[2] The song is used figuratively to describe the sanctuary that Morris feels in her car when she plays music on the Highway FM radio while driving.

[3][4] It refers to listening to country icons like Johnny Cash and Hank Williams and is about "the simple joy that comes with turning up the volume, rolling down the windows and singing along to the radio at 65 miles an hour."

[6] Billy Dukes of Taste of Country rated the song as a "Critic's Pick", writing that "She's a mix of Amy Winehouse, Little Big Town and pulp fiction.

Breakout Nashville star Maren Morris keeps it blazing down the freeway listening to classic country radio – with Hank Williams delivering the sermon and Johnny Cash leading the choir.

Fittingly, it navigated Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for 22 weeks, even earning Maren Morris a trip to the top 10.

"[10] In Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop mass critics poll of the year's best in music in 2016, "My Church" was ranked at number 29, tied with Rihanna's "Kiss It Better" and The Weeknd's "Starboy".