Perhaps no one fully understands the structure that is Church. Many of us have gone through two points of discovery. (1) Church is not defined by physical dimensions; rather, a church membership's metaphysical understanding of Church has a great deal of bearing on the physical form their demonstration of Church assumes. (2) The organizational structure is not outlined by committees and boards. The functioning of committees and boards is directly related—even quickly responsive—to a clearer understanding of Church.
The term "church complex," frequently used to refer to the buildings at the Christian Science Center, might give us another insight into Church. As symbols these buildings may well say to us that we have a complex church, able to minister to the needs of a complex world.
The real Church is the spiritual structure of God, defined by the Founder of The Mother Church, Mary Baker Eddy, this way: "Church. The structure of Truth and Love; whatever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle."Science and Health, p. 583; Church, being structure, is not monolithic but made up of parts. This has important implications for understanding The Mother Church.
