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Archive Home > 2013 > January > 05 > New name, same mission

New name, same mission

• Although it dropped 'Baptist' from its name, Bend's Foundry Church keeps welcoming worshippers

By Alandra Johnson / The Bulletin
January 5, 2013

Pastor Bryon Mengle has noticed a few new faces in the pews of his church in the past few months. He credits the small influx to the church's name change.

In October, First Baptist Church in downtown Bend became Foundry Church.

Mengle thinks a simple thing like eliminating a the word Baptist....

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