In the New Testament the word “church” that we use in our English translations did not exist in the original Greek text of the New Testament. The Greek word used in the New Testament for “church” is ekklesia (ἐκκλησία). This term appears 115 times in the New Testament. The word “Ekklesia” is a compound of two parts: “ek” meaning “out of” and “Kaleo” meaning “to call” conveying the meaning of “a calling out.”

Scripturally it defines those who are called out of the kingdom of this world with its lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life, and supernaturally reborn spiritually into the life of God’s kingdom which consists, not in feeding the carnal appetites, but in righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit (Romans 14:17)…

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