In all times, and especially during a pandemic or persecution, it is better for churches to focus on making disciples, not on building and maintaining structures. However, some structure is necessary to send out missionaries to make disciples elsewhere. In Acts 13:1-5 we meet the first church that sent out its own missionaries.
Although the first anointed king tried to kill the second one, the Lord protected his anointed, as he always does.
In some of his last words, in Matthew 28:16-20, Jesus gave a clear mission to his disciples: to make more disciples of all people...
The parable of the workers in the vineyard reminds us that entering the kingdom of God is not about our work but God’s generosity.