The Gospel According to John - The Church of Eleven22 (2024)

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What does the church of Eleven22 believe? ›

The Church of Eleven22 is a movement for all people to discover and deepen a relationship with Jesus Christ. We are a community that seeks to glorify God by surrendering to Jesus, making disciple-making-disciples and transforming communities.

John's Gospel differs from the Synoptic Gospels in several ways: it covers a different time span than the others; it locates much of Jesus' ministry in Judaea; and it portrays Jesus discoursing at length on theological matters.

In the Gospel of John, the central theme is the divine Logos, the word that was with God and that was God. This Logos became flesh and dwelt among men in the person of Jesus of Nazareth.

Joby Martin is the founder and lead pastor of The Church of Eleven22 in Jacksonville, Florida. In 2012, through an unprecedented movement of God, Pastor Joby and a team of leaders successfully launched The Church of Eleven22 out of Beach Church in Jacksonville Beach, Florida.

A recent investigation in Folio Weekly finds some former members raising concerns about the church. In particular, there are allegations that members are pressured to deny their sexual orientation after Eleven22 released a video earlier this year of a member discussing the church's impact on her hom*osexuality.

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According to the majority viewpoint, the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, collectively called the Synoptic Gospels, are the primary sources of historical information about Jesus and the religious movement he founded. The fourth gospel, John, differs greatly from the other three.

Already by the year 200, John's gospel was called the spiritual gospel precisely because it told the story of Jesus in symbolic ways that differ sharply at times from the other three. For example, Jesus dies on a different day in John's gospel than in Matthew, Mark and Luke....

In John's Gospel, by contrast, there are no parables or exorcisms. Jesus' teaching focuses much more on his own identity and his unique relationship with the Father. Jesus is the eternal Son who has come to reveal the Father. Salvation comes by knowing the Father through the Son.

The main message of the Gospel of John is that Jesus is the incarnate Word of God, who came to reveal God's nature and offer eternal life to those who believe in him. John emphasizes Jesus' divinity, his role as the ``light of the world,'' and his ultimate sacrifice on the cross as the means of salvation for humanity.

Who actually wrote the Gospel of John? ›

John the Apostle is traditionally held to be the author of the Gospel of John, and many Christian denominations believe that he authored several other books of the New Testament (the three Johannine epistles and the Book of Revelation, together with the Gospel of John, are called the Johannine works), depending on ...

John writes to provoke faith in Jesus, resulting in eternal life. “That you may believe” could also be translated “that you may continue to believe.” John is likely writing both to call unbelievers to faith in Jesus and to provide confidence for those believers who are struggling in their faith.

Salvation, the free gift of God, is provided by grace alone, through faith alone, because of Christ alone, for the glory of God alone. Anyone turning from sin in repentance and looking to Christ and His substitutionary death receives the gift of eternal life and is declared righteous by God as a free gift.

The Church of Eleven22 was launched out of Beach Church, a United Methodist congregation, but The Church of Eleven22 is not a Methodist congregation. It is a nondenominational congregation that also affiliates withActs 29 (a church planting network which has some different theological expressions).

Joby and Gretchen Martin established the church with the vision of creating a movement for all people to discover and deepen a relationship with Jesus Christ. The name Eleven22 stems from their very first service time, which was decided on the spot when asked by an interested potential visitor.

The gathering was originally named after its service time—11:22 a.m.—at another church. Once the church launched on its own, the name Eleven22 stuck, though they now tie it to the passage in Mark 11:22: “Have faith in God.”

Richard Duane Warren (born January 28, 1954) is an American Baptist evangelical Christian pastor and author. He is the founder of Saddleback Church, an evangelical Baptist megachurch in Lake Forest, California. Since 2022, he is director of the Finishing the Task mission coalition.

Maxwell said more than 11,000 people attend Sunday services across the five campuses. The Church of Eleven22 operates campuses in San Pablo, Arlington, Baymeadows, Mandarin and Fleming Island.

He returned to Murfreesboro, Tennessee (southeast of Nashville), where he lives with his wife, Kathy, and has served as senior pastor of World Outreach Church since 1989.