>>That probably would be the best resolution all around. if they want to be a church so badly, then let them just start one, find a storefront, etc. <<
Who says they want to be a “church”? Have you never heard of a home Bible study, which is distinct from a church?
They hold Sunday services for @ 50 people in their home. That, in effect, makes them a ‘church.’ Fully 1/3 of Episcopal Church parishes, recent studies showed, don’t have that high an attendance. The Wednesday Bible study alone wouldn’t create this problem for them.
Well, the ONLY Scriptural pattern for the organisation of New Testament Christians is the local church. Neither denominations and hierarchies, nor "free-lancers" in "home bible studies" are following the pattern Jesus Christ set up. Worshipping in a home Bible study is analagous to one of the Old Testament high places - places without God's sanction that man chooses for himself, instead of God choosing for him.