If Jesus Built the Church What would the church look like if we stopped reaching for success and started following Jesus? What if much of what we call "church" today looks very different from what Jesus actually intended? In If Jesus Built the Church , pastor and church leader Dermot Cottuli invites readers to take an honest, courageous look at the modern church--and to ask a confronting but necessary question: Have we built our churches around the teachings of Jesus, or around systems that simply work? Drawing on nearly four decades of pastoral experience, Dermot challenges the assumptions that shape contemporary church life--attendance, programs, buildings, and growth metrics--and gently but firmly redirects our attention back to Jesus' original vision. With clarity, humility, and pastoral warmth, he explores what the church might become if it were shaped more by faithfulness than success , presence than performance , and love than strategy . This is not a book about tearing the church down, but about calling it back to life . Through thoughtful reflection, practical insight, and deeply grounded theology, If Jesus Built the Church encourages believers, leaders, and seekers alike to rediscover a church that is deeply embedded in its community, authentically relational, and unmistakably shaped by the way of Jesus. Whether you are a pastor feeling weary of maintaining systems, a church member longing for something more meaningful, or someone who has stepped away from church altogether, this book offers a hopeful and challenging invitation: What if the church wasn't something you attended--but something you lived?.