# What Is the Church According to the Bible?

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Podcast: [Grace in the Grind: Biblical Faith for Everyday Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-in-the-grind-7570221)
Published: 2026-07-22T10:00:21+00:00
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What is the Church according to the Bible—and does our experience of church match the picture Scripture gives us? In the first cup of Pot 3, Cody Hudson opens Matthew 16, Acts 2, and 1 Peter 2 to examine what Jesus established when He said, “I will build My church.” Many Christians use the word church to describe a building, a Sunday service, an organization, or a collection of programs. Those things can serve the Church, but none of them fully defines what the Church is. The New Testament describes the Church as the people of Christ living under the lordship of Christ. Believers are a spiritual family devoted to biblical teaching, fellowship, prayer, shared life, mutual care, and discipleship. We are living stones being built together with Christ as the cornerstone. This episode asks some important questions: • Have we confused attending church with being part of the Church? • Are we sharing life together or simply sitting in adjacent chairs? • Would our local church notice if someone began drifting, struggling, or hurting? • Have our expectations been shaped more by Scripture or by what feels familiar? • What responsibility has Christ given each believer within His body? This is not a season of deconstruction, cynicism, or attacking pastors, denominations, traditions, church buildings, or Sunday gatherings. Pot 3 is an invitation to open Scripture and examine the biblical descriptions of the Church so we can realign our expectations, assumptions, and participation with Christ’s design. Before we discuss church leadership, biblical shepherding, spiritual maturity, church growth, conflict, reconciliation, mission, and multiplication, we must begin with the foundational question: What is the Church according to the Bible? SCRIPTURE REFERENCES Matthew 16:13–20 Acts 2:37–…

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