1 She had previously taught at Ecclesia Bible College, as well as Theological Centre for Asia, Singapore.

2 JIM HEGARTY: When we were founding our ecclesia , we could have come across a lot of red-tape from the local government – which is the local urban council.

3 Where did the term ecclesia come from? Do you remember?

4 Paul had to remind them that the ecclesia as a whole is the body of Christ.

5 ALAN: Port Maria ecclesia came into being largely through the lone work of sis. Dorothy Isaacs. And that really is the origin, from her faithful work there.

6 MARTIN: Normally because our ecclesia is small we concentrate mainly on our area.

7 In Greek,what does the term ecclesia originally refer to in classical Greek?

8 It's important that early Christians,for some reason, chose this word ecclesia to describe their house churches.

9 This is only the third meeting of the new Negril ecclesia.

10 COMMENTARY: There is a light encircling Jamaica now. A ring of lampstands giving ample testimony to the gospel and there is a clear role for each individual ecclesia .

11 Each letter covered both good and bad things at the particular ecclesia.

12 So it is also in the body of Christ, the ecclesia.

13 For several years the brothers and sisters of Belfast Ecclesia had to pass through a British checkpoint in order to attend Sunday meeting at the ecclesial hall.

14 As a matter of fact, the rediscovered house of Peter is the first example of a domus- ecclesia in the Christian world.

15 From I Peter 2:18, Peter begins addressing specific groups within each ecclesia.

16 About 70 miles south east of Negril is the rural community of Round Hill. Here, within view of the Caribbean a vibrant ecclesia has been formed and is flourishing.

17 Bro Jim Hegarty recalls many who helped the Waterford ecclesia to get on its feet.

18 That house became very soon "the house" of the followers of Jesus, i. e. a domus- ecclesia .

19 Alan and Mary Eyre still attend mid-week Bible class at Free Hill, but have changed their home ecclesia to Port Maria, which is just starting up.

20 And the faith he proclaimed lives on in the hearts and the minds of the Kingston ecclesia .

21 This is different--we might think this is automatic but,notice, ecclesia this is not treating the church as an ecclesia, that Greek word that we translate "church."

22 We must try to imagine the excitement that was in the Jerusalem ecclesia.