Specialties
At Ekklesia, we want to be a safe place for the doubting, for the devout and for everyone in between! We want to love radically and generously -- regardless of age, race, orientation, ethnicity, marital status or disability. We want to ask good questions and live into the answers. Your questions are welcome here. Your convictions are welcome here. You are welcome here.
History
Established in 2010.
Ekklesia Church opened its doors in the summer of 2010 when we began worshiping at our home in Athens Drive High School.
We are frequently asked, "Why do you meet in a school?" First and foremost, we meet in a school because it requires us to enter into relationship. If you've ever moved into a new neighborhood, you know how easy it is to shake hands once ... and then never see each other again.
We do not want this to happen to us as a church community.
A school is a community full of students, teachers, and families with needs, and our presence in the school allows us countless opportunities to serve and love them. It also connects us to the wider community creating further opportunities to serve the "least of these" in our community.
Meet the Manager: Curtis M.
Curtis Mulder - Co-pastor / Co-founder
Curtis has been in vocational ministry since 1994. He is Canadian - a fact he mentions far too frequently in sermons - and he has two amazing daughters, Kyra (b.1998) at UNC Chapel Hill, and Megan (b.2000) at NC State. He loves to fish and read. He is a big believer that following Jesus is primarily about getting better at being human. If you attend on a Sunday morning and are not inspired somehow to be a better human, the Way-of-Christ was likely not preached.
CJ Stephens
Co-pastor / Co-founder
CJ has been married to his wife, Holly, since 2003. He is father to 2 beautiful children (Abby b.2008, Noah b.2010). He grew up playing pretty much every sport possible imaginable, and has a HUGE love for Soccer. CJ graduated with a Masters Degree in Biblical Languages from GTU in Berkeley, CA ... and he loves AMC's The Walking Dead. While those 2 facts are not connected in any way, they offer strong evidence of good balance in his life.