There is no such thing, and there is no scripture that says what your "church" imagines to be the case.
Are you saying there is "no such thing" as blue-duncan's church?
"There is no such thing, and there is no scripture that says what your "church" imagines to be the case."
Now see, that's where your church is wrong, probably due to immature development of the subject. John 14:1-3 says Jesus has gone to prepare a place for us so we don't have to worry about being side tracked in any intermediate state. Paul says in 2 Cor. 5:8 that when we die (absent from the body) we will be present with the Lord, not waiting in some way station. Paul also says Phil. 1:21-23 the options are to live here for Christ or die and be with Him, not in some holding pen. Quite frankly, I believe my church's understanding of life after death is closer to the scripture than the loose translation and spiritualizing of the scriptures done at:
http://www.scripturecatholic.com/purgatory.html