Sentences with phrase «ekklesia as»

several articles from the Web give different perspectives on the way that translating ekklesia as church (a word that is derived from Kuriakon) has distorted the meaning of the Bible and given power to the institution, not the people.

Many are tempted (as Terry seems above) to introduce various structures & sectarian qualifiers to the plain meaning of ekklesia as a function.

Our Latin forefathers translated ekklesia as «kuriokos» (church).

The Relationship God Has Always Wanted With You — Wayne Jacobsen The Naked Church — Wayne Jacobsen This Is My Body: Ekklesia As God Intended — Keith Giles Pagan Christianity — Frank Viola & George Barna Reimagining Church — Frank Viola

Not exact matches

From what little I have read so far of Jeremy's writings, it seems he understands that the institutions of «The Church» and «Christianity» are not the true ekklesia of God, just as the nation called «Israel» was not the true «Israel» of God.

I'm convinced that God want us to go beyond church as usual to the New Testament concept of ekklesia.

As you are aware, the ekklesia is not identified as the building or a formal organisation, but the «body of Christ», those individuals that esteem Him above all things and submit to HIS governance of their lives, which will of course lead them / us to serving all those that seek to know Him and His purposeAs you are aware, the ekklesia is not identified as the building or a formal organisation, but the «body of Christ», those individuals that esteem Him above all things and submit to HIS governance of their lives, which will of course lead them / us to serving all those that seek to know Him and His purposeas the building or a formal organisation, but the «body of Christ», those individuals that esteem Him above all things and submit to HIS governance of their lives, which will of course lead them / us to serving all those that seek to know Him and His purposes.

And I didn't mean to sound as if I thought that was your definition for «ekklesia» or that you were being unfair, I'm sure that's been preached many places and that was what I felt was unfair.

The Ekklesia Project has also produced about a dozen booklets, with more to come, on specific practices of the church, such as preparing for marriage, hymn - singing, reading scripture, evangelizing and so on.

Yes, maybe it would have been better to leave it alone... But then, if they had, probably the word «ekklesia» would have just as much baggage today as does the word «church.»

Church just has too many meanings to it like Rome is a ekklesia not a church (I see the word church as a biulding like the word oikos).

As a matter of fact «megachurch» is a sickness, kind of abnormal growth of the ekklesia.

Only when women understand ourselves as church and not just as passive bystanders in the church can we reclaim the church as the ekklesia of women.

If a woman (without a man for her) is intent about talking in the ekklesia, she will either be blessed in wisdom to soon discover her approach as less than ideal (so to help from her sisters), or she may depart along with her pride by feeling that she's not being heard.

Ephesians 5:22 - 24 The women to the / their men are being subject just as they are being to The Master; (recognizing) that the man is source / head of the woman just as Christ is the Head of the ekklesia and He is savior of the body; even as the ekklesia is being subject to The Christ, so the women are being subject to the / their men in all (things).

Among men whom I interact with while visiting ekklesia, it is most usual for a man to hear what a woman is saying within the framework of where she is; to be hearing a man as where he may be coming [going].

Often in distinction to ekklesia, the whole catholic church, paroikia as parish came to signify the persistent dwelling of the individual congregation.14

The ekklesia is described in the Scriptures not only as a body, but as a distinct kingdom and nation, which therefore has its own norms.

It is perhaps worth noting that the English word «church» was first used as a translation of «ekklesia» in the Geneva Bible of 1560.

Give generously with joy to your local food pantries, homeless shelters and widows as a family member of the Ekklesia and as the Spirit of God would lead you.

Troeltsch sought to accept the critical methods of modern thought and to acknowledge their devastating consequences for the structures of ekklesia but also «to preserve Christianity as redemption through faith's constantly renewed personal knowledge of God.