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. It was in being with Jesus that the disciples were transformed over time. Similarly, if we want to transform the local church and effectively reach the local mission field, we must inject it with the agent that will cause this change. Perhaps we are not looking for technique or strategy so much as for people who are themselves in the process of being transformed to His image.