The Invisible Spiritual Union of All True Believers

A friend of mine insists that Jesus Christ did not institute a visible Church. He says that Jesus intended the Church to be only an invisble spiritual union of all true believers.

But I get up on Sunday, eat breakfast, brush my teeth and get in my car. I drive to a building where I worship. If someone asks me where I am going, I tell them, "I am going to Church." But if the Church is only an invisible spiritual union between true believers, how can I go there? Is the place to which I go not Church?

Perhapse the Church I go to is only a "Church building."  If the place I go to for worship is only a "Church building" and not a "Church", can we say who it is that owns the Church building? If I ask the Priest who pesides at the Church building where I go, he tells me that the Church building is owned by the Church. If the "Church" is only an invisible spiritual union between all true believers, can they even own a "Church building?"

I'm very confused.

If the Church is not visible, but only an invisible spiritual union between all true believers, then when I "Go to Church", I can go to any "Church building" where true believers gather and I will be in "Church". For clarity's sake, I could say that I will be at a Church but in The Church. This is very comforting to know! All Churches are the same as long as it is a place where true believers gather!!!

Now, some Baptists say that Catholics are going to hell because they don't believe in the true beliefs of Christ. Some Catholics say that there is no salvation outside of their Church.  So if different groups of believers believe in different things, this must mean that not all groups of believers are true believers. Maybe some groups of believers are false believers or some groups of believers don't believe in the truth as much as other groups of believers do. So which group are the true believers?

I need to find the true invisible group of true believers. I need to find out where this true invisbile group of true believers meet an what time their invisible meetings start. I wonder what the address of their "Church building" is and if they have enough parking. I wonder what their building will look like. I hope they have comfortable seats.

I'm so excited! Once I discover who this invisible group of true believers are and where they meet, I will have found the true Church - the invisible spiritual union of all true believers!!!

Now my friend says some other things. He says that the Bible is the only place to go for the truth about God, that Jesus really isn't physically present in the Eucharist and that the Pope is...

-Tim-