Church of the Gentle Bunyip

The person who nominated this name did not provide any promotional pitch or reasons.

However, someone else with their tongue firmly in their cheek circulated a homework exercise for “The House of the Gentle Bunyip”, saying:

Why we should use this name:

• It has been used in the past but oldies have forgotten it and our youth have never heard of it.
• It is a seriously punchy name and insiders could shorten it to ‘Bunyip Church’ or even HGB
• Athol Gill – its founder who dies in 1992- is one of our saints – it makes a nice connection.
• The name is no longer a registered business name – the ABN has been cancelled, so we should grab the name
• It is very, very Australian.
• The Bunyip, like us, kind of lives in Cyberspace
• “Gentle” sugggests an achieveable standard of a caring community without projecting an unattainable boast.
• The Community Church of St Mark (Clifton Hill) has a stained glass window to honour Athol Gill, so it no longer . needs bunyips.
• We could substitute “Church” for “House” and remove the need to add a “part B” to the end of the name, thus: ” The Church of the Gentle Bunyip”

Why we might not use the name:

• A few very elderly bunyips are still alive
• The title is too long for those with a short attention span
• The link with mythology will unsettle some conservative christians
• It neither explicitly or implicitly says “Baptist”

p.s.  There was a “Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster” – which practised Pastafarianism, but that is another story.

What do you think people should consider with regard to this name?