Ecclesia Centre

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WHY THE NAME ECCLESIA? The name Ecclesia was birthed in prayer. Only Christ ruled them.

One morning during our prayer sessions, my husband mentioned the words “Called out” whilst praying. When he mentioned these words, something jumped in the inside of me and I shared it later on with my husband. I shared with him that I believe that the name of the Centre should be “Ecclesia”, the Greek word for “Called-out”. My husband’s Spirit was in total agreement with mine. THE GREEK TRANSLATIO

N for called-out is “Ecclesia”. It is correctly defined as: “The called-out (ones)”
According to the Encyclopedia Britannica:
In the New Testament, “ecclesia” (signifying convocation) is the only single word used for church. It (ecclesia) was the name given to the governmental assembly of the city of Athens, duly convoked (called out) by proper officers and possessing all political power including even juridical functions. QUOTING FROM THE OXFORD UNIVERAL ENGLISH DICTIONARY ON THE WORD “ECCLESIA”
Thus, two of the most prestigious word resources in the English language confirm the fact that and “ecclesia” was originally a select civil body, summoned or convoked for a particular purpose. What, then, did the writers of the New Testament mean when they used the word “ecclesia” to describe a Christian body of people? We can assume that they intended to convey the original Greek meaning of the word: a body of Christians called out of the Roman and Judean system to come together into a separate civil community. It meant a politically autonomous body of Christians under no king but Jesus, under no other jurisdiction but that of Jesus. And that was the reason these same Christians ran into trouble with kings and rulers; were arrested, crucified and martyred. They dropped Caesar as their King and took up Christ. In Acts 17 vs. 1-6 we see that Paul and Silas had a reputation that preceded them. They were ‘turning the word (system) upside down”.

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