Ekklesia Project - Mission

Mission

The Ekklesia Project seeks “to overcome the dominant cultures limited vision of faith as merely a private or personal matter.” The organization testifies that they share a “common commitment to the Church as Christ’s gathered Body” ”, where communal worship is embodied through service and discipleship. They pledge to live by trust and prayer to assist the Church’s life as a real-world community that demonstrates Jesus’ “person, priorities, and practices… through the gathered body of Christ.” The organization also seeks to help establish peace and reveal that there are alternatives to violence through listening, learning, and practicing mercy. The Project means to “challenge communities and practices that have minimized or diluted the church’s obligation to be a ‘light of the nations’” By providing a place for Christian dialogue to happen in an open and friendly atmosphere; The Ekklesia Project seeks to maintain critical conversation that well lead to the building of the Body of Christ, and to do so for a variety of audiences. Through various publications, conversation, retreats, gatherings, and worship are the means by which they seek promote a more “radical discipleship in local congregations and beyond.”