Laodicean 'church of men'

"There is no such thing as a church of God in which the Spirit of God does not preside. There are a great many so-called churches of Christ which I believe Christ utterly disowns because the Spirit of God does not regulate those church organizations. They are mere churches of men—sometimes religious clubs, sometimes benevolent societies, sometimes social organizations, baptized with a religious name; but that alone is a church of God in which the Spirit of God rules and presides, and where his invisible headship is acknowledged and reverently submitted to in the fear of God." ARTHUR T. PIERSON (1837-1911)

see also classic sermons: Another Gospel by ATP