Many have heard me say in the last years that I whole-heartedly believe the Church is killing Christianity. I’ve wrestled deeply with the question, “how can we save Christianity from the Church?” That is actually a very Biblical question. Do you know the word “church” never appears in the Gospels (with one exception in Matthew and most scholars agree that text was added later). Jesus never intended to institute “church!” Such a concept is completely foreign to everything Jesus taught and believed. small business owners homely.