The Book of Mormon says it this way: “Behold there are save two churches only; the one is the church of the Lamb of God
(Book of Mormon | 1 Nephi 14:10) And it came to pass that I beheld the church of the Lamb of God, and its numbers were few,
(Book of Mormon | 1 Nephi 14:12) And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the power of the Lamb of God, that it descended upon the saints of the church of the Lamb, and upon the covenant people of the Lord, who were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and they were armed with righteousness and with the power of God in great glory. (Book of Mormon | 1 Nephi 14:14).

The Church James is talking about and Nephi is talking about is a “spiritual church” “made without hands” and is gathering the righteous saints throughout the world. It has been gathering the righteous since the days of Adam to this present day. There is the physical “restoration” (the one the Prophet Joseph Smith started) and it has a “spiritual restoration” connected to it that has been going on since the days of Adam. Very few people understand this. The scriptures call this “spiritual” church the “church of the Firstborn.” [Hebrews 12:23; D&C 76: 54, 71, 94, 102; 77: 11; 78: 20-21; 88: 4-5; 93: 21-22; 107: 19]. This church is “made without hands” and is the same concept, stating that you and I and everyone is “temple of the living God” {2 Corinthians 6:16] if we have “eyes to see” and “ears to hear.”