The Emerging Ekklesia: Acts Thru Jude

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Emerging Ekklesia: Acts Thru Jude
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Russell Bloodworth
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:676
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 152
Category/GenreChristian institutions and organizations
ISBN/Barcode 9781543959048
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher BookBaby
Imprint BookBaby
Publication Date 15 February 2019
Publication Country United States

Description

Focusing on the Early Church during the 50 years that followed the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ, The Emerging Ekklesia is a chapter-by-chapter reflection on the New Testament from Acts 1 through the book of Jude. Meant to be read as a companion to the actual Biblical text, it's filled with the author's personal insights, developed over a period of 60 years. of the author that developed over a sixty-year period. Including numerous quotations from the New Testament, observations from Early Church Fathers and personal anecdotes from the author's 40-year experience with grassroot House Churches, it spotlights the vigor and growth of early Christianity and explores the emergence of the Church under the leadership of Jesus' teachings and the work of the Holy Spirit. "You are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit." (Ephesians 2:19-22)

Author Biography

He and his wife of 44 years became part of a small house church in Memphis, Tennessee in the early 1970s--a time of great social upheaval and the Jesus movement. They are the proud parents of four children and grandchildren. He was educated at the University of Virginia and Yale University in addition to stints as an American Scandinavian Foundation Fellow in Sweden and a Knight Foundation Fellow in conjunction with the University of Miami.