"God is ready to roll out His ekklesia"

"God is ready to roll out His ekklesia"

December 29, 2015

Steve Simms, in his recent book, BEYOND CHURCH: An Invitation to Experience the Lost Word of the Bible, distinguishes between two words.

Church.  In 1611, the translators of the King James Version of the bible chose to completely drop the Greek meaning of ekklesia and replace it with the English word "church" which meant "a religious building".  King James I, ordered the fifty-four translators of the King James version to use this word for largely political reasons.

Ekklesia.  This is the "lost word of the Bible".  It refers not to a building but to the "called out ones".  It implies "an open, participatory, interactive assembly of equal people". Every time the word "church" is used in the KJV or the NIV or many other versions, the underlying Greek word is ekklesia. (Easy to see why King James might not like this word!)

Recently Steve wrote in his blog...

God has used traditional church, and will continue to do so, but He wants to do so much more in the 21st Century. He’s ready to roll out His ekklesia, controlled not by a man, a method, a program, or an organization; but by the presence and power of His Spirit.

That's exactly our mission here at LK10! Equipping people to multiply God's ekklesias around the world.  And, we rely on the gifts and prayers of friends like you to prepare Jesus followers to join God in "rolling out His ekklesia".

In these last days of 2015, we are still $1000 short in monthly contributions.  Your gift of any amount will help make up the difference!  (And, the great news is that any commitment you make will be doubled through matching funds.)

To make a monthly commitment or to make a one time end of the year contribution, go here

Thank you for your help in fulfilling our mission to join God in "rolling out His ekklesia" in this next year!

Warmly,

John White