is:

The Way (Acts 9:2; 19:9, 23; 24:14, 22)

Can you think of others to add to my list?