The saints are the ones elected. Surely you know these things? Christ calls them together into an ekklesia.
The apostles sit on 12 thrones, judging the tribes of new covenant Israel. That's God-ordained authority.
1 Cor 6:4 calls for setting people into a position of authority over any two or more saints who have a secular dispute. That's God-ordained authority.
Titus 1:5 is clearly an exercise of vicarious apostolic authority in setting things in order and ordaining elders.
1 Cor 11:2 speaks of apostolic ordinances. That presupposes both authority, and obligation to recognize that authority on the part of the church.
An ekklesia is a governmental entity:
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Ekkleio Ekklino
The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon
Strong's Number: 1577 Browse Lexicon
Original Word Word Origin
ekklesia from a compound of (1537) and a derivative of (2564)
Transliterated Word TDNT Entry
Ekklesia 3:501,394
Phonetic Spelling Parts of Speech
ek-klay-see'-ah Noun Feminine
Definition
a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly
an assembly of the people convened at the public place of the council for the purpose of deliberating
the assembly of the Israelites
any gathering or throng of men assembled by chance, tumultuously
in a Christian sense
an assembly of Christians gathered for worship in a religious meeting
a company of Christian, or of those who, hoping for eternal salvation through Jesus Christ, observe their own religious rites, hold their own religious meetings, and manage their own affairs, according to regulations prescribed for the body for order's sake
those who anywhere, in a city, village, constitute such a company and are united into one body
the whole body of Christians scattered throughout the earth
the assembly of faithful Christians already dead and received into heaven
NAS Word Usage - Total: 114
assembly 3, church 74, churches 35, congregation 2
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Ekklesia has this:
n. pl. ec·cle·si·ae (-zhē-ē′, -zē-ē′)
1. The political assembly of citizens of an ancient Greek state.
2.
a. A church or congregation.
b. The collective body of Christian believers regarded as constituting a universal church.
[Latin ecclēsia, from Greek ekklēsiā, from ekkalein, to summon forth : ek-, out; see ecto- + kalein, klē-, to call; see kelə- in Indo-European roots.]
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