Is the local church really primary?

While reading Guder, I came across a notion that may shed light on the “local church as primary” issue.

“The local particular church is the basic missional structure of the church” (p. 222).

What is the local church is basic rather than primary? What are the implications?

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My name is Laura and I am on a journey, pondering the implications of God's glorious design of humanity and integrating sundry aspects of this design into a description of what it means to be the new humanity.
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