The individual has the right, not the church, since the church is nothing other than a term that represents the individual grouping of like minds.
So I ask again - does this mean the government could shut down a church?
...and you even state it right there, make them meet in someone's basement. That would then become a church. What do you think that a church actually is?
An organization. Like the Roman Catholic Church, which has leaders, assets, a governing structure (much like a corporation.) You know, like in "seperation of church and state." Not a physical location, an organization. Could the government ban the Roman Catholic Church from the US? As long as Catholics can gather in a basement?
church /tʃɜrtʃ/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [church] Show IPA
–noun 1. a building for public Christian worship.
2. public worship of God or a religious service in such a building: to attend church regularly.
Church | Definition of Church at Dictionary.com:
Do I really have to explain that "church" can also mean "religious organization?" Here, the rest of the definitions from your link:
3. (sometimes initial capital letter) the whole body of Christian believers; Christendom.
4. (sometimes initial capital letter) any division of this body professing the same creed and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a Christian denomination: the Methodist Church.
5. that part of the whole Christian body, or of a particular denomination, belonging to the same city, country, nation, etc.
6. a body of Christians worshipping in a particular building or constituting one congregation: She is a member of this church.
7. ecclesiastical organization, power, and affairs, as distinguished from the state: separation of church and state; The missionary went wherever the church sent him.
8. the clergy and religious officials of a Christian denomination.
9. the Christian faith: a return of intellectuals to the church.
10. (initial capital letter) the Christian Church before the Reformation.
11. (initial capital letter) the Roman Catholic Church.
12. the clerical profession or calling: After much study and contemplation, he was prepared to enter the church.
13. a place of public worship of a non-Christian religion.
14. any non-Christian religious society, organization, or congregation: the Jewish church.
And what about newspapers?