WeAreTheEkklesia.com is an online ministry that is focused on evangelizing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a lost & dying world with the love of God.
WeAreTheEkklesia.com is not affiliated with any institutionalized church (denominational or non-denominational). WeAreTheEkklesia.com is not a 501(c)(3) church, organization, or corporation. WeAreTheEkklesia.com does not promote institutionalized churches. Our focus is on the Kingdom of God and how Jesus Christ came to proclaim that Kingdom, preaching the need to repent and believe in Him to be saved so that we can enter the Kingdom of God. We are independent, Bible-believing, born-again followers of Jesus Christ (disciples).
We understand and believe that the Ekklesia is the body of believers who are called out from the world to follow and serve Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. The Body of Christ is made up of all those who believe the message of salvation by grace and not by good works. We believe that we are redeemed by the precious blood of Jesus Christ through faith alone. We believe in the need to be born again of God’s Holy Spirit.
We believe that the institutionalization of the Christian faith was not God’s intention or His plan for His children. We believe that the true faith was hijacked by religious leaders who sought to manipulate and control through religious orders. We understand that the institutionalized church is the present standard and that the majority of Christians today look down on anyone who does not assimilate to the traditions of men or practice their faith within the church system. We are simply followers (disciples) of the King of kings and Lord of lords. We do not engage in the religiosity that has become the standard.
We clearly preach the gospel with an emphasis on the core fundamentals of the gospel message which are:
- Acknowledge that we are all born as sinners who are in need of salvation. It is not a decision we make before birth; it is a generational state of separation from God into which we are born.
- Accept that there is no other way to be saved from our sinful nature than to believe the Gospel and receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior for the atonement and remission of sin.
- Repent of our sin, choosing to turn from our sinful ways with a desire to live a life that is pleasing and acceptable to God.
- Believe in our hearts that Jesus the Messiah died for us to pay the full and final cost for sin.
- Confess with our mouths that Jesus died for us, that He is our Lord and Savior, and that we receive His atonement.
- Be baptized in water to proclaim our decision publicly to follow Jesus Christ, and seek the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
- Commit to the discipleship process by finding an assembly or congregation that disciples believers and prepares them for a successful walk with Jesus Christ.
We believe that all believers are called to discipleship and eventual spiritual maturity in eldership. We are all part of a royal priesthood of believers with Jesus Christ as our one and only High Priest, serving God and our brothers and sisters in Christ.
We understand that this is counter to typical Christian church doctrine, but we stand firm on these beliefs because we know they are Biblical. We do not want to limit God by restricting the ministry gifts to specific individuals (clergy), as the institutionalized churches teach. Instead, we desire to allow God to use each and every believer in the Body of Christ for the work of the ministry as He desires.
We fully understand that we may be labeled by the institutionalized churches as heretical or in error. However, we will not conform to the traditions of men. We will continue to believe and preach Biblical truths, even when we are persecuted or reviled for doing so.