Course Title: Ekklesia Bootcamp
Course Instructor: Russ Wagner
- Course Description: In this class we will cover all the basic training for starting and leading a local Home Congregation – Ekklesia – in your community.
- Course Objectives: Upon completion of this class the student will be equipped to begin and lead an Ekklesia.
- Demonstrate knowledge: The students will learn the difference between Church that men have built and the Ekklesia that Jesus Christ is building.
- Application: Each week the student will be given home work assignments of application and activation to complete before the next class session.
III. Course Outline: This class will meet weekly for 2hrs. It will include live presentations by the instructor with PowerPoint slides followed by Q & A, and including a time of sharing personal stories and prayer for one another.
Week #1: “Return To Mount Hermon”
Week #2: “What Is Ekklesia”
Week #3 “What Is Church”
Week #4 “The Authority of the Ekklesia”
Week #5 “The Mission of the Ekklesia”
Week #6 “The Message of the Ekklesia:
Week #7 “The Meeting of the Ekklesia” part 1 “They Met In Homes”
Week #8 “The Meeting of the Ekklesia” part 2 “How They Gathered”
Week #9 “The Meeting of the Ekklesia” part 3 “How Many Needed?”
Week #10 “The Leaders of the Ekklesia”
Week #11 “Equipping the Ekklesia”
Week #12 “Multiplying the Ekklesia”
- Course Texts:Students will be required to purchase two text books: “Ekklesia Rising”, Dean Briggs, Champion Press, 2014 “Leaving Church, Becoming Ekklesia” Tim Kurtz, Kingdom Word Publications, 2017
- Bible References:
Holy Bible: New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
- Course Requirements:Students will be required to have read the assigned chapters in the books each week, attend the class, and participate in the discussions.
VII. Course completion: Upon Completion of the 12week course students will be leading a Home Congregation in their community. They will receive a certificate of completion and will be released to minister in the Kingdom of God.