The Ekklēsia in Acts 1–12 Luke employs some form of the word ἐκκλησία, ekklēsia, 21 times in Acts to refer to the church: at 2:47 (Western reading); 5:11; 7:38 (of the Mosaic assembly in the Old Testament wilderness); 8:1, 3; 9:31; 11:22, 26; 12:1, 5; 13:1; 14:23, 27; 15:3, 4, 22, 41; 16:5; 18:22; and 20:17, 28. In these verses the singular is used to designate the entire company of believers in one locale (8:1) as well as several congregations in several locales (9:31). The singular is dominant