A HOME CHURCH OF CHRIST-FOLLOWERS
A gathering of Christ-Following families doing life together spurring each other on to love and good works, doing ALL that the Lord commanded us in His Word.
Saturday Evenings · First & Third Saturday of the month
WHY EKKLESIA 242
Ekklesia is the greek word that the Lord uses for the gathering of the saints. Acts 2:42-47 shows us how the first gathering of the saints "church" was done by the first believers. "They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved."
We are Christ-Followers, gathering together as the Lord intended His believers to do. Our creed is the Bible, our confession is the gospel, and our song is the doxology. Everything we do is meant to return to it. We are slaves of righteousness.
What We Believe
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
We are a nondenominational, Christ-centered church built on the truths from the Bible. We hold to no creed above Scripture. We stand gladly in the historic stream of faith summarized by the Five Solas: Scripture alone, faith alone, grace alone, Christ alone, and the glory of God alone.
Our aim in everything in life is captured in the old hymn we love to sing. That is our theology in four lines. All good things come from God. All creation owes Him praise. He is worshiped in heaven and on earth. He is one God in three Persons. Everything we believe flows from this doxology, and everything we do is meant to return to it.
We believe the Bible, the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, is the inspired, inerrant, and infallible Word of God, verbally breathed out by the Holy Spirit through human authors. Scripture is the final and sufficient authority for all matters of faith and practice. It does not need the church, tradition, or human reason to validate it; rather, it stands as the judge of all teaching, including our own.
2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21; Psalm 19:7-11
We believe in one God, eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, equal in power and glory, distinct in Person, undivided in essence. This one God created all things, sustains all things, and rules over all things according to His own good pleasure.
Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19; Ephesians 4:4-6
We believe God the Father is sovereign over all creation and all of history. Nothing happens outside His will or apart from His purpose, including the salvation of sinners, which He determined before the foundation of the world, not on account of anything foreseen in us, but according to the counsel of His own will.
Ephesians 1:3-6; Romans 9:15-16; Psalm 115:3
We believe that the chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. Salvation is not ultimately about us; it is about Him. Every doctrine above exists to magnify the grace, holiness, and glory of God, not the achievement of man. We were saved by grace, kept by grace, and we exist to display that grace to a watching world, so that in everything, God alone receives the praise.
Romans 11:36; 1 Corinthians 10:31; Isaiah 42:8
Sola Scriptura
Scripture Alone
Our final authority for faith and life.
Sola Fide
Faith Alone
The instrument by which we receive Christ's righteousness.
Sola Gratia
Grace Alone
The source of our salvation, from start to finish.
Solus Christus
Christ Alone
The sufficient Savior; no other mediator is needed.
Soli Deo Gloria
To God Alone Be the Glory
In all things, and for all things.
To turn every Christ-Following home into a gathering of the saints with faithful men leading their families to the Father and fulfilling the great commission. The goal is not to get a bigger building or grow to hundreds or thousands, but to live as the first gathering of the saints did in Acts 2.
Every Christ-Following male is called to imitate Jesus in all he said and did and we are on a mission to make every home a gathering of the saints. Not grow beyond our homes, but to multiply to more gatherings of saints in more homes across the world. Devoted to the Word. Fellowship. Breaking Bread. Prayer.
God-Glorifying
Every gathering and conversation points back DOING what the Lord tells us to do in His Word as slaves of righteousness.
Christ-Following Lives
As Jesus only did what He saw the Father doing, we will only do what we see Jesus doing and imitate Him in all areas of our lives.
God-Glorifying
We take it seriously when Jesus says, "Why do you call me Lord Lord and not do what I tell you." We will live every second of our lives fleeing from temptation, resisting the devil, and serving the Lord.
Great Commission Driven
Live out the Great Commission: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in teh name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you." Matthew 28-19-20
Slaves of Righteousness
You will be a slave to either Sin and Death or Righteousness and Life. We choose being a slave of righteousness. We exist to know what the Lord says in His Word and to do what it says as slaves.
We are not anti-denominational, and we happily stand alongside every church that holds to these same historic, biblical truths. We simply hold no allegiance to a denominational name, structure, or tradition above Scripture itself. Our creed is the Bible. Our confession is the gospel. Our song is the doxology. And our aim, in every single thing, is that God alone would be glorified.
Soli Deo Gloria.
When We Gather
We meet on the first and third Saturday of each month, in the evening. Because we gather in one another's homes, we share the exact time and location with those who reach out — we'd love to welcome you personally.
Where We Meet
We gather in a home near Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN. Because we meet in a family home, we share the exact address with those who reach out first — we'd love to welcome you in person.
Murfreesboro sits in the heart of Middle Tennessee — about 35 minutes southeast of Nashville. Reach out and we'll send you the details for our next gathering.
Get in Touch
Share a little about yourself and any questions you have. We'll get back to you with the details of our next gathering.