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

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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.

Most of us were taught that deliverance is a finish line. The moment the chains come off. The day the addiction breaks. The night the prayer finally goes through. But Scripture treats it as a starting line — and most of us have been trying to live on the wrong side of that distinction for years.

This episode opens a new chapter of teaching on ReGenesis — the Ekklesia Series — and host Rolland Wright begins it exactly where so many of us get stuck: the morning after the breakthrough.

Deliverance is real. Salvation is real. The chains coming off is real. But the day after, the old wounds still whisper. The old patterns still pull. The enemy still lies. And many believers spend years confused about why they don't feel as free as they were told they would.

Rolland walks through the biblical framework for living in ongoing freedom — being born of water and Spirit, walking in the authority Yeshua gave His followers, forgiving from the heart as Matthew 6 instructs, and refusing the lie that deliverance is a one-time event with no follow-through.

He grounds it in Scripture and in his own life. The Welsh revivalist Evan Roberts. The story of Joseph as a portrait of forgiveness. A personal account of overcoming pneumonia through prayer and spiritual warfare. And a teaser for what's coming — a conversation with Michael W. Smith (not the singer, the deliverance counselor) whose ministry will challenge how most believers think about spiritual oppression.

If you've ever wondered why freedom keeps slipping or why the old wounds keep coming back, this episode is for you.

You'll hear:

• What extrapolation means — and how to extend Scripture and the acts of the Ruach Elohim into daily life
• Yeshua's pattern: doing what the Father does, and the call for us to follow
• The promise of "greater works" and what living in divine authority actually looks like
• Why so many believers don't see miracles today
• Spiritual family vs. biological family — and the new DNA of being born again
• The Welsh revival and what Evan Roberts can teach us about awakening
• Why forgiveness from the heart is not optional
• Joseph's story as a model for forgiveness and divine purpose
• Why deliverance is the beginning, not the end
• Born of water and Spirit, and the ongoing battle with old wounds and lies
• A personal testimony of overcoming pneumonia through spiritual warfare
• What's coming with deliverance counselor Michael W. Smith

Scripture referenced: Matthew 6, the commission of the 70 (Luke 10), born of water and Spirit (John 3), the story of Joseph (Genesis)

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.comSupport the Ministry via PayPal — https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=82WSYT9FXJ9CYConnect with Caliatra — https://www.facebook.com/Chaplaincaliatra

Mentioned in this episode:

• Total Forgiveness by R.T. Kendall — https://www.amazon.com/Total-Forgiveness-R-Kendall/dp/1595980880
• TLV (Tree of Life Version) — the Scripture translation Rolland uses in teaching
• Evan Roberts — Welsh revivalist

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There's a mission field in every town in America, sitting just down the road, full of people who rarely get a visitor. Bill Goodrich has spent over forty years there — and the stories he carries will change how you see the rooms you've been walking past.

In this interview, host Rolland Wright sits down with Bill Goodrich, founder of God Cares Ministry — a senior care ministry that now equips churches and volunteers across North America.

Bill has spent more than forty years in nursing homes, assisted living, and the rooms most of the body of Messiah has forgotten exists. He left full-time work in 1994 to start God Cares, and the mission has been the same ever since: equip the church to actually do what Scripture commands — care for the widow, the vulnerable, the ones at the end of the road.

Rolland and Bill talk about how senior care has changed over four decades, why the church is largely missing the closest mission field it has, and what authentic ministry looks like when the goal is friendship rather than a quick salvation prayer. Bill shares stories from inside the work — celebrating milestones, gift programs, bedside ministry — including a transformation story about a Bible study participant named Lenny that you'll want to hear from Bill himself.

This is the second Thursday interview of Series One: Ekklesia Infused, and it points squarely at one of the most overlooked expressions of Ekklesia in everyday life: choosing to see the people the world has stopped seeing.

You'll hear:

• How senior care has changed over four decades — and what's been lost

• Bill's personal calling and his early experiences in nursing home ministry

• Why authentic friendship matters more than a quick salvation message

• The 1994 decision to leave full-time work and launch God Cares Ministry

• The scope of God Cares Ministry across North America today

• The biblical mandate to care for widows, orphans, and the vulnerable

• Practical resources and training programs for churches and volunteers

• Why the scarcity of paid chaplain roles is an opportunity, not a barrier

• The risk of spiritual misinformation in care settings — and why Christ-centered ministry matters

• A story about a man named Lenny that will stay with you

  
  

Scripture themes: James 1:27 (caring for widows and orphans), Matthew 25:40 (the least of these)

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

Bill Goodrich & God Cares Ministry

God Cares Ministry — https://www.godcaresministry.com

Bible Study Resources for Senior Ministry — https://www.godcaresministry.com/resources

Training Programs for Church Volunteer Teams — https://www.godcaresministry.com/training

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Most of us were trained to keep the hard parts hidden. To put on the suit, polish the testimony, and make sure no one sees what's actually going on. Yeshua's model was the opposite. He lived His whole ministry out loud. And that's where the power is.In the third solo teaching of Series One: Ekklesia Infused, Rolland Wright unpacks one of the hardest practices in the Christian walk — transparency. Not the curated, social-media version. The real one. The kind that prevents falls, builds discipleship, and turns ordinary believers into the light and salt Yeshua said we would be.

Rolland walks through his own experience of being immersed in the Ruach Elohim, and what changed when he stopped relying on personal effort and started walking daily in the power of the Holy Spirit. He draws from 2 Timothy 3 and Romans 12 to address the spiritual drift of the last days, the difference between teaching and true discipleship, and why renewal of the mind is not optional.

He also gets practical. How transparency in the home, in the church, and in public life keeps leaders from falling. How the prodigal son's return is still the model for repentance. And how the vertical relationship with Adonai and the horizontal relationships with people are inseparable — one feeds the other.

This isn't a teaching about appearing humble. It's about actually being seen.

You'll hear:

• What immersion in the Ruach Elohim actually looks like in daily life
• Power as the evidence of the Holy Spirit — not just tongues
• Why transparency prevents falls in ministry and leadership
• The difference between teaching the Gospel and discipling people in it
• 2 Timothy 3 and the signs of spiritual drift in the last days
• Romans 12 and the renewal of the mind
• The Hebrew roots of God and Yeshua's example of living open
• Repentance, the prodigal son, and the return that restores everything
• Vertical (God) and horizontal (people) — why both relationships matter
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Scripture referenced:

Romans 12, 2 Timothy 3, Luke 15 (Prodigal Son)

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

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There's a mission field most believers walk past without noticing — rooms full of people the world has largely forgotten, who are more open to the gospel than almost anyone you'll meet. John Schneider has spent 29 years there.

This is the first Thursday interview of the Ekklesia Infused series — and it takes Ekklesia straight to the place most ministries overlook.

Host Rolland Wright sits down with John Schneider, a chaplain with 29 years in Nursing Home Ministries. Together they talk about what chaplaincy actually looks like inside senior care facilities — the work, the relationships, the changing landscape of nursing homes, and the people inside them who go weeks without a single visitor.

John's message is direct: the elderly are remarkably open to the gospel, they deeply value consistency, and many of them carry a powerful ministry of prayer that the rest of the body of Messiah rarely taps into. He also makes a case worth hearing — chaplaincy in this field does not require formal theological training. It requires showing up, loving the Lord, and coming back.

If you've ever wondered where you'd fit in an Ekklesia lifestyle, this conversation might be the answer. As John puts it: it's a ministry that's for everyone.

You'll hear:

• John's personal journey into chaplaincy
• Why seniors in care facilities are so open to the gospel
• How consistent visitation builds the relationships that matter
• The way nursing homes have changed — and what's been lost
• The ministry of prayer that many seniors carry
• Why this work doesn't require formal theological training
• The growing need for chaplains as Nursing Home Ministries expands into more states
• How to take a first step toward serving

ResourcesEkklesia 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.comSupport the Ministry via PayPal — https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_butt...Connect with Caliatra — https://www.facebook.com/ChaplaincaliatraFollow ReGenesisConnect: TikTok | Facebook Listen: Spotify | YouTube | Rumble | Apple | iHeartRadio | Amazon Music

Every life has a few moments that turn the whole thing. The decisions you didn't know were decisions. The breaks that became beginnings. In this episode, Rolland Wright walks through the pivots that led him out of performance Christianity and into the Ekklesia Yeshua said He would build.

ReGenesis is back — rebuilt for the long haul, and launching Series One: Ekklesia Infused.

In this episode, host Rolland Wright traces the most pivotal decisions of his faith journey — from a childhood commitment at age nine, to the 1975 pivot into full-time ministry, to a personal collapse and a desert season that lasted nearly forty years, to the 2005 turning point that reframed everything he thought he understood about the assembly Yeshua said He would build.

This is not a polished testimony. It's an honest one.

You'll hear:

• Why ReGenesis paused and what's different now
• The decision at age nine that started everything
• The 1975 pivot into full-time ministry — and what it cost
• A divorce, a desert, and the question that wouldn't go away: where was God?
• The 2005 turning point — Inductive Bible Study and a dream that tore down religious structures
• What Ekklesia actually means in Acts 2 — and what it does not mean
• Denominational division, doctrinal pride, and the call back to humility and unity in the Ruach

This episode launches Ekklesia Infused — sixteen to eighteen solo teachings drawn from Rolland's most recent book by the same name. The series walks through identity, freedom, formation, and obedience for believers who are done with surface-level church and ready for what the Ruach Elohim is actually forming.

Scripture referenced:

Matthew 6, Matthew 16:18, Acts 2:42–47

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 — firstplaceministries.com
• Support the Ministry via PayPal — paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=82WSYT9FXJ9CY
• Connect with Caliatra — facebook.com/Chaplaincaliatra

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