About our Name

Where does our name, "Berean Bible Church," come from?

Berean: Our name was chosen on the basis of a passage in Acts 17:10-11. In that passage the Jews in a town called Berea heard the Apostle Paul speak in their synagogue. The Bible praises these Jews because they both received Paul's message with a "readiness of mind" and also "searched the Scriptures" to see if they were consistent with what Paul was preaching. We choose to be named after these folks of old because we have a desire to let God's Word, the Bible, be our final authority for our beliefs.

Bible: As an independent Bible church, we choose to let the word "Bible" define our church doctrinal position – as opposed to having it defined for us by identification with this or that denominational group.

Church: We are an independent non-denominational church. We are not affiliated with or connected to any associations, denominations or larger groups. There are other "Berean Churches" too.