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Ekklésia - Assembly of God

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The New Testament usage of the term “ assembly ” is based on the language and imagery of Israel when the nation was assembled before Yahweh for worship in front of the Tabernacle. The Greek noun rendered “ church ” in many English translations is  ekklésia . It means “assembly, congregation, convocation.” In secular Greek, it could refer to an “assembly” of citizens gathered to conduct matters of state. However, that is not the sense found in the Greek New Testament.
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The Mission

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Jesus tasked his disciples with announcing the same message that he preached to the people of Israel to every nation on the Earth, which he summarized as the “ Good News of the Kingdom of God .” In the man from Nazareth, God’s rule was and is being established but in unexpected and paradoxical ways. By the day of his return, he will have established his complete sovereignty and subdued all his “ enemies ,” including “ Death .” Until then, his Body is called to proclaim his message to one and all.
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