[n. ih·fē·zē·äləʒē]: The Study of the Ephesian Movement
The city of Ephesus was the site of the most significant church-planting movement in the early church, with 40 percent of the New Testament texts relating to it. What made that city the epicenter of the movement? And how can we replicate sustained movements in a world that feels so different?
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Welcome to Ephesiology! We are dedicated to studying the early Christian movement and its implications for the church today.
Ephesiology[n.ih·fē·zē·äləʒē]: The Study of the Ephesian Movement journeys from the launch of the church in Ephesus to her continued growth as a movement whose heart to glorify God focused on reaching more people with the gospel. In the intertwining 40 years of the life of the church, she is grounded in God’s mission and led by those who multiplied generations of Christ-followers who gathered in communities focused on uniting all things in Christ (Eph 1:10).
This is the story of Paul’s missiological theology situated in the grand narrative of God’s will and made accessible for the church today.
This is not another methodology or attempt to re-contextualize evangelicalism. Rather, it is a journey from the launch of the church in Ephesus as it became a movement grounded in God’s mission and led by those who multiplied generations of Christ-followers.
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Interested in helping us train leaders around the world? Our vision is to glorify God by multiplying mature followers of Jesus Christ who will faithfully lead cascading movements of churches.
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The Ephesiology Blog focuses on the missiological exegesis of contemporary culture as we study people, history, and beliefs in order to understand what God might be doing to engage society with the gospel.
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As we reflect on the question of God with the eyes of a missiological theologian, we must be able to explain who he is to ourselves first before we make an attempt to explain him to others. Albert Einstein’s often quoted aphorism,
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The Good News reveals a glorious God relentlessly pursuing relationships with His image bearers. Learn more about how Paul shared this message with the Jews and the nations.
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Here are two tools to help you self-evaluate your ministry: the Movement Maturity Matrix and the Church Indigeneity Matrix.
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There is often a gap between our understanding of a New Testament disciple and what we experience in our churches. In the NT, a disciple is more than someone who grows in their knowledge of God.
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Have you asked yourself and your leaders whether you are a movement or an institution? See which elements best describe your ministry.
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Continue reading “Member Benefits”Too often the church is known for riding the waves of popularity and culture. What’s in style today is gone tomorrow. What if it’s possible to thoughtfully experiment, study, and test these ideas outside of the mainstream, but invite the established churches to help because they know the next generation and the survival of the church needs it? Is it possible that this is where true innovation takes place, in small trial batches before it can make it to the big time? This is the vision of the Ephesiology Laboratory.