The Bible (God’s word) specifically states that the way to Heaven is: “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me.” (John 14:6)
Yep. That’s what it says.
“not by belonging to a specific church”
Nope, the Bible doesn’t do that “not” part. It says that Jesus’s Body is the Church and that one can’t drive a wedge between Jesus and His Bride. You can’t get to heaven outside the Church.
The issue is what’s The Church, how is she bounded, how does Christ work in people outside visible boundaries.
Any Baptist or Catholic or Mormon or Lutheran or agnostic who ends up in heaven will have gotten there through with and in Christ’s Body, even if they didn’t know that’s what they were doing.
When you truly open yourself to Truth, you open yourself to Christ. And Christ is inseparable from his Body and Bride, the Church.
And the Bible says so.
Which verse are you referencing that shows you cant get into Heaven without the Church? In fact, your first statement that Jesus’ body is the Church and that you cant drive a wedge between Jesus and his Bride is not a comparison of like things.
Are you speaking of 1 Cor 12? The way I read it, Paul is telling the Corinthian church that everyone has a responsibility within the church, no matter how “important” it looks to outsiders. It does not say that to be saved, you must get there through a specific church. All it does is recognize that the “church” or followers of Jesus, encompasses all believers and needs all believers. Paul does not attempt to make an affirmative proclamation on the role that a specific church makes in your salvation.