I am suggesting that there is a (church business) man of lawlessness and rebellion who operates in secret, sending misleading doctrine forth. We should be on the watch, and not be condoning these teachings. -2Thesalonians
Discussion
Admittedly I'm not sure how you see 2 Thessalonians making any such point about the church. Nor do I see any division between church and congregation in the NT or any condemnation of the institution of the Church as a business.
I do think many modern churches *function* too much like businesses (overly focused on marketing campaigns, brandong, and numbers of congregants, corporate leadership structure rather than biblically modeled elder board, etc) but that's not the same as saying the institution of the Church or any local church *is* a business.
Correct me if I have misunderstood what you are saying.
I was compelled to post with the hope that people would ponder these things, to see if they are so. I think each congregation does the best they can, but the church business leadership drive the bus so to speak, and there comes a time when the congregation has have to flee. Acts17:11, Isaiah42:18, Mark11:15, Matt23:1-5, Matt7:15-16, Matt10:16-23, 2Thesalonians