New Testament Church

There is "the Church". In Acts the sermon states that Moses and the Israelis during the 38.5 year wandering was "the Church". Jesus said He would build "His Church".

Local assemblies may or may not be part of "the Church" depending on if they hold to the true Gospel or not. Most assemblies are not; they misuse the name "church" as if it were a "denomination", ie, I'm going to the Catholic Church or The Lutheran Church meets down the street.

So for visible bodies/assemblies of members of "the Church" there are distinctives in doctrine and practice that make them "New Testament" (everything can be traced to the NT for their bases) or "Tradition/Denoinminational" (much is at the tradition or man-made thinking.

Our local body that met this morning, part of the "the Church" follows the regulative principle - try to conform our practice to that of the NT as our only authority. In subjective matters where there is no NT guideline (like using electricity or running the a/c - both of which were needed today) we enjoy great liberty.