The church is made up of sons of God. That is the literal condition.
Why you all are arguing who the sheep and shepherd, figurative terms, are, is beyond me.
We are individual priest, yet we bring our families to a local church which teaches us at our comfort level. If we all had the same comfort level, there would only be one church in each town. It is humanity that cannot stand to be with other humans who just rub us wrong, that is the problem.
The first century church met daily as well. That happens rarely today, and some billion and million dollar ministries just sit empty most days.
Liberty and freedom and lack of a state church is a blessing. It is also a lazy excuse to teach whatever we can think of, except that which removes sin and deception from our lives. No Faith to keep people coming back, unless we can come up with some invention that holds their attention.