Purpose

The purpose of this article is to investigate the biblical Greek "ekklesia". Most translations use the word "church" for the Greek word "ekklesia". Some translations use "assembly" or "congregation". There is an interesting history in the KJV English translation with King James and an interesting history with secular use of the word "ekklesia". We all know that the meaning of the word "church" (ekklesia in the Greek) is not "the building". We are not told to "go to church" as a place. We are to be an "ekklesia" and it means much more than a place.

Introduction

We are just investigating the work "ekklesia" to find some good sources of information. We are not explaining much at this point since we are more at the research stage. We have reviewed a lot more that this... but we put a few links here that are basically ok. We even include a bad source example at the end. This is a bit of a hot topic. We think understanding ekklesia better helps you know how you as a Christian should fit into God's order of things. We like the information on ekklesia because most of the information seems to expose issues with traditionalchurch and supports the othertrend. But this is an ongoing study.

These sources seem more accurate

This is a rather shallow explanation of the history and roots of ekklesia.
youtube.com/GotQuestions-ekklesia

This goes a bit deeper.
youtube.com/BenGrist-Ekklesia

This also goes deeper, but also gets into "organized religion" (a bit of a distration), and is a bit harsh on the traditional church.
youtube.com/TreasureSeekers

This is just a reminder that we should gather with other Christians, just in case any comments of previous links make you think something else. youtube.com/MikeWinger-church

This is a more balanced perspective that seems to fit well with what D. A. Carson is saying with considering both trends othertrend. We agree with a lot of what Stephen Crosby is saying to encourage the church to work together better rather than one extreme or the other. youtube.com/StephenCrosby-ekklesia-I youtube.com/part-II youtube.com/part-III

These sources seem to be less accurate

This website argues that "church" is the best translation and that the KJV is perfectly good. They say ekkesia should be translated "The Lords House". We disagree. We think the word studies above are better. We think this is a distorted pro-KJV argument and is hiding the true history of King James and his controlling tactics with the KJV translators. It appears that King James wanted to control the church. We agree the word church may be the best, for people in general, because of the confusing history. But think the studies above show that ekklesia is best translated as "assembly" or "congregation" or "ekklesia".

youtube.com/TruthMercyBaptist