Southern Baptist Churches Adopting New Names to Shed Historical Baggage
After 87 years, the University Baptist Church of Coral Gables, Fla., recently shed its name for something it felt was more forward looking: Christ Journey.
It was following the lead of First Baptist Church of Perrine, Fla., which dropped the name it had held for 89 years in favor of Christ Fellowship.
Coral Baptist Church of Coral Springs, Fla., relaunched itself in 2006 as Church By the Glades.
And First Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale is now known as “First Fort Lauderdale” in its new website. The word “Baptist” is found in a faintly lettered tagline....