Yes, Our Church Still Calls It Easter – Here Are 5 Reasons Why

The word "Easter" is commonly believed to have pagan roots, but many scholars are making some strong arguments that this may not be so.

Wouldn’t it be great if Easter wasn’t called Easter? If everyone knew it as Resurrection Sunday instead? But they don’t.

Our church uses both terms. But, as you can see in the artwork above, Easter is our church’s go-to term, not Resurrection Sunday. Especially when we invite people to join us.

Some ministers believe it’s outright wrong, even unchristian, to use the word Easter at all. If your church doesn’t use the word Easter, I’m not arguing that you should.

But before you criticize us for it, I hope you’ll hear me out.

Here are five reasons we call it Easter.... Read More

One of the pioneers in debunking the claim that a number of Christian festivals and holy days are pagan in origin was the late Thomas Talley, professor emeritus of liturgics at General Theological Seminary. He was the author of The Origins of the Liturgical Year, now available in a second, emended edition from Pueblo Books.