About Us

Founded Dr. Jeff Gossmann in 2020, Ekklesia Leader is a faith-based social enterprise that equips local church leaders through resources, worship music, and transformative events.

What we believe

Ekklesia Leader has Evangelical theological commitments with interdenominational connections. Our resources are designed for those with similar beliefs as ours:

  • We believe in one eternal God, who exists as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—three persons in one essence. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is fully God and fully human, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. The Holy Spirit is fully God and is worthy of worship.

  • We believe that humanity is created in God’s image but fallen into sin and unable to save itself. Salvation is God’s gift, received by grace through faith, based on the saving work of Jesus Christ, who died for our sins and rose bodily from the dead.

  • We believe the Bible is the inspired, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God, guiding the Church in all matters of faith and life.

  • We believe Jesus Christ will return to judge the living and the dead, and that all people will be raised bodily—believers to everlasting life in a renewed creation, and the wicked to judgment.

What People Are Saying

  • JOSEPH UMIDI, D.MIN, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT LIFE @ REGENT UNIVERSITY

    Leadership. Jeff naturally takes the initiative in strategy formation and is influential among his colleagues. He had the respect and admiration of his student workers, University administrators, and faculty. Communication. Jeff has a gift for public speaking. He was able to communicate complicated concepts with clarity and often with humor. He was a favorite regular speaker for our student-run chapel services. He also was a highly respected teacher, trainer, and speaker in local churches. Professionalism. Jeff always related respectfully and professionally to faculty, staff, and students. His interactions were always focused, thoughtful, and pleasant. He demonstrated high levels of emotional intelligence.

  • DR. J. LYLE STORY, PROFESSOR OF NEW TESTAMENT AND BIBLICAL LANGUAGES @ REGENT UNIVERSITY

    “Jeff is a ‘cut above’ our students in the School of Divinity. I would place him in the top 5% of all the students I’ve worked with for a 35-year period…He possesses creativity, initiative, and discipline, and he certainly evidences time management. He can always be counted on to follow through with whatever task he takes on. I have observed his sharp mind in several courses; he often is able to pose significant questions.”

  • DEREK HOLSER, M.ED., J.D., FORMER EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT @ WAVE LEADERSHIP COLLEGE.

    “Jeff is talented yet genuinely thinks of others first. He is unanimously beloved by our students. In fact, in his first year as a member of our adjunct faculty, he was elected “professor of the Year” for the spring semester. The energy he puts into preparing for class, instructing, providing meaningful feedback to our students is inspiring. As a colleague, Jeff is warm, dynamic, and engaging. In every interaction, he impressed me as a man who embodies the words of C.S. Lewis, ‘True humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less.’”