To understand you first have to get rid of the erroneous understanding most have of the term "church". The Greek word that the word " church" has replaced is ekklesia. It literally means an assembly of those who have been called out. The ekklesia (church) at Laodicea for instance was those who God has called out who met at that location. Those who God calls out meet at different locations around the world. Some of the groups remain faithful others not so much. Some groups have strayed but still have people who meet with them who have not.
The concept of an organized hierarchy called a "church" is no where found in the New Testament. Whenever you see the word "church" in English read assembly instead and it makes sense. The assembly at Laodicea simply means "those who God has called out" who meet at Laodicea.
I was not talking about structure, but the church as the body of Christ. The question was, how does one deal with the fact that the passage is directed to a specific part of the body.
It doesn’t matter how you look at the formal or informal structure, there are obviously different elements within the body as a whole whom the Lord has specifically called out I’m all the letters.
If Phillipi is representative of the only faithful remnant who will be raptured, what happens to the rest of the Christians who are admonished rather than condemned?