The idea of church

Having just attended a very dry lecture at a gathering entitled 'What is church?' During which it was lamented about the media's poor concept of it, I was delighted to read Tory's Shepherd's insightful column. Debating the merits of what is the point of church either atheist or christian and other faiths. Looking at it from the theory stand point of view only, is doomed to failure. The point of church is to put theory, faith and beliefs into action. You can't celebrate, connect, discover and explore beliefs in a vacuum. The church is people, where ever that setting may be.