The true church is Christ and the church is in Christ not an outside church but an inside church.
People always judge others in this matter, but this is all it is (matter meaning externalism) the eternal church is in spirit and truth, with is the temple with in us.
This is the holy church, for god lives in us not outside us. We first must repent into repentance this is the reason why john the Baptist was brought into the word from God, only then can we receive Holy Spirit, as the reason of our lord Jesus came into the world.
Lord came to john first in the way, even though he was sinless, as you can recall then our lord received Holy Spirit from his father, after john baptised him in the name of repentance.
As we must do the same as the lord God has done, only then can we pray in spirit and truth, which is God, for God is looking for such one’s.
The answer is we are all wrong. Thinking the connection is external churches to God, but only a place of worshiping in masses. As stated the reason Jesus came to be born as one of us, is to give back Holy Spirit, which Adam had lost in the beginning.
Due to Adam loosing the eternal temple of of connection (God spirit) an external connection was given to mosses a convent, 10 commandments which they could only speak to God through the external ark.
The day of external leaders are over, for there is only one father one leader one teacher, ask knock and seek and God through Jesus Christ by Holy Spirit will answer you. Do you remember what the lord said to the Samaritan lady at the water well from (Jacob well)?
Revealing her spiritual interest, she notes that the Samaritans "worship in the mountain (Gerizim, which stands nearby) but you people (the Jews)
say in Jerusalem is place where persons ought to worship.
Yet, the place of worship is not the important thing, lord Jesus point out.
The hour is coming; he says when the true worshipers will worship the father with spirit and truth.