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Originally Posted by JerZ
Quick question, what does it mean when you see the title First Church of so-and-so?
When we pass one my husband always says, "Is that literally the first church? Was it built in the neolithic with people making sacrifices there? Or was it just the first one in this town? If so, which is lying, that first church or the other first church across town?" but then again, my husband is a fargin' d o rk sometimes.
So what does "first" mean?
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"First Baptist" usually means the first Baptist church that was in that community. Or first Presbyterian. or first whatever. If a second Baptist or Presbyterian or Methodist or whatever comes to town, that might be the "Second xxxxxxx". You can have 9 different "First" churches if they are different "kinds" or denominations.
The church I pastor is "First Community Church". To be honest...we are the ONLY church in town. But we are the first church of our "kind".
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