Fellowship vs church
"Ekklesia" is mistranslated in our modern English versions of the Bible as ‘church,’
Ekklesia in the first century world was a body or assembly of free men/people of a city state or nation. The Ekklesia or Assembly, open to all citizens as soon as they qualified for citizenship.
Matthew 16
18 …I will build My Ekklesia; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
Christ, in the fulfillment of his redemptive mission, established His Ekklesia, empowered by the Holy Spirit, and equipped with the gospel. He completely overturned the old spiritual paradigm. The souls of those who believed in him and died under the Old Covenant would be raised, and those who believed in Him in the New Covenant would never die. Thus His people would no longer be separated from Him, looking forward to eternal life, but would actually possess it. What's more, having fulfilled the law of God for His bride, it no longer had the power to accuse her, and death no longer had the power to terrorize, harm or hold her.
In free assemblies - Ekklesia, the people remain as free individuals.
What was fellowship originally like?
Have you ever wondered about the early fellowship of believers?
We read about how they turned their world upsidedown, the unstoppable power, extraordinary love, outrageous sacrifice of the first church.
Then you wonder if it is even possible today.
We believe it is not only possible, but it is promised and commanded.
Our desire is to passionately pursue what God wants in a FELLOWSHIP of believers to get as close to that vision as possible.