Leadership

Hi I'm Andy Shirley, one of your Elders and Bible Teachers. I cant to be where I am today through God's hand on my life from age fourteen until now, both in good times and in some not so good times. I'm here at Ekklesia Revived because two years ago God began to prepare my heart for a more "Acts 2" church and less traditional models. I have had a heart for missions since first finding Jesus as Lord and Savior and this church is the epitome of mission minded churches (in my opinion) with the greater mission field right around us.
The people of Plant City need Jesus and God has places us right in the middle of nearly five thousand broken and needy residents that are not being reached by traditional churches. I've pastored two churches in the past and been active members of six others in Central Florida, serving as Music Director in two of them, Youth Director in one, Deacon in one, Pastoral Council Member in another, and Bible Teacher in all of them. Not one of those eight churches had (or has) the vision that Ekklesia Revived has for going and telling the community about our Savior. They are all full of good people with good intentions, doing what they think is the right thing, but they don't look like the Church of the New Testament.
I believe God wants us to use a different "score Card" and judge success by the number of people out sharing Jesus and providing ministry to the community as opposed to the number of people in the seats during worship service. Another measure of success should be the number of new churches we are able to plant over the upcoming years as God permits.
I have a bachelor's degree in history from the University of South Florida, and as much as eighteen hours of seminary training through Southern Baptist sources. I was married fifty three years to Sandra Shiver Shirley who went home to be with the Lord in March of 2022. Her impact on my spiritual life cannot be measured and I miss her. My last church position was as an Associate Pastor of Missions at Alfa Baptist Church in southern Hillsborough County from August of 2021 through March of 2022.

Jesus has always put a desire of helping others physically and spiritually on my heart. As a result of this He has allowed me to serve as a Deacon and currently as an Elder of Ekkelesia Revived. The need for discipleship in our churches has led me to where I am today, in a church focused on building relationships and discipling believers in their walk with Christ.
I look forward to seeing how Jesus works through Ekklesia Revived in the community around us. Jesus has placed us in a wonderful area ready to be reached for Jesus. We do not focus on how large of a congregation we can get, we truly desire to help you in your relationship with Jesus Christ and enable you to walk through life as a fully armored Christian.
No matter where you are in your life, we would love to walk along side you and encourage you and help you through whatever it may be. We want to help you through the mountain tops and the valleys of life. A body of believers should live life together like an Acts 2 church (They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. - Acts 2:42), and that’s what we do at Ekklesia Revived.
I have served in the church in many different areas, from running the sound board, helping in youth, college and career, serving as deacon to where I am now as a bass player and Elder at Ekklesia Revived. God has equipped me through life with the necessary tools to serve the community for Jesus. My wife Lindsey and I got married May of 2016. I love to fish, new technologies and enjoy playing video games.

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