Why are Christadelphian churches called “ecclesias”?
The word ecclesia is lifted from the Greek New Testament. Its basic meaning is that which is called out, and in our English Bibles the word is usually translated as “church”. However, over the years, the word “church” has come to refer more to a building than a people. Since the building in which we meet has no relevance to our salvation (Acts 7:48-50) we call ourselves an “ecclesia”, that is, people called out to serve God.
