What If Church Was Never Supposed to Be About Attending?

What if following Jesus was never supposed to be about simply attending church? In this episode of More to Church, Brandt Johnson sits down with David Dodie of Bible in Order for a wide-ranging conversation about what it really means to follow Christ, serve others, and become a functioning part of the body of Christ. David shares his story of being called into ministry, serving as a vocational pastor, leaving traditional ministry structures, and discovering that ministry doesn't have to mean having a job at a church. Together, Brandt and David explore some challenging questions: • Are Christians being equipped to actually do the work of ministry—or simply being trained to attend church? • What does it mean for every member of the body of Christ to participate? • Is Christianity meant to revolve around a weekly church service? • What can we learn from the early church's practice of meeting from house to house? • Why does spiritual maturity require more than listening to sermons? • Are we following Jesus—or simply following a church, denomination, doctrine, or system? • What does it look like to actually impact the community around us? • Can a church become so focused on maintaining itself that it loses sight of its mission? • What does it mean to be faithful to God's calling rather than measuring success by numbers? • Why might genuine discipleship require us to rethink what we mean by "church"? David also shares a powerful story about praying for a vape shop near his home—and realizing that perhaps the answer wasn't for God to simply remove the problem, but for him and his family to become part of the solution by opening their home and building relationships with local college students. This conversation gets into church reform, organic church, house churches, discipleship, spiritual gifts, ministry, church attendance, Christian maturity, evangelism, and what it means to live out the gospel beyond the four walls of a church building. The goal isn't to attack the institutional church or tell everyone they need to do church the same way. It's to ask a deeper question: What if there really is More to Church? 🎙️ Guest: David Dodie 📖 Bible in Order: bibleinorder.com 🎙️ Host: Brandt Johnson ⛪ More to Church: Reclaiming church as a people, not a place. If this conversation challenges you, don't just agree or disagree—search the Scriptures, wrestle with the questions, and decide what following Jesus looks like in your own life. Subscribe to More to Church for conversations about church, discipleship, faith, Scripture, Christian community, and reclaiming church as a people rather than a place. #MoreToChurch #Christianity #Church #Discipleship #HouseChurch #OrganicChurch #ChristianFaith #FollowingJesus #SpiritualMaturity #ChurchReform