Ya sorta like say a few words over a cracker and it becomes the "body of Christ"
"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."Romans 10:17
St. Paul was talking about preaching. He spoke about Christ to his hearers, personally, engaging in debate, answering questions, delivering his testimony. He didn’t expect that reading state-chosen selections of the Bible to schoolchildren would transform the society of the Roman Empire.