The Vision

Epikos Church exist to plant gatherings and house churches throughout the city. Our heart is to raise up servants (deacons) with a pastoral gifting to lead these local gatherings . For us, "Church" should be what is done throughout the week, and Sundays reserved as a gathering of believers to celebrate Christ through corporate Worship and Communion.

------------------------------

House Church Structure/Missional Gathering

There will be two type of structures that exist in the community, the Public Gathering and house church

Public Gatherings - These will operate in different spheres through the city- bars, pubs, restaurants, coffee shops, malls etc. This is any area that is considered "public."

House Gatherings - These are gathering that take place in a home, and are operated like a home church. These areas will provide a more intimate area for growth, worship and prayer.

These Gatherings will be structured to be ran by Christians who are functioning as deacons. The word deacon means servant, and biblicaly they are "pastoral assistants," those who assist the Elder's (the primary church leadership) in running the church. Whereas Elder's are Men whom are called to serve, lead, and administer, deacons can be both men and women who are given a job function to assist in helping the Elders.

Ideally these gatherings will be overseen by 3 people. These 3 people will operate in concert with one another, but hold three different gifting-functions within the gatherings;

King - This person will take care of organizing gatherings, events, and locations...

Priest - This person will primarily take care follow-up and counceling...

Prophet - This person will primarily focus on leading the Bible Study....

These Gathering's should take on a life of their own, but they would ideally follow a structure of Prayer, discussing verses from Sunday's corporate worship, and sharing in food (the Lord's supper). These gatherings should participate in communion (remembering the body and blood of the Lord) at least once a month, whereas the "Lord's Supper" is open for all to eat it, communion will only be reserved for repentant believers (preferably baptized or in the process of getting baptized). This will serve as an opportunity for the deacons to lead people to Christ, and also demonstrate out inclusiveness (by sharing in a meal) but also our exclusivity (by restricting communion to only believers).

a New Blog

This is a new blog dedicated to the mission, vision, and dreams of Epikos Church. Our name comes from the Greek work Epic, which means a great story about a great hero, going on a journey to complete a great feat. What is so awesome, is that the story of our great hero(Jesus) does not end in the Bible, but continues to unfold in his church universal and also in our church today.

It is this journey from unbelief to salvation that Epikos church is called to participate in with Jesus Christ, being his hands and feet. Not only is Jesus our hero, it is our dream to see people acknowledge his heroic task in their lives also.