What did you think of when you saw that word? No doubt people and buildings and labels and possibly a chequered history. Such are not unimportant at all. But it is good to first remember that the Christian Church is an article of faith and a hidden reality. What we see should reflect that reality but we live 'by faith and not by sight' (2 Corinthians 5:7) and that makes 'Church' very interesting indeed!