Being led by, filled with, and walking in the Holy Spirit, we often find ourselves spiritually exercised in the midst of personal and public trials from these forces. In the soil of such a life, the fruits of the Spirit grow and we are maturing. Those described in this way are disciples. I think we all agree that folks in a building that say they are a church, are a church. It's church, a gathering of saints.
Folks meeting in a home are a church.
I am coming to think that how we perceive the church will open or close doors to us of being the church together. Most of us know that instinctively. What we say will always be interpreted by what we do, either reinforcing what we say, or making it hollow and repulsive in hypocrisy. More, what we do and who we become inside is the message itself oftentimes.