50 Church Logos For Religious Brands
People connect with like-minded people and find community in the church. In fact, over half of the US associate themselves with a church of their choice. You can improve your church group’s reach with the help of proper church logo design.
Today, we are looking at some design ideas to help you create a compelling identity.
Take a look at this overview of the designs you will see below:
Cross logos
It is common to see church logos with cross drawings. This is a well-known symbol of Christianity because of the crucifixion of Jesus or their prophet. However, it has been used for ancient paganism. Crosses represent the passion and sacrifice of the religious icon.
The shape makes for a great focal point in your design or as a decorative detail. Crosses are relevant and simple enough to adapt to your emblem.
Message Church by creative.bugs
Christian Quotes Shield by eclipse42
Christian Tours by LanofDesign
Cross by Logo Designer, Vick Ben
First Baptist Church of Columbus GA – Rebrand by Mike Jones
Rock Lake Christian Assembly by Kanaip
Saguaro Canyon Church by REDcrackers.com
shield Christian Cross by Rach
JESUS RISEN by Eddie Lobanoskiy
Of course, you can always put a creative touch to your organization’s emblem. This monogram logo called JESUS RISEN forms a cross silhouette using letters and strategic placement of design elements. Little touches like this allow you to make a memorable design.
Pro tip: Keep it simple
It’s tempting to combine exciting design concepts like abstract, art pop, and more to your cross logo. However, you should remember that great logos are unsaturated logos. Dialing back on details will result in a logo that will be easy to apply on social media graphics, posters, calling cards, and more.
Text logos
Choosing to represent your brand with typography is excellent for brands that want a versatile look. It is straightforward and doesn’t need intricate details to look good.
When it comes to type, you want to learn the difference between serif and sans serif fonts.
Serif font logos feature glyphs with a tail detail at the end of each stroke, emphasizing each letter. Often, this font is seen as traditional. On the other hand, sans serif fonts are letters that don’t have this detail. The glyphs have a modern look and are better for digital use.
You want to choose a font that will help you communicate your brand identity.
Can’t decide? Try using serif and sans serif fonts to create a high-contrast design!
Beacon Church by chevy camaroo
“Church Complete” by Samantha Harwood
Embrace Church at Montverde by dobobed
Advent Lutheran Church by Sujit Banerjee
Restoration Church by Benjamin Wood
Stained Glass Ministry by Liyana
Texas Avenue Baptist Church by Top1Design
WorshipLive Logo by David Kovalev
Pro tip: Give your text a frame
Some people fear that their text logo may be too plain because it only features letters and not much else.
Adding a shape to frame your symbol is an easy fix to that worry. Figures act as borders and emphasize your design further and make it stand out from distracting backgrounds and other design elements.
Illustration logos
What graphics or clip art do you associate with your church?
You’re probably picturing illustrations of birds, mosques, synagogues, people, candles, etc. in your head.
These self-explanatory drawings symbolize religious matters, which is why they can be used for your church design. It helps your audience know what to expect from your church and beliefs.
If you want to be more direct, you can depict your church’s architecture as the center of your religion logo. It can make more people recognize your church group and building.
Church logo mark by nancy hughes
Community Life United Methodist Church by BURST
Crossway Church by happy.creative
First Baptist Church of Columbus GA – Rebrand by Mike Jones
“GraceFirst Church” by Winningentry
Hilltop Youth Group Logo by Tim Medina
Journey Kids by FourtuneDesign
Jubilee Nation Christian Ministrie by seyaArts
Kedron Brook Catholic Community by 39plus
Lighthouse Church Family by Navd
Living Water Church by Lizzieglover95
Mosque Masjid Islamic Logo by arstudio
New Freedom Church by Precious Hans
Stewardship – A Way of Life with God by sankar999
Stone Church of Willow Glen by antoneofull
Other design elements can improve your logo further.
Color psychology will also help you create a more communicative illustration. People attach symbols and traits to colors which you can use for your branding. In Christianity, the colors hold various meanings. Green represents fertility, orange symbolizes strength, brown is for humility, purple signifies patience, and so on.
Pro tip: Be smart about typography
Text is a non-negotiable part of logo design. The illustration may be the star of the show, but you still need to pay attention to your text. You want to select a font that won’t bring in too much visual clutter.
One way you can do this is by using the fonts of the same family. It lets you create a contrast, all while retaining visual coherence.
Conclusion
The list above has shown you what role graphic design plays in building a church community. Things like color and font affect the way people perceive your place of worship.
Logo design gives you another way to invite more members to your place of worship.
This is a useful visual communication tool that you can use to engage people. Audiences can see what makes you different and relatable as a brand.
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