Scott,
Church also means assembly. there was an asembly in the wilderness.
to often we think of church in it's degraded form as to always mean beleivers or a building where beleivers met meet. the context gives the meaning 99% of the time.
the word church is a broad meaning word and so we must learn to rightly divide the scripture and then apply the proper meaning of the word church to it.
A good unabridged Campbridge or Webster dictionary is a really good investment for any Bible Student.
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