The Difference Between Christ and the Corporate Church

Here is a great synopsis of the difference between Jesus Christ and the corporate church (the corporate church being a building in, and denomination under which people gather). 
It was written by a person named A. A. Phelps in 1883:

"There may be ten thousand Churches, but there is only one Christ. Nor can all those Churches supply the place of our one, blessed all sufficient-Savior. A man may be saved without the Church, but he cannot be saved without Christ. A man may be in the Church and not be saved; but he cannot be in Christ without salvation. Sinners sometimes become members of the Church; but only saints are members of Christ. A person may live in the Church for years, with the old heart of carnality and selfishness; but 'if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature.'

"The requirements of the Church are often wrong and ruinous; but the claims of Christ are always reasonable and right. The Church may become a sink of pollution; but Christ is ever the perfection of purity. The Church may be rent with divisions; but Jesus Christ is not divided. The Church may become terribly entangled in mysticism and error; but Christ is always the embodiment of light and truth. The Church may change her name and her nature; but Christ is 'the same yesterday, today, and forever.' The Church may be a crutch to walk with, but she is a poor Christ to trust in for salvation and eternal life." A. A. Phelps