[conservonator]

So you don't believe that Christ founded a Church in Matthew 16:18? You see "church" as simply a body of believers? Is that correct?

[Quester]

So you don't believe that Christ founded a Church in Matthew 16:18? You see "church" as simply a body of believers? Is that correct?

There is no controversy between Jesus' establishment of the church (per Matthew 16:18) and the description of the nature of the church given later by Peter and Paul.