Ecclesia societies
When we speak of The Ecclesia, we are not just talking about a personal experience of blessed and victorious some people, but we are talking about an experience that all true believers share together. We are talking about a collective, spiritual and human transformation, which makes us see communities of The Ecclesia in the likeness of those established by the Lord Jesus when He spoke to Peter in the city of Caesarea Philippi. We see it being reborn in this time through us and in our midst, we will see the church that has turned into a religious body confined within its walls, transforming into a revolutionary society influential in the world around it.
We will not see just that group of people - whom we call the apostles - who had a distinct power and authority on earth, but they were so successful that their main work was to give birth to a "community" with these same divine features on earth. And when they were praying together as a community, the place was shaken, and the prison doors were opened, and the chains were falling from the hands, and the imprisoned apostles were released from prison, because of the prayer of this ecclesia together with one soul, amidst the intransigence and intolerance of political leaders, and the violence of adverse circumstances.
Spread of The Ecclesia
Early Christianity spread from city to city, province to province, into the homes of ordinary citizens who were converted to become disciples of Christ inside and outside the Roman Empire in a surprising way, through the movement of the communities of the Ecclesia. The apostles traveled a lot, and to far places, and they were establishing Christian communities "Ecclesia" in large cities and rural gatherings, and with the help of the movement of members from Christian soldiers, merchants believers, and all other professions who carried light within their hearts, and headed everywhere, from North Africa, Asia Minor and Armenia and Arabia to Greece and many other places. Despite persecution, Christianity continued to spread in all countries around the Mediterranean basin. Thanks to these non-religious civil spiritual gatherings spread through the homes of those who believed; Christianity spread in Asia, Europe and North Africa and most of the world at that time.
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