John Markum

A Church called “LifeCity”

LC VISION“We will launch LifeCity Church so the people of the South Bay will fully experience life in Christ.”

That is the vision behind the name we chose for our new church plant to the South Bay area of San Jose, CA. But to me and the Launch Team going with my family and I, this is so much more than a cute line to put on a website. This vision statement is our battle-cry. It is the singular, unifying passion behind LifeCity Church. Let me break it down for you how we see it: Continue reading “A Church called “LifeCity””

Naming a Church: Part 3

NAC3So with a healthy amount of research in hand, and after praying and fasting, and talking to people we trusted, everything came to the point of the entire process that we had been waiting for. There was nothing left but to decide the name of our new church plant and commit to that name, brand, and direction.

Our vision, “so the people of the South Bay will fully experience life in Christ,” had given us clarity in choosing the six names we researched. Continue reading “Naming a Church: Part 3”

Naming a Church: Part 2

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So as our Launch Team and I began thinking through the principles I discussed in part 1, we literally began coming up with a list of over 100 possible names. Many of them we eliminated because they did not fit the principles discussed in the last post. Others were just overused by other churches. Some we didn’t like, and still more names were already represented in cities within a close proximity to our target area. If you can’t tell, we spent a great deal of time and effort thinking through this… Continue reading “Naming a Church: Part 2”

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