NOTE: This Sunday, December 6th, we are meeting at the Calvary Campus followed by a brief Members’ Meeting and lunch. Join us!
NOTE: This Sunday, December 6th, we are meeting at the Calvary Campus followed by a brief Members’ Meeting and lunch. Join us!
What does your heart want most? Pastor Steve begins a new sermon series begins this Sunday, September 6th, called The Pursuit of Happiness: The Life You’ve Always Wanted. We will be hearing about topics that are at the heart of all of our lives…
This Sunday, August 30th, is Doxa Fellowship’s first “Pack-the-Place” worship service.
While our worship services are always open to the public, we are holding occasional services geared to introduce you to Doxa, our message and mission. We are also now meeting in the beautiful and historic Waverly House in downtown Woodstock and are excited for our friends and neighbors to experience this beautiful place.
Join us this Sunday morning and find out what Doxa is all about as we seek to be a church for the glory of God and the good of Woodstock & McHenry County.
Tomorrow is our first Sunday at the Waverly House. We hope you will join us at 10:30am!
As you can see, doxaBLOG has gotten a facelift. You can also check out the new DoxaFellowship.org website. More changes to come!
Jamie Page, a church planter in DeKalb, Illinois, is preaching at Doxa on Sunday. His church is The Church in DeKalb. More about Jamie and The Church in DeKalb at ReachingDeKalb.net.
Just under a year ago our church chose to move through a transition for the health of our church and the good of our community: adopting a new name, adopting a new constitution & elder leadership structure, possibly selling our property and more. The church then chose an Interim Leadership Team (ILT) to work through the transitions above and lead the church until elders can be adopted in our constitution and elders are installed.
The first of the changes the ILT is working through is adopting a new church name. We chose “Doxa Fellowship” on Sunday, January 18th. Doxa is the Greek word for “glory” and is found in words like “orthodoxy” and “doxology.” “Doxa Fellowship” won’t be officially/legally adopted until we adopt a new constitution and choose a restart date and do all that is needed to make it legal, but we are going to start using it immediately.
The ILT developed this name after working through and presenting to Calvary the following criteria…
1. Identity, Calling, & Mission – We want our name to have meaning, to help identify us by our calling & mission. To mention our church is to mention our mission.
2. Unique in McHenry County – It’s best if people outside our church hear our name and have no other church in mind.
3. Not Location Focused – We are a church for McHenry County, as well as for the city we are in, Woodstock. A name describing us in Woodstock will be too narrow. A name describing us in McHenry County may make people think of the city of McHenry. So a non-location specific name will work best.
4. A Brief Identifier – For both church members and folks who live in McHenry County, it’s helpful to have a name they can say in 1 word, though our official name will be longer.
5. Web Domain Options – Most visitors first find us on the internet. A more unique church name leads to a better domain name and easier web discovery.
6. Creativity in Branding – Church branding is often based on name & mission and we want a name that gives some freedom for creatively branding our church.
7. A Name Worth Discussing – When people hear of our church we want the name to peak their interests, draw out questions about the name and/or church. A typical church name often leads to no response from people. A more unique name, based on identity, calling, & mission, opens doors for conversation.
Welcome to the blog of Doxa Fellowship. I’m the pastor, Steve McCoy. Doxa, formerly Calvary Baptist Church in Woodstock, IL, has been a church restart in he works for the last 5 years. I will be providing updates on the transition and talking about the mission and message of Doxa here on Doxa Blog.
