Part 1 asked what Ekklesia is. Part 2 asks what Ekklesia does. Dr. Tom Schlueter and Rolland Wright open a conversation on the authority Yeshua gave His followers — what it looks like when believers move from gathering to governing in prayer, what tribunals are and aren't, and how the Ruach moves through ordinary people who decide to act on what Scripture actually says.

Part 1 of this conversation laid the foundation: what Ekklesia means, why Yeshua used the word, and how the early Ekklesia modeled a kind of intercession the modern body has largely forgotten.

Part 2 picks up the question most listeners were left holding: if Ekklesia is what Dr. Schlueter and Rolland described, what does it actually do?

In this episode, the conversation moves into authority, strategy, and the governance dimension of Ekklesia. Dr. Schlueter walks through what he understands as the legislative nature of the assembly Yeshua said He would build, the role of tribunals as gatherings of intercessors aligned with the heart of God, and how he believes the Ruach is calling believers to engage spiritual principalities through prayer, decree, and covenant relationship.

He and Rolland talk through what it has looked like to apply these convictions in cities and states, the kinds of issues believers have brought before God in this way, and the patterns Dr. Schlueter has observed over decades of prayer ministry. They also discuss the responsibility that comes with claiming authority — the call to align with Scripture, to test every impression, and to walk in covenant relationship rather than in isolation.

This is a meaty conversation that goes places the modern church doesn't always go. Dr. Schlueter's framework will resonate with some listeners and challenge others. Listeners are invited to engage as Rolland has framed it from the beginning of this series — with ideas worth wrestling with, testing against Scripture, and bringing before God in prayer.

This episode also connects to a prayer initiative First Place Ministries is planning for the fall. To learn more, register, or get involved, visit firstplaceministries.com.

You'll hear:

• Picking up from Part 1 — what authority actually means in the believer's life
• Dr. Schlueter's framework for the legislative dimension of Ekklesia
• What tribunals are and how he understands them functioning biblically
• Engaging spiritual principalities through prayer and decree
• Stories from decades of prayer ministry in cities and states
• The role of covenant relationships in sustained intercession
• The responsibility of authority — testing every impression against Scripture
• Learning to decree from heaven: what Dr. Schlueter means and how he teaches it
• A continuing preview of the fall prayer initiative
• Scripture themes: Matthew 16:18 (authority of the Ekklesia), Ephesians 6 (spiritual warfare), Isaiah 9:6 (the government on His shoulders)

Resources

Ekklesia Declared! — https://a.co/d/0fkrigsy Ekklesia Infused! — https://a.co/d/0gdii5A0 Choose Life — https://a.co/d/069OtMTN Choose Life Workbook — https://a.co/d/06vseuNH First Place Ministries Website — https://www.firstplaceministries.com Support the Ministry via PayPal — https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=82WSYT9FXJ9CY Connect with Caliatra — https://www.facebook.com/Chaplaincaliatra

Guest Resources — Dr. Tom Schlueter Dr. Tom Schlueter's Website — https://drtomschlueter.org Texas Apostolic Prayer Network — https://texasapn.org Tribunals: God's Strategy for the Ekklesia to Govern (Dr. Schlueter) Analyze and Execute: God's Strategy for the Ekklesia (Dr. Schlueter)

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Coming Next Tuesday

Rolland returns with the next solo teaching in the Ekklesia Series.

At four in the morning, after two weeks of a cough that kept doubling him over, Rolland heard the Ruach ha-Kodesh say four words: Call forth the name. What happened next is a testimony — and the practical theology behind it might be the most important shift the modern church has missed.

Part 1 set the foundation: deliverance is the beginning, not the end. Part 2 puts the boots on.

Host Rolland Wright opens with the testimony he hinted at in Part 1 — a late-night encounter with a respiratory infirmity he believes was a spiritual attack disguised as COVID-era pneumonia. He shares exactly what the Ruach ha-Kodesh told him to do, what he did, and what happened. He went to the ER the next morning not because he was still sick, but to confirm what he already knew. The lungs were clear.

From that testimony, Rolland teaches the practical theology behind the moment: that Yeshua gave His followers real authority — authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, authority over every power of the enemy, authority to lay hands on the sick and see them recover. He walks through Luke 10:19, Mark 16:17–18, and Acts 1:8, and asks the question most churches are afraid to ask: why aren't we doing the things Yeshua said we would do?

He also opens a teaching he says he'll return to in a future book — the difference between servant and slave in Paul's writings, and why the Greek word doulos means something stronger than English Bibles often carry. To be a bondslave of Yeshua is not lesser language. It's purchase language. Paid in blood.

Rolland closes with a vision of Ekklesia that goes beyond the pew. Believers who understand they belong to Yeshua — and act like it — in mayors' offices, on school boards, in nursing rooms, in business, in everyday life. The signs are supposed to follow.

This is the second half of a teaching pair worth listening to back-to-back. Part 1 built the framework. Part 2 lives in it.

You'll hear:

• The full COVID/pneumonia testimony — what the Ruach said, what Rolland did, and the ER confirmation the next morning
• More healings since: gout, a generational curse, a marriage shift
• Luke 10:19 — authority to trample on serpents, scorpions, and every power of the enemy
• Mark 16:17–18 — the signs that follow those who believe
• Acts 1:8 — power, not just witness
• Why the 70 were sent out to do more than evangelize
• The convergence of attacks during the COVID years — and why it wasn't just one thing
• Doulos in Paul's writings, and why "bondservant" softens what Scripture actually said
• Romans 6 — slaves of darkness, then slaves of righteousness
• A vision of Ekklesia in business, government, schools, and everyday life
• Ephesians 6 and the sword of the Spirit
• A preview of upcoming guests Michael W. Smith (Hardcore Christianity) and Chet Swearingen

Scripture referenced: Luke 10:19, Mark 16:17–18, Acts 1:8, Romans 6, Ephesians 6, 1 Peter 5:8

Resources

Ekklesia Declared! — https://a.co/d/0fkrigsy

Ekklesia Infused! — https://a.co/d/0gdii5A0

Choose Life — https://a.co/d/069OtMTN

Choose Life Workbook — https://a.co/d/06vseuNH

First Place Ministries Website — https://www.firstplaceministries.com

Support the Ministry via PayPal — https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=82WSYT9FXJ9CY

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Mentioned in this episode:

Outro song: We Are United (Soldiers of the Light) — Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

Coming soon: Michael W. Smith — Hardcore Christianity / Arizona Healing and Deliverance Center

Coming soon: Chet Swearingen — revivalist

Forthcoming book from Rolland Wright: Bondslave

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Coming Next Thursday

Rolland sits down with another guest living the Ekklesia lifestyle.

What if prayer was never meant to be passive? In this conversation, Dr. Tom Schlueter walks through a vision of Ekklesia where the prayers of God's people become one of the most active forces on earth — and where the book of Acts is exactly what its name says: the acts of the Holy Spirit, still moving through believers today.

In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, host Rolland Wright sits down with Dr. Tom Schlueter of the Texas Apostolic Prayer Network for a wide-ranging discussion on the meaning of Ekklesia and the place of prayer in the life of the believer.

Dr. Schlueter shares his own journey — from a Lutheran heritage to a deeper search into what Yeshua actually meant when He used the word Ekklesia in Matthew 16. The conversation moves through the priesthood of all believers, the corporate identity of God's people, and a central conviction that sits at the heart of Rolland's own teaching: that the book of Acts is the acts of the Ruach ha-Kodesh moving through ordinary people, and that the same Spirit is still at work.

Much of this episode is about prayer — and specifically the shift from passive, routine prayer to prayer that is intentional, expectant, and aligned with the heart of God. Dr. Schlueter and Rolland discuss how communal and corporate prayer can shape communities, and how the early Ekklesia modeled a kind of intercession that the modern body has largely forgotten.

This is a meaty, far-reaching conversation that touches on spiritual authority, cultural influence, and how networks of intercessors are being built today. Listeners will encounter ideas worth wrestling with, testing against Scripture, and bringing before God in prayer. Part 2 continues the conversation.

This episode also connects directly to a prayer initiative First Place Ministries is planning for the fall. To learn more, register, or get involved, visit firstplaceministries.com.

You'll hear:

• Dr. Schlueter's journey from Lutheran heritage to a deeper study of Ekklesia
• What Yeshua meant when He used the word Ekklesia in Matthew 16
• The priesthood of all believers and the corporate identity of God's people (Exodus 19:6)
• The shift from passive prayer to intentional, expectant intercession
• How communal and corporate prayer can shape and transform communities
• Acts as the acts of the Ruach ha-Kodesh — still moving through believers
• Building networks of intercessors through covenant relationships
• Matthew 16:18 and the authority Yeshua gave His followers
• A preview of the fall prayer initiative from First Place Ministries

Scripture referenced: Matthew 16:18, Exodus 19:6, the book of Acts

Resources

Ekklesia Declared! — https://a.co/d/0fkrigsyEkklesia Infused! — https://a.co/d/0gdii5A0Choose Life — https://a.co/d/069OtMTNChoose Life Workbook — https://a.co/d/06vseuNHFirst Place Ministries Website — https://www.firstplaceministries.com

Support the Ministry via PayPal — https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=82WSYT9FXJ9CY

Connect with Caliatra — https://www.facebook.com/Chaplaincaliatra

Guest Resources — Dr. Tom SchlueterTexas Apostolic Prayer NetworkTribunals: God's Strategy for Ekklesia to Govern (Dr. Schlueter)Analyze and Execute: God's Strategy for the Ekklesia to Govern (Dr. Schlueter)

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Coming SoonPart 2 of the conversation with Dr. Tom Schlueter.